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County Board candidate criticizes prosecutors over handling of assault case

Published April 29, 2026 at 2:45PM

Audrey Clement gathering signatures outside of Arlington Central Library on Monday, March 9, 2026 (staff photo)

Frequent County Board candidate Audrey Clement has taken issue with the amount of time her assailant was sentenced to serve for attacking her and a bystander outside a library in March.

The man, 47-year-old Jonathan Rogers, pleaded guilty to striking Clement in the back of the head and hitting a bystander in the eye when he intervened in the apparently unprovoked attack. Rogers was released from jail on Sunday after spending just 50 days behind bars — an amount of time that Clement believes is unacceptable.

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Man who attacked County Board candidate sentenced to 100 days in jail

By Dan Egitto

Published April 27, 2026 at 1:45PM | Updated April 27, 2026 at 11:23PM

Audrey Clement gathering signatures outside of Arlington Central Library on Monday, March 9, 2026 (staff photo)

A man who attacked frequent County Board candidate Audrey Clement while she was gathering signatures outside a library has been sentenced to 100 days of active jail time.

Jonathan Rogers, 47, was sentenced to just shy of two years, with all but 100 days suspended, for the March 7 attack in which he struck Clement in the back of the head and hit another man in the eye, according to sentencing documents. He must also pay $16,050 in restitution for the violent, and apparently unprovoked, struggle outside Central Library.

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JUST IN: Candidate attacked outside of library while gathering signatures for County Board run

By ARLnow.com

Published March 9, 2026 at 3:45PM | Updated March 9, 2026 at 9:08PM

Audrey Clement and David Wingard gathering signatures outside of Arlington Central Library on Monday, March 9, 2026 (staff photo)

Frequent local candidate Audrey Clement was attacked over the weekend while gathering signatures for another Arlington County Board run, ARLnow has learned.

The incident happened just before 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 7, outside of Arlington Central Library in Virginia Square.

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Election Day begins smoothly in Arlington after strong early voting turnout

By Dan Egitto

Published November 4, 2025 at 11:35AM

The polling place at The Jefferson in Ballston on Nov. 4, 2025 (staff photo by Jared Serre)

Election Day is off to a smooth start in Arlington, with about 8% voter turnout as of 9 a.m. following strong in-person early voting.

About 32,000 Arlington voters cast early in-person ballots this year, compared to 27,800 during the last gubernatorial election. However, mail-in ballots are down compared to 2021, a pandemic year: around 9,800 were cast this year compared to 14,800 in 2021.

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Arlington County can’t regulate local ICE operations, legal staff say

By Scott McCaffrey

Published July 30, 2025 at 10:00AM

ICE agents on N. Piedmont Street in Ashton Heights (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

Arlington officials have no authority to regulate how state or federal agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, conduct local operations, legal staff say.

This includes whether or not ICE officers wear masks while detaining people.

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Metro funding could emerge as divisive issue in Arlington County Board race

By Scott McCaffrey

Published July 29, 2025 at 10:00AM

The entrance to the Pentagon City Metro station (staff photo by Jared Serre)

The cost of funding Metro service may be one of the issues taking center stage in this year’s race for Arlington County Board.

The five candidates on the Nov. 4 ballot have a variety of competing views on how much, if any, additional local funding should be provided for regional transit service.

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County Board candidates start plotting ranked-choice election strategies

By Scott McCaffrey

Published June 26, 2025 at 8:30AM

Voters trickle into Madison Community Center polling location on election day in 2024 (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Some of Arlington’s non-Democrat candidates for County Board see potential opportunities in the county’s ranked-choice voting system this November.

But so does incumbent County Board Chair Takis Karantonis.

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New signs by local trickster spoof Advanced Towing, County Board candidates

By Dan Egitto

Published May 20, 2025 at 1:50PM | Updated May 20, 2025 at 2:22PM

New satirical posters at N. Quincy Street and Fairfax Drive (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

Arlington’s rash of satirical posters has continued to expand its orbit, taking on another political candidate and a local towing company.

With more cropped images and whimsical captions, new signs have appeared at the intersection of Fairfax Drive and N. Quincy Street in the Ballston area. They poke fun at Advanced Towing, independent County Board candidate Audrey Clement, and Democratic County Board challenger James DeVita (and his unique signs).

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Audrey Clement’s lawsuit against The Washington Post is dismissed

By Dan Egitto

Published December 12, 2024 at 11:15AM

County Board candidate Audrey Clement in Virginia Square on Election Day -- Nov. 7, 2022 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

A perennial Arlington County Board candidate’s lawsuit against The Washington Post has been dismissed.

A district court judge in D.C. threw out Audrey Clement’s suit — which alleged age discrimination and defamation — following oral arguments this week, court records show.

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Audrey Clement is suing The Washington Post

By Dan Egitto

Published November 4, 2024 at 3:55PM

County Board candidate Audrey Clement in Virginia Square on Election Day -- Nov. 7, 2022 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

An Arlington County Board candidate is suing The Washington Post over the publication’s reporting on her age.

The lawsuit by independent candidate Audrey Clement, which alleges age discrimination and defamation, concerns a candidate questionnaire that the Post ran in October 2021.

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Podcast: Audrey Clement on her campaigns for County Board

By ARLnow.com

Published December 1, 2023 at 12:30PM

County Board candidate Audrey Clement in November 2022 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

There’s persistence, and then there is Audrey Clement and her decade-plus effort to get elected to local office in Arlington.

Clement talked with ARLnow editor Scott Brodbeck to talk about her latest unsuccessful run for County Board, her allegations of media bias and age discrimination, Missing Middle zoning changes, proposed changes to Arlington County’s governance, and why she keeps running for public office.

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Audrey Clement says she is again running for County Board, on an anti-Missing Middle platform

By ARLnow.com

Published April 3, 2023 at 11:45AM

County Board candidate Audrey Clement in Virginia Square on Election Day -- Nov. 7, 2022 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Audrey Clement is again tossing her hat in the ring for the upcoming Arlington County Board race.

Clement said in an email to supporters this morning that she is planning to run as an independent in the race, which will fill the seats of Chair Christian Dorsey and member Katie Cristol, who are not seeking reelection.