A prosecutor who was criticized for his handling of the Michael Vick dogfighting investigation defeated a write-in challenger to keep his job, an election official said Wednesday.
Surry County Commonwealth's Attorney Gerald G. Poindexter got 1,657 votes to challenger Ed Vaughn's 1,173 in Tuesday's election, county registrar Lucille Epps said.
Poindexter has held the job since 1995.
Vaughn, who has been a prosecutor for 24 years but is now in private practice, said Wednesday the Vick case did not motivate his challenge of Poindexter.
"It probably had more to do with narcotics enforcement _ or a lack of narcotics enforcement _ …
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