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Sara Townsend, a Fauquier County middle school teacher, is starting down the road to hopefully another crack at unseating longtime Del. Scott Lingamfelter, R-31st District.

The Democrat announced Feb. 13 that shell be running for her partys nomination to challenge the eight-term incumbent for the second straight election cycle. In 2015, Townsend lost out on the chance to represent parts of Prince William and Fauquier counties by roughly 7 percent, a total of about 1,200 votes.

As a middle school civics teacher, I've seen firsthand the challenges we face in Virginia's public schools," Townsend said in a statement. I want to bring a fresh perspective to Richmond. It's time for new ideas in the House of Delegates and I want to fight for our schools and for good paying jobs here in the 31st."

According to Townsends campaign website, she moved to Fauquier with her family when she was 15. She later earned her bachelors and masters degrees from George Mason University in Fairfax, before taking a job as a middle school teacher.

She then enrolled in Masons doctorate program full-time before launching her 2015 bid. After the narrow loss Townsend returned to the classroom, and she wrote on her website that decision only reinvigorated my passion for bringing another fresh voice to Richmond.

Townsend is the second Democrat to jump in the race to unseat Lingamfelter--Elizabeth Guzman, a Dale City social worker, announced her bid last year.

Lingamfelter certainly has the monetary advantage over his challengers in the early going. He reported having more than $40,400 in his campaign account at the end of 2016, according to state records, while Guzman reported just over $8,600 on hand and Townsend has yet to file a financial disclosure report.

Yet she certainly did prove to be a prolific fundraiser in her last race against Lingamfelter, raising more than $276,000 over the course of the campaign.

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