. >> democrat alison sillberger tweeted in the mayoral primary race last night. she was first elect to the city council three years ago. sillberger ran on getting input on growth. >> i think it does send a message for people to see leadership that's going to listen to people. >> sill berberg is running unopposed this november. and sill ber berg may have been helped. she won with a total of 5,000. the eulle received more than 4700 votes. this is the first time he was opposed in the primary in a dozen year. the incumbent won in another big race, in the 28th district, bill howell defeated susan stimpson. howell is the speaker of the house of delegates. >>> the defense expected to make its case in the jesse matthews sex assault trial. yesterday, the prosecutors present third strongest evidence linking matthews to the 2005 rape in fairfax. police got the break when officers arrested matthews for shana graham's murder. a mouth swab released ultimately making him the prime suspect. the prosecution is expected to call one more witness and then matthews' lawyers take over