[4] Randall ran unsuccessfully for Loudoun County school board in 2003 and for district supervisor in 2007 before being elected chair at-large in 2015.

[3] In the four-way race that year, Randall defeated the incumbent Scott York as well as the other challengers, winning with 37% of the vote.

[9] The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decision found that Randall had converted her Facebook page into a public forum by inviting, in a post she wrote, “ANY Loudoun citizen on ANY issues, request, criticism, complement or just your thoughts” as well as encouraging constituents to use her “county Facebook page” to contact her.

[10] Consequently, the court said, when she deleted a critical post alleging corruption by the county board and blocked its author, she violated the poster’s First Amendment rights.

The case drew particular attention because at the time US President Donald Trump was also blocking critics on social media.