2021 - PW Perspective

Delegate Jay Jones Announces Historic Run for Attorney General

Delegate Jay Jones (D-Norfolk) announced in a video on Monday that he is running for Virginia Attorney General in 2021 in a bid to become the first Black person in the Commonwealth to hold the position. Jones, a lawyer and alumnus of William & Mary and UVA, was first elected to the House of Delegates […]

July 13, 2020July 13, 2020

by Langston Carter

Jennifer Carroll Foy Officially Launches Historic Campaign for Governor

During a virtual kick-off on Wednesday, Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy (D-Woodbidge) officially launched her campaign to become the first Black woman elected governor of any state in the United States. Carroll Foy was first elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2017. In March, 2020, she filed paperwork for her gubernatorial run, and prior […]

May 27, 2020July 6, 2020

by Langston Carter