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 […]
Senate (Republicans): American University Professor Daniel Gade won the Republican nomination for Senate in the state of Virginia, beating two opponents, Thomas A. Speciale II and Alissa A. Baldwin. Gade will face incumbent Senator Mark Warner who had no Democratic challenger. House District 01 (Democrats): Human rights lawyer, Qasim Rashid won the Democratic nomination in […]
Delegate Elizabeth Guzman (D-Prince William County) announced on Tuesday that she is exploring a run to become the first woman and first Hispanic person to serve as Lt. Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Guzman was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2017 when she became the first Latina immigrant to serve in […]
Congressman Gerry Connolly has spent the past eleven years representing the people of Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, and now he’s running for reelection to serve his sixth term in the House of Representatives. The PW Perspective had the opportunity to speak with Congressman Connolly about his career in Congress and what he hopes to achieve […]
Helen Zurita, a Manassas City resident and advocate against homelessness, is most well known for her fight to save East End Mobile Home Park when the community was at risk a few years ago. Now, she’s facing new challenges as a candidate for Manassas City Council. “I’m not a politician; I’m a community builder,” Zurita […]
State Senator Jennifer McClellan announced her for Virginia governor on Thursday, running to be elected as the first Black woman to serve as governor in American history. McClellan (D-Richmond) is the second Black woman to begin campaigning for governor of Virginia after Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy launched her campaign last month. “I come from a […]
On Monday, the agenda for today’s Prince William Board of County Supervisor (BOCS) meeting became public, and one item on the agenda is especially troubling. After last month’s Jail Board appointments, Supervisor Jeanine Lawson (R-Brentsville) proposed removing County Executive Chris Martino from the Jail Board to replace him with Supervisor Yesli Vega. There is no […]
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 […]
The Prince William Young Democrats and the PW Perspective will co-host a candidate forum for the Democratic candidates running for Congress in Virginia’s First Congressional District. The forum will specifically address issues faced by students and young people. The Democratic candidates are Vangie Williams and Qasim Rashid. Williams is an author and the 2018 Democratic […]
I first met Qasim in 2019 when he was running for the State Senate in Northern Virginia. I had just come off my own campaign and was exhausted from the 18 months of continuous campaigning and time spent away from my family. After meeting with Qasim, I felt refreshed and saw what real positive, progressive […]
