Virginia voters elected Democrat Jennifer McClellan to fill an open seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she will be the first Black woman to represent the state in Congress.
Virginia voters on Tuesday elected Democrat Jennifer McClellan, a veteran state legislator from Richmond, to fill an open seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she will be the first Black woman to represent the state in Congress.
"Historical. Had to be a part of it," voter Rashida Mitchell said of the ballot she cast for McClellan on Tuesday afternoon."She's done great things for the city of Richmond, for the commonwealth as a whole." Pew Research Center analysis of historical records. McClellan said breaking that barrier in Virginia carries extra weight because of her family's history in the Jim Crow South.
At the statehouse, McClellan has cultivated a reputation as a deeply knowledgeable, widely respected consensus builder and legislator. A skilled debater with a polished, reserved style, she's sponsored many of Democrats' top legislative priorities in recent years, including bills that expanded voting access and abortion rights and legislation that set ambitious clean energy mandates.
She graduated from a suburban Richmond high school, attended the University of Richmond and obtained her law degree from the University of Virginia, initially with a goal of becoming an attorney for a congressional committee.
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