Endorsements

  • Richmond City Commonwealth’s Attorney Colette McEachin
  • U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA)
  • U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA)
  • U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott (D-3rd CD)xf
  • U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-11th CD)
  • U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th CD)
  • U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-10th CD)
  • U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-7th CD)
  • U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria (D-2nd CD)
  • Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
  • Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-SC)
  • Incoming House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA)
  • U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus
  • U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley (D-FL)
  • U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL)
  • U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL), Chair of Elect Democratic Women PAC
  • U.S. Rep Mondaire Jones (D-NY)
  • U.S. Rep Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
  • Attorney General Eric Holder
  • Congressional Black Caucus PAC
  • The Collective PAC
  • Krimson Political Action Council
  • Women of Color Coalition
  • Higher Heights PAC
  • EMILY’s List
  • Planned Parenthood Action Fund
  • NARAL Pro-Choice America
  • Elect Democratic Women PAC
  • Vote Mama PAC
  • Care in Action PAC
  • National Women’s Political Caucus
  • Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC
  • NewDem Action Fund
  • End Citizens United // Let America Vote
  • DMFI PAC
  • Brady PAC
  • AIPAC PAC
  • J Street PAC
  • League of Conservation Voters Action Fund
  • REPRO Rising PAC
  • Rural GroundGame
  • RVA Magazine and GayRVA
  • Virginia African Diaspora Committee
  • Senator Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth)
  • Senator Mamie Locke (D-Hampton)
  • Senator Ghazala Hashmi (D-Chesterfield) 
  • Senator Jeremy McPike (D-Prince William County, Manassas)
  • Delegate Lamont Bagby, Chair of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus (D-Henrico) 
  • Delegate Rodney Willett (D-Henrico)
  • Delegate Schuyler VanValkenburg (D-Henrico)
  • Delegate Jeffrey Bourne (D-Richmond)
  • Delegate Dawn Adams (D-Richmond)
  • Delegate Delores McQuinn (D-Richmond)
  • Delegate Betsy Carr (D-Richmond)
  • House Democratic Caucus Chair Del. Charniele Herring (D-Alexandria)
  • Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn (D-Fairfax)
  • Delegate Marcia Price (D-Newport News)
  • Delegate Elizabeth Guzman (D-Prince William)
  • Delegate Candi King (D-Prince William)
  • Delegate Briana Sewell (D-Prince William)
  • Delegate Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax)
  • Delegate Suhas Subramanyam (D-Loudoun) 
  • Delegate Kathy Tran (D-Fairfax)
  • Delegate Angelia Williams Graves (D-Norfolk)
  • Delegate Jackie Glass (D-Norfolk)
  • Delegate Nadarius Clark (D-Portsmouth)
  • Delegate Michelle Maldonado (D-Manassas)
  • Delegate Jeion Ward (D-Hampton)
  • Fmr. Delegate Hala Ayala (D-Prince William)
  • Fmr. Delegate Roslyn Tyler (D-Emporia)
  • Fmr. Delegate, Virginia Secretary of Administration and Vice Mayor of Richmond Viola Baskerville (D-Richmond)
  • Fmr. Delegate Jean Cunningham (D-Henrico)
  • Fmr. Delegate Debra Rodman (D-Henrico)
  • Fmr. Delegate Jay Jones (D-Norfolk)
  • Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney
  • Richmond City Council President Cynthia Newbille
  • Richmond City Council Member Mike Jones
  • Richmond City Council Member Katherine Jordan
  • Richmond City Council Member Ann-Frances Lambert
  • Richmond City Council Member Andreas Addison
  • Richmond City School Board Member Kenya Gibson 
  • Richmond City School Board Member Liz Doerr
  • Richmond City School Board Member Shonda Harris-Muhammed
  • Richmond City School Board Member Cheryl Burke
  • Richmond City School Board Member Stephanie Rizzi
  • Richmond City of Clerk of the Circuit Court Edward F. Jewett 
  • Henrico County Board of Supervisors Vice Chair Frank Thornton
  • Henrico County Board of Supervisors Member Tyrone Nelson
  • Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor
  • Henrico County Sheriff Alisa Gregory
  • Henrico County School Board Chair Rev. Dr. Roscoe Cooper 
  • Henrico County School Board Member Alicia Atkins
  • Henricopolis Soil and Water Conservation District Board member Nicole Anderson Ellis
  • Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors member Mark Miller
  • Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors member Jim Holland 
  • Chesterfield County School Board Member Dot Heffron
  • Chesterfield County Commissioner of the Revenue Jenefer Hughes
  • Hopewell City Vice Mayor Johnny Partin
  • Hopewell City Council Member Jasmine Gore 
  • Rev. Dr. Dwight Jones, Former Richmond City Mayor and Senior Pastor of First Baptist South Richmond
  • Fmr. Richmond City Council Member Chris Hilbert
  • Fmr. Member of Charles City County Board of Supervisors Sherri Bowman
  • Civil Rights Leader Clarence Dunnaville (Chesterfield)
  • Fmr. Attorney General of Virginia Steve Rosenthal
  • Fmr. Secretary of Defense and Veterans Affairs Carlos Hopkins
  • Former Deputy Secretary of Education Kathy Burcher
  • Former Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth Traci Deshazor
  • Fmr. Chief Deputy Attorneys General of Virginia Claire Gastañaga, Cynthia Hudson and Erin Ashwell
  • Fmr. Deputy Attorneys General of Virginia Victoria Pearson, Sam Towell and Stephen Cobb
  • Former Acting Solicitor General of Virginia Trevor Cox
  • Former Deputy Counsel to the Governor Jessica Killen
  • Former Deputy Solicitor General of Virginia Matt McGuire
  • Former Chief of Staff (to Govs. Kaine and Warner) Bill Leighty
  • Former Deputy General Counsel to the Democratic Party of Virginia Latoya Asia
  • Robert Grey (former President of the American Bar Association and Richmond community leader)
  • Dr. James J. Fedderman, President of the Virginia Education Association
  • Gold Star Father Khizr Khan (Charlottesville)
  • Rev. Emanuel Harris, Co-Chair, Black Coalition of Change (Richmond)
  • Tram Nguyen (community leader, Richmond)
  • Tara Gibson (reproductive health advocate, Richmond)
  • Paulette McElwain (reproductive health advocate, Richmond)
  • Kenda Sutton-El, (maternal health advocate, Richmond)
  • Kati Hornung (gender equality advocate and small business owner, Richmond)
  • A. Ramon Moore (school counselor and former President of the Richmond Education Association)
  • Debra Gardner (candidate for delegate, Chesterfield)
  • Reginald Carter (community leader, Richmond)
  • Richard Pearson (small business owner, Emporia)
  • Willie Hilliard (community leader, Richmond)
  • Annie Mahdee (president, Gilpin Court Tenant Council, Richmond)
  • Leah Walker (public education DEI specialist, Richmond)
  • Evette Roots (community advocate, Richmond)
  • Tavarris Spinks (community leader and former candidate for city council, Richmond)
  • Joseph Papa (community advocate, Richmond)
  • Hanh Deniston (union member and firefighter, Colonial Heights)
  • Wilbert and Thomasine Lawrence (retired public school teachers, Henrico)
  • Malena Llanos (community advocate, Richmond)
  • Helen Hardiman (housing advocate, Richmond)
  • Dr. Yvonne Smith-Jones (education leader, Charles City County)
  • Rupa Murthy (community advocate, Richmond)
  • Brandi Harris (teacher, Richmond)
  • Brenda Jones Cotman (community leader, Charles City County)
  • Anupama Agarwal (business owner, Richmond)
  • Shemicia “Mimi” Bowen (community leader and co-founder of Virginia Black Restaurant Experience, Richmond)
  • Valerie Braxton-Williams (Richmond), former chief of staff to Sen. Henry Marsh
  • Dave Wilkinson (Richmond), former Director of the White House Office of Social Innovation under President Obama
  • Gwen McMillan (community leader, Brunswick)
  • Allan-Charles Chipman, (community leader, Richmond) 
  • Debra Brown, (community leader, Emporia)
  • Elijah Lee, (youth activist, Chesterfield)
  • Eric Lin (community advocate, Chesterfield)
  • Amy Melnick-Scharf (community leader, Richmond)
  • Richard Samet (community leader, Richmond)
  • Ephraim Seidman (community leader, Richmond)
  • Robert Slotnick (community leader, Richmond)
  • Don Glazer (community leader, Richmond)
  • Bruce & Tomomi Rubin (community leader, Richmond)
  • Lisa Halberstadt (community leader, Richmond)
  • Jerry Samford (community leader, Richmond)
  • Harrison Roday (community leader, Richmond)
  • Pastor F. Todd Gray of Fifth Street Baptist Church
  • Pastor Dexter Cannon of Grayland Baptist Church
  • Pastor Larry Miles of Fresh Anointing Cathedral
  • Pastor Jerome C.Ross of Providence Park Baptist Church
  • Pastor Alonza Lawrence of Moore Street Missionary Baptist Church
  • Pastor Pierce Williams of First Union Baptist Church
  • Pastor Yvonne Bibbs of Sixth Baptist Church
  • Pastor Lance Watson of St. Paul’s Baptist Church
  • Pastor Dwight Jones of First Baptist South Richmond
  • President Lester Frye of Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Richmond and Vicinity
  • Rev. Pierre Green of Fifth Street Baptist Church
  • Pastor Rodney Waller of First African Baptist Church
  • Pastor Theodore Tyler of Northside Crusaders Baptist Church
  • Pastor Emmanuel Harris of Jerusalem Baptist Church – Manakin
  • Pastor Barry Winston of St. Mark Church of God in Christ
  • Pastor Patricia Gould-Champ of Faith Community Baptist Church
  • Pastor Diane Mosby of Anointed New Life Baptist Church
  • Pastor Anthony Chandler of Cedar St. Baptist Church
  • Pastor Reuben Boyd of 3rd St. Bethel AME Church
  • Rev. Gary McCollum