Today former Delegate Jay Jones announced his first wave of endorsements of state and local candidates of the 2023 cycle. The candidates reflect Virginia’s growing diversity and will provide outstanding leadership over the course of this Virginia decade. The complete list of endorsees is below.
“I’m thrilled to endorse these exceedingly qualified candidates – this group possesses the skills and courage to lead right now and they are poised to assume critical roles in shaping our collective future. They are well-equipped to meet this moment to reclaim the majority in the House of Delegates, hold control in the Senate, and stop Glenn Youngkin, Jason Miyares, and Virginia Republicans from walking back progress in our Commonwealth at every level” said Delegate Jay Jones.
Senate
Lashrecse Aird, SD-13
Lamont Bagby, SD-14
Schuyler VanValkenburg, SD-16
Lionell Spruill, SD-18
Angelia Williams-Graves, SD-21
Joel Griffin, SD-27
Jeremy McPike, SD-29
Russet Perry, SD-31
Suhas Subramanyam, SD-32
Barbara Favola, SD-40
House of Delegates
Adele McClure, HD-2
Holly Seibold, HD-12
Michelle Maldonado, HD-20
Candi King, HD-23
Brianna Sewell, HD-25
Kannan Srinivasan, HD-26
Atoosa Reaser, HD-27
Esther Nizer, HD-34
Lily Franklin, HD-41
Joshua Cole, HD-65
Debra Gardner, HD-76
Michael Jones, HD-77
Rae Cousins, HD-79
Destiny LeVere Bolling, HD-80
Nadarius Clark, HD-84
Cia Price, HD-85
Phil Hernandez, HD-94
Michael Feggans, HD-9
Alex Askew, HD-95
Local Offices
JD Spain, Arlington County Board
Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, Commonwealth’s Attorney, Arlington/Falls Church
Sri Amudhanar, Commissioner of the Revenue, Loudoun County
Andrea Bailey, Board of Supervisors, Prince William County
Please visit Delegate Jones’ Facebook and Twitter pages to stay current on information about additional endorsements and upcoming political activity.
Jay Jones represented the 89th District in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2018-2021 and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General in 2021. He is the founder of Meet Our Moment, an organization that recruits and trains minority and female candidates to run for and win state and local offices across Virginia in 2022, 2023, and beyond. |