(Woodbridge, VA) – Today, the Working Families Party endorsed Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy in the Virginia gubernatorial primary. Like Carroll Foy, the Working Families Party is dedicated to ensuring that working people don’t just survive, but thrive.
“This election is an opportunity to elect someone who will fight for every single working family –– Black, white, brown, native and newcomer –– not just in Virginia, but across the country,” said Working Families Party National Director Maurice Mitchell. “Jennifer has spent her life fighting and winning tough fights to advance racial and economic justice across Virginia, from cracking down on corrupt corporations, banning chokeholds and making sure more working families get the healthcare they need to thrive. Everything Jennifer does, she does to better the lives of Virginia’s working families, and we’re proud to get to work to ensure she’s elected as the next Governor of Virginia.”
“I am so honored to receive the support and endorsement of the Working Families Party, an advocate in the fight to ensure that working people live with the dignity they deserve,” said Jennifer Carroll Foy. “I remember when my grandmother had a stroke that caused her to be quadriplegic, and having to ration her medication so we could continue to pay the mortgage on the house keeping a roof over our head. No family should be shut out from opportunity in the way too many Virginians are. It’s why I will never stop fighting to ensure that all Virginians have access to quality, affordable healthcare, a job that pays a living wage with good benefits, and more.”
Carroll Foy continues to build a broad, diverse coalition that is reaching Virginians across the Commonwealth. Her people-powered campaign is supported by hundreds of volunteers and allied organizations organizing across the Commonwealth. To date, community leaders, unions and organizations representing millions of working people have endorsed her candidacy, including:
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters
- Amalgamated Transit Union
- American Federation of Government Employees Local 252
- Baltimore-DC Metro Building and Construction Trades Council
- IBEW Local 26
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 51
- Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association (Plumbers Local 5, Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 10, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 110, Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486, Plumbers and Steamfitters 489, Steamfitters Local 602, and Sprinkler Fitters Local 669)
- Teamsters Local 730 and Joint Council 55
- People for the American Way
- Clean Virginia
- CASA in Action
- Feminist Majority PAC
- Democracy for America
- #VOTEPROCHOICE
- Women for the Win
- March On
- Richmond for All
- Run Sister Run PAC
- Sunrise Movement
- Sunrise Movement Virginia
- Virginia Justice Democrats
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Jennifer Carroll Foy has dedicated her life to service. As one of the first women to graduate from Virginia Military Institute, a former foster mom, a magistrate judge, and public defender, Jennifer has embodied the ideals of community, honor and commitment in every facet of her life. During her time in the legislature, Jennifer led the way on the Equal Rights Amendment, proudly supported the successful fight to expand Medicaid to over 500,000 Virginians, and passed a budget that includes a three percent salary increase for teachers. She is a proud mother to twin three year olds, and wife to her husband Jeff, who she met her first week at VMI.