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- ELECTIONS DAILY: A Written Interview with Jennifer Carroll Foy, Democratic Candidate for Virginia GovernorBy Joe Szymanski What made you decide to run for Governor? I grew up in Petersburg, Virginia — one of the poorest communities in our Commonwealth. It’s a town that has been left behind. Too many families struggled to get by – including my own, as I was growing up. I was raised by my grandmother, […]
- THE APPEAL: VIRGINIA GOVERNOR CANDIDATE SAYS IT’S TIME TO ‘TREAT POVERTY LIKE THE EMERGENCY IT IS’Jennifer Carroll Foy is a former public defender and state legislator who wants to overhaul school funding and extend an eviction moratorium until the end of 2022.
- RVA MAGAZINE: JENNIFER CARROLL FOY ANNOUNCES PLAN TO PROTECT LGBTQ RIGHTS IN VIRGINIABy Taiya Jarrett Jennifer Carroll Foy is currently running for Governor in Virginia. If elected, not only will she be Virginia’s first female governor, she’ll institute a detailed plan to protect the rights and advance the interests of LGBTQ Virginians. More than a decade ago, 57 percent of Virginians approved a constitutional amendment that defined marriage as […]
- The Progress-Index: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jennifer Carroll Foy campaigns in her Petersburg hometown
PETERSBURG — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jennifer Carroll Foy returned to her roots in the city Saturday where she rallied with campaign supporters and picked up endorsements from Petersburg’s mayor and vice mayor.
- THE HILL: Major union that backed Biden in 2020 endorses Foy in Virginia governors race
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Jennifer Carroll Foy won the support of a major transit union that backed President Biden in the 2020 presidential race.
- The Root: ‘I Am Battle-Tested’: Va. Gubernatorial Candidate Jennifer Carroll Foy Says Her Commitment to Black Maternal Health Is Personal
Former Democratic Virginia delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy almost didn’t live to become a gubernatorial candidate. As she shared with Elle on Monday, she almost died giving birth to her twin boys three years ago, “because, as is the case for many Black women, white doctors and nurses downplayed and dismissed her excruciating postpartum pain.”
