Democrat Jennifer McClellan becomes the first Black woman in Virginia elected to Congress
McClellan, 50, was widely expected to prevail in the deep-blue, Richmond-anchored district, which stretches to the North Carolina border. But within the broader arc of history, in a city still contending with its Confederate past — in a country still reckoning with the consequences of slavery, segregation and “massive resistance” — McClellan said she felt the weight of the victory.
McClellan will be entering the most diverse Congress in history, leaving a General Assembly that in recent years has also elected younger and more diverse lawmakers in a reflection of a changing Virginia.
“So to the extent of saying someone who has been in the vineyard and been laboring in the fields for progress and advancement of people is now moving to another level, who happens to be a woman, who happens to be a woman of color — surely it’s progress, but the job still needs to be done.” “I think she’s always been about education. She cares about us,” said Kerry L. Richardson, a second-grade teacher in her late 30. McClellan has shown up in person at local teacher forums and built up a great level of trust, Richardson said.
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