Jennifer McClellan will win Virginia's 4th District special election, CNN projects. The Democrat will be the first Black woman that Virginia sends to Congress.
Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan will win the special election for Virginia’s 4th Congressional District and will become the first Black woman to represent the commonwealth in Congress, CNN projected Tuesday. McClellan will defeat Republican Leon Benjamin, a pastor and Navy veteran, to succeed the late Democratic Rep. Donald McEachin, who died in November.
And that the importance of having not only a message that resonates with voters but the resources to communicate it. That both are equally important and having the importance of a field organization, you really need all three, and I was able to pull all three together in a very short amount of time,” she said. McClellan won the Democratic nomination for the 4th Congressional District in December, defeating fellow state Sen.
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