Clockwise from top left: 41st House District Democratic candidate Lily Franklin, 82nd District Democratic candidate Kimberly Pope Adams, Del. Kim Taylor, R-Petersburg and District 71 Democratic candidate Jessica Anderson. These are four of the roughly 80 women running for Virginia’s House of Delegates in the November 2025 election. (Photos courtesy of campaigns)
Contraception access is an issue resonating loudly within Virginia’s public and political spheres this year and last week, it manifested through state lawmakers contrasting Virginia’s twice-failed attempt to protect access to birth control medications against a similar measure that recently sailed through neighboring Tennessee’s legislature.
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Early in-person voting for the June 17 primary election is underway at Henrico’s Voter Registration and Elections offices, and county voters also may cast ballots by mail or by dropping them off in one of five drop boxes in the county.
Henrico voters led the state Friday – the first