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Shannon L. Taylor
Democratic · Virginia · 2026Taylor has served as Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney for 14 years and was the first woman elected to that office in 2011, per her campaign site. Her campaign site says she has tried thousands of cases involving violent crime, drug trafficking and domestic abuse, and that she created victim support programs and an opioid task force. Virginia Mercury also identifies her as the sitting Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney.
Priorities
- Lowering costs and growing the economy through job creation in energy and infrastructure, per her campaign site
- Cleaning up crime and corruption, including banning insider stock trading by members of Congress, per her campaign site
- Protecting Medicare and Social Security and lowering prescription drug costs, per her campaign site
On the ballot
U.S. House, VA-1 · Virginia · 2026
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