Pro-Choice Democratic Woman Wins Virginia Senate Seat
by Feminist Newswire on Jan 22, 2014 11:34 AM
Pro-choice Democrat Jennifer Wexton beat out two Republicans yesterday to win a special election seat in the Virginia Senates 33rd District.
According to reports from 90 percent of the precincts last night, Wexton beat her opponents with 53 percent of the vote. Republican John Whitbeck received 37 percent of the vote, while former Republican state Delegate Joe May only received about 10 percent of the vote.
Theyre sick of divisive and extreme politics, Wexton told Loudoun Times about why her constituents voted for her. They want to send someone to Richmond who will work across the aisle on common sense solutionstransportation, schools, the economy.
Wexton, a former attorney and substitute judge, lists other issues she fights for on her website, including gun safety, ethics reform, voters rights, and womens health. We need to protect womens rights to control our own healthcare and keep the government out of family planning decisions, she writes. Im pro-choice, and will fight to repeal the mandatory ultrasound law and the TRAP regulations that target womens health clinics.
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