John,

Born and raised in Petersburg, Virginia Jennifer Carroll Foy has always fought against the odds.

Living in a city with some of the highest childhood poverty rates and the highest teen pregnancy rate in Virginia, Jennifer grew up watching her community be neglected by people and institutions with the power to change things for the better.

Jennifer’s life experiences led her to a life of public service.

She became one of the first women to graduate from Virginia Military Institute and continued to follow her passion for civic engagement by becoming a public defender.

Jennifer ran for Virginia House of Delegates while she was pregnant with twins and when many people counted her out, she won.

She brought that same determination to her work as a member of the House of Delegates by successfully expanding Medicaid coverage for 400,000 Virginians and leading the fight to ratify the equal rights amendment.

With your help, Jennifer can make history as the first Black woman Governor ever elected in the United States. Will you make a contribution to Jennifer’s campaign and DFA today to help make history and elect this progressive leader as the next governor of Virginia?

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Jennifer is building a people-powered, grassroots movement to lead all of Virginia into the future. She is putting everything she has into this campaign because she deeply understands that temporary fixes are not enough.

As a child, her family had to choose between covering the costs of health care or paying the bills. Jennifer will fight to make it so that no person has to choose between paying the bills or taking care of their health.

As Jennifer has said, she knows that the status quo isn’t working because she’s lived it.

She will usher in a new era of leadership for Virginia and all of America. But we have to do everything we can to make it happen. Many of Jennifer’s opponents are bankrolled by Wall Street and corporate America, the same people that continue to neglect her hometown of Petersburg.

Jennifer is building a true people-powered campaign, which means she’s counting on support from grassroots progressives to take on big corporate interests and win. Rush a donation to DFA and Jennifer today so we can elect this progressive as the next Governor of Virginia.

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Thank you for helping DFA support bold progressives like Jennifer. We know this is a difficult time for people across the country, and it’s hard to spend time thinking about elections while we’re all focused on keeping ourselves and our families safe and healthy this holiday season.

But by opening this email, pitching in to help elect progressives like Jennifer, organizing in our communities, and making our voices heard we can make real change for people across this country.

Thank you for everything you do; together we will win!

— Yvette

Yvette Simpson, CEO
Democracy for America