Kimberly Pope-Adams 

Kimberly is a lifelong Virginian who loves calling Dinwiddie home. She’s an Accountant and Auditor who wants to bring accountability to the House of Delegates. Growing up in the “Five Forks” area of Hopewell, Kimberly has a deep-rooted connection to the traditions and culture of the Tri-Cities.

Her deep love for the area she grew up in is the cornerstone of why she’s running to serve the new 82nd District. Our District of Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Prince George, and Surry deserves a Delegate to fight for all of us. Kim is a mother whose community has seen hardships that were preventable. She’s ready to be a voice for a District that has long been ignored by Richmond. Kim will stand with farmers, local businesses, and community leaders to make our District thrive.

Rae Cousins – Candidate for House of Delegates

Rae Cousins is a fourth-generation Richmonder, mother, and attorney. Public service has always been very important in her family – her mom was a Richmond Public School elementary teacher and her dad served in the workforce development field for various government agencies for over 35 years. Rae graduated from The College of William & Mary, then attended Howard University School of Law. Since graduating, Rae has worked at Brown Greer, a local law firm in Richmond, where she manages the administration of multi-million- and billion-dollar settlement programs for people injured by harmful drugs and medical devices and environmental disasters. Rae has a passion for voter registration, particularly the restoration of rights for individuals with felony convictions. She worked on voter registration during President Obama’s campaign. As the 3rd Vice Chair for the Richmond City Democratic Committee, Rae organized voter registration drives throughout the city. Rae has helped lead efforts for the Democratic Party of Virginia’s voter protection program and as an election protection lawyer at the polls. Rae is running for the House of Delegates because she believes her legal skills will allow her to advocate for and effect change in the communities that raised her.

Jennifer Case – Executive Director at Virginia Down Syndrome Association

Jennifer has over 15 years of non-profit direct service and leadership experience. She effectively develops and sustains strong, trusting relationships with partners, staff, boards, funders, and other stakeholders. Her experience ranges across advocacy, systems change, change leadership, regional, state, and national approaches, and event management. She has a strong commitment to leading and supporting an organizational adoption and implementation of a diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility approach.

Rae Cousins – Candidate for House of Delegates

Rae Cousins is a fourth-generation Richmonder, mother, and attorney. Public service has always been very important in her family – her mom was a Richmond Public School elementary teacher and her dad served in the workforce development field for various government agencies for over 35 years. Rae graduated from The College of William & Mary, then attended Howard University School of Law. Since graduating, Rae has worked at BrownGreer, a local law firm in Richmond, where she manages the administration of multi-million- and billion-dollar settlement programs for people injured by harmful drugs and medical devices and environmental disasters. Rae has a passion for voter registration, particularly the restoration of rights for individuals with felony convictions. She worked on voter registration during President Obama’s campaign. As the 3rd Vice Chair for the Richmond City Democratic Committee, Rae organized voter registration drives throughout the city. Rae has helped lead efforts for the Democratic Party of Virginia’s voter protection program and as an election protection lawyer at the polls. Rae is running for the House of Delegates because she believes her legal skills will allow her to advocate for and effect change in the communities that raised her.

oday we are bringing back Dr. Ann Olivarius

Dr. Ann Olivarius

Dr. Ann Olivarius is the Chair and Senior Partner of McAllister Olivarius. She is a Solicitor of England & Wales and Ireland and U.S. attorney licensed in New York, Virginia, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Idaho and in the District of Columbia/ Washington, D.C.

Ann has over 30 years’ experience as a lawyer, financier, philanthropist, writer, and advisor to public figures. With a background in both civil rights law and corporate law, she specialises in cases of discrimination, sexual harassment and assault, and online abuse. She has successfully represented clients against major institutions, ensured that institutions change their practices, and lobbied Parliament to introduce new laws protecting vulnerable people from abuse.

In December 2022 she was approved an Honorary King’s Counsel for her “leading role in the fields of women’s rights, sexual harassment and sexual abuse” and was awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the New Year’s Honours List in recognition of her services to Justice, Women and Equality.

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Stella Pekarsky

As a first-generation American, Stella has always fought hard for the American dream and to ensure future generations have access to opportunities to achieve success. As a mother to six wonderful children and an educator, Stella understands the value of a high quality education. She has proudly taught or served on the PTA at 7 schools across our district and served on many local boards and organizations. In 2019, Stella stepped up to serve our community on the School Board, where she has fought to increase teacher pay, close the opportunity and access gaps, improve Title IX instruction and protections, and successfully stood up to Governor Youngkin’s partisan agenda to strip away our community’s control over our schools. Stella is 100% pro-choice, pro-climate, pro-clean government, and pro-gun safety.

A long-time Centreville resident and a small business owner, Stella and her husband are raising their six children in this wonderful community and are deeply invested in its future prosperity.

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Delegate Amanda Batten – Representative 96th District – Virginia House of Delegates

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Rachel Levy 

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Holly Seibold 

Senator Ghazala Hashmi 

Senator Ghazala Hashmi, PhD, serves in the Virginia General Assembly, representing the 10th Senatorial District which includes parts of Richmond City, Chesterfield County, and all of Powhatan County. She sits on the following Senate committees: Education and Health; Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources; General Laws and Technology; and Local Government. Senator Hashmi also chairs the Senate Subcommittee on Public Education. Prior to her election in November 2019, Senator Hashmi had a long career in higher education in Virginia.

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Makya Little 

Makya Little is a mother, a former FBI and CIA officer, and an equity advocate. She is running to represent the new 19th District encompassing portions of Prince William and Fairfax Counties in Virginia’s House of Delegates. In 2019, Makya fought to reform how African American history is taught in Virginia as the Parent Advocate of Governor Northam’s Commission on African American History Education. As President of the TJ Alumni Action Group, she led the admissions reform advocacy efforts for the nation’s #1 high school—Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. Most recently, as a Survivor of domestic violence, she authored House Bill 1351 (known as “Makya’s Law”) and advocated for the removal of the one-year waiting period that victims of domestic violence must wait to be granted a full divorce in Virginia. A certified Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practitioner who led the development of the CIA’s first Accessibility Strategy, Makya seeks to ensure a more inclusive future where shared prosperity is achieved collectively. Makya is a 26-year resident of Woodbridge, Virginia, a small business owner, and a coalition-builder who believes that partnerships and creative problem-solving are keys to our enhanced success.

Michele Joyce 

Michele and her husband, Pete, married in Isle of Wight County, in 1999—at Benn’s United Methodist Church—in what is now the new 84th district. Isle of Wight is also where they raised their two daughters, Hailey and Julia. Michele graduated from William & Mary with a degree in Physics and has worked in Newport News at Jefferson Lab as a computer scientist since 1998 writing software for the lab’s particle accelerator. For the last 14 years, Michele has been a volunteer community leader and advocate—helping families in HD84 find affordable access to health care. Michele’s longtime community and professional experience in Hampton Roads speak to her abilities as a problem solver. She felt compelled to take an active role in helping her community after witnessing a neighborhood family fall victim to a flawed health-care system. She became a volunteer neighborhood team leader with the Obama campaign and organized for the passage of the Affordable Care Act. When the full law was implemented in 2014, she was trained to be a volunteer Health Care Navigator, traveling throughout the district, educating the public about the new law, and helping families find quality, affordable health care. In 2012, while Michele was serving as chair of the Isle of Wight County Democratic Committee, they were awarded “Committee of the Year” from the Democratic Party of Virginia. In 2019 Michele served as the Democratic nominee for Delegate from the former 64th House District (now HD84). In that election, Michele achieved record Democratic performance funded completely by small-dollar grassroots donors.

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Senator Barbara Favola 

Heidi Drauschak