Out of Our Bedrooms and Doctor’s Office:
GMW (grandmothers, mothers and women) of Virginia, Democrats and Republicans are fighting for control of the Virginia General Assembly where the GOP holds a majority in both houses.
Three seats have been vacated by the GOP; two (2) are in the House of Delegates the 91st the 96th, and one (1) in the Senate, the 7th District.
The primaries are June 11, 2019, and the general election is on November 5. Ladies those seats are ours!! We have to get our men out of our bedrooms and doctor’s Office.
The 7th Senate District Recently vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Frank Wagner; the GOP holds 21-19; the map includes Va. Bch, Norfolk and Chesapeake.
The democrats has 3 candidates running in the primaries for the 7th seat, we want whoever wins the primaries, to bring that seat across the isles in November. They are:
- Del. Cheryl Turpin (D)
- retired Navy Master Chief Susan Hippen, (D)
- retired Navy Cmdr. Kim Howard. (D)
There are 2 GOP seats being vacated by the state House, which Republicans control 51-49… We need those seats for a majority in the house.
The 91st House District
Vacated by retiring of Del. Gordon Helsel, R-Poquoson; map includes: City of Poquoson, parts of Hampton and York County.
- Hampton School Board member Martha Mugler (D)
- 2017 Democratic nominee Michael Wade (D)
96th House District
Retiring Del. Brenda Pogge, (R)in James City-York,Williamsburg, Newport News, and parts of Poquoson.
- pediatrician Mark Downey, (D)
- York County grants coordinator Rebecca Leser (D)
- Marine Corps veteran Chris Mayfield (D)
November’s races will be hotly fought, as Republicans seek to hold on to their narrow majority in both chambers of the General Assembly and Democrats try to take power in one or both houses.
It’s too late to register to vote in the primaries, but you have until October 5 to register to vote in the General Election November 5, 2019.
We ask these things in Jesus’s Name, as we continuously pray for our country and each of us.