Candi Patrice Mundon King is an American politician who has served as a Democratic member of the

Virginia House of Delegates The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two parts of the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbe ...

since 2021.

Biography

King obtained a bachelor's degree in political science from

Norfolk State University Norfolk State University (NSU) is a public historically black university in Norfolk, Virginia. It is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Virginia High-Tech Partnership. History The institution was founded on September 18, 1935 a ...

. She has worked as a nonprofit program manager and an education advocate.

Political career

2021

King announced her campaign for delegate in December 2020, shortly after her predecessor

Jennifer Carroll Foy Jennifer Denise Carroll Foy (born September 25, 1981) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she is a public defender by occupation. Carroll Foy was elected to represent Virginia's 2nd House of Delegates district ...

resigned to run for governor, causing a special election. After winning the Democratic primary, King faced Republican Heather Mitchell in the general election on January 5, 2021. King won with 51.5% of the vote, with a margin of 263 votes. King's re-election involved a primary challenge from Prince William County resident Pamela Montgomery. The race became one of the most expensive primaries in the state because of money contributed by clean energy group Clean Virginia and utility provider

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. Despite the flood of outside money, King won with 67.77%-32.23%. In the November General Election, King ran successfully won a full term against Republican Gina Ciarcia, a history teacher at a private Christian school.

Legislative accomplishments

Election results

References

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