Elizabeth Bennett-Parker is an American politician. A

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, she is a member of the

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, representing the 45th district since 2022.

Biography

Bennett-Parker served on the

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City Council from 2018 to 2021 and was Vice Mayor of Alexandria from 2019 to 2021. She is active in several local and regional organizations and helped lead Together We Bake, a non-profit job training and personal development program.

Political career

2021

Bennett-Parker ran in the 2021 election, and in the primary defeated incumbent delegate

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, who was simultaneously running for lieutenant governor, with 59.24% of the vote. In the general election she defeated

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J.D. Maddox with 73.68% of the vote.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett-Parker, Elizabeth Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates Women state legislators in Virginia Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Politicians from Alexandria, Virginia