The '
Virginia Legislative Black Caucus
'' is an American

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composed of Black members elected to the

Virginia General Assembly The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the oldest continuous law-making body in the Western Hemisphere, the first elected legislative assembly in the New World, and was established on July 30, 16 ...

Mission

The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus (VLBC) is committed to improving the economic, educational, political, and social conditions of African Americans, as well as historically underrepresented groups in Virginia. A vital part of VLBC’s mission is to raise the consciousness of other groups to the contributions made by African Americans to the Commonwealth and the Nation.

Current membership

List of officers:

Current members

# Virginia State Del.

Lamont Bagby Lamont Bagby (born December 21, 1976) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. On November 3, 2015, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 74th district, which includes Charles City County, parts of Henrico ...

(D-74th) # Virginia State Del.

Jeff Bourne Jeffrey Albert Bourne (19 June 1948 – 31 July 2014) was an English footballer who played as a striker. Born in Linton, Derbyshire, he spent most of his early career in the lower English divisions before moving to the United States where he ...

(D-71st) # Virginia State Del. Nadarius Clark (D-79th) # Virginia State Del.

Jackie Glass (politician) Jacqueline "Jackie" Hope Glass (born 1984) is an American politician and consultant from Virginia. A Democrat, she was first elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in a special election in 2022, winning the seat vacated by retiring Delegate ...

(D-89th) # Virginia State Del. Cliff Hayes (D-77th) # Virginia State Del.

Charniele Herring Charniele LeRhonda Herring ( ; born September 25, 1969) is an American politician. She has served in the Virginia House of Delegates since 2009, representing the 46th district, made up of portions of the city of Alexandria and Fairfax County, ne ...

(D-46th) # Virginia State Del. Clinton Jenkins (D-76th) # Virginia State Sen. Mamie Locke (D-2nd) # Virginia State Sen.

Louise Lucas Lillie Louise Lucas ( Boone; born January 22, 1944) is an American politician serving as a Virginia state senator, representing the 18th District in the southeast of the state since 1992. Democrats won a majority of seats in the 2019 Virginia ...

(D-18th) # Virginia State Del.

Michelle Maldonado Michelle Maldonado is an American politician who serves in the Virginia House of Delegates from the 50th district as a member of the Democratic Party. Early life and education Michelle Maldonado was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Her grand ...

(D-50th) # Virginia State Sen.

Jennifer McClellan Jennifer Leigh McClellan (born December 28, 1972) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the Virginia state senator from the 9th district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she was previously elected to the Virginia House of ...

(D-9th) # Virginia State Del.

Delores McQuinn Rev. Delores L. McQuinn (born November 26, 1954 in Henrico County, Virginia) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. On January 6, 2009 she was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 70th district, made up of pa ...

(D-70th) # Virginia State Del. Candi Mundon King (D-2nd) # Virginia State Del.

Marcia Price Marcia Simone "Cia" Price (born July 20, 1980) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. On November 3, 2015, she was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 95th district, which includes parts of the cities of Hamp ...

(D-95th) # Virginia State Del.

Sam Rasoul Salam "Sam" Rasoul (born June 30, 1981) is an American politician serving as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 11th district. He is one of the two Muslim members of the Virginia General Assembly. In November 2020, Rasoul announc ...

(D-11th) # Virginia State Del.

Briana Sewell Briana D. Sewell (born 1990) is an American politician serving as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 51st district since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, she was elected in 2021 to succeed retiring Democrat Hala Ayal ...

(D-51st) # Virginia State Del. Don Scott (D-80th) # Virginia State Sen. Lionell Spruill, Sr. (D-5th) # Virginia State Del. Luke Torian (D-52nd) # Virginia State Del. Jeion Ward (D-92nd) # Virginia State Del. Angelia Williams Graves (D-90th)

Past members

*Virginia State Sen.

Henry L. Marsh Henry Leander Marsh III (born December 10, 1933) is an American civil rights lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Marsh was elected by the city council as the first African-American mayor of Richmond, Virginia in 1977. He was elected to the Senat ...

(D-16th) Dinwiddie and Petersburg. Part of Chesterfield, Hopewell, Prince George, and Richmond City *Virginia State Sen.

Yvonne B. Miller Yvonne Bond Miller (July 4, 1934 – July 3, 2012) was a Virginia educator and American politician who became the first African-American woman to serve in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly. A Democrat, in 1983 Miller became the first ...

(D-5th) Chesapeake, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach *Virginia State Del. Kenneth Cooper Alexander (D-89th) Norfolk *Virginia State Del. Mamye BaCote (D-95th) Hampton and Newport NewsBlack Democrats make case for Obama, Clinton
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Rosalyn Dance Rosalyn Randolph Dance (born February 10, 1948) is an American politician, who served in the Senate of Virginia from 2014 until 2020. She was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2005 to 2014, and was mayor of Petersburg, Virginia fro ...

(D-63rd) Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, and Petersburg *Virginia State Del. Algie Howell (D-90th) Chesapeake, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach *Virginia State Del. Matthew James (D-80th) Portsmouth *Virginia State Del. Onzlee Ware (D-11th) Roanoke City and Roanoke County *Virginia State Del. Joseph C. Lindsey (D-90th) *Virginia State Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy (D-2nd)

Staff

References

{{Virginia Virginia General Assembly State Legislative Black Caucuses