HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor is running for Attorney General of Virginia. The Democrat made history when she became Henrico's first female Commonwealth's Attorney when she was elected in 2011.
In a statement announcing her candidacy, Taylor said she would continue to stand up for her beliefs.
"When MAGA extremists push laws that punish women for making private healthcare decisions, women need to fight back," she said in a statement. "To defeat extremism and hate, we need an experienced, proven prosecutor as our Democratic nominee for Attorney General. I am the only candidate who has flipped a seat from Red to Blue in what was a Republican leaning locality and the only candidate with a proven record of successfully prosecuting many hundreds of cases."
That election is in 2025.
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