The Democratic Party of Va. will pick a new leader this month. Here are the candidates' platforms.

Ahead of this year’s gubernatorial and House of Delegates elections, the Democratic Party of Virginia will elect a new leader to be its face and voice at a meeting on March 22.

Unlike the legislative and executive elections this year where candidates will traverse the state or certain districts to plead their case to the masses, DPVA chair hopefuls have a few weeks to convince their colleagues they’re right for the job in this intra-party contest.

Contenders come from within DPVA committees and include a state senator.

When longtime DPVA Chair Susan Swecker announced she was stepping down last month, Sen. Lamont Bagby, D-Henrico, emerged as an all but shoe-in successor. As the current chair of Virginia’s Legislative Black Caucus, he also chairs the Senate’s transportation committee and serves on various other committees. His bid for DPVA chair came with a long list of endorsements from prominent Democratic leadership in Virginia to include Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger.




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