Filler-Corn is seeking the 10th District seat that will be vacated by Rep. Jennifer Wexton, who is not seeking reelection because of health reasons.
Del. Eileen Filler-Corn , shown in the House of Delegates in 2019, when she served as minority leader. RICHMOND — Former Virginia House speaker Eileen Filler-Corn said Wednesday that she will run for Congress in the 10th District, where Rep. Jennifer Wexton has decided not to seek reelection next year for health reasons.again this fall for the House of Delegates seat that she has occupied since 2010 and was intending to run for governor in 2025.
The Loudoun-based district is not considered reliably blue though, and the opening creates the potential for a highly competitive race. Several other Democrats have been mentioned as possible contenders, including delegates Dan Helmer and David A. Reid .A 400-year first: Filler-Corn breaks many barriers as new Democratic leader in Virginia’s House
In 2019, Filler-Corn became the first woman and first Jewish person to serve as speaker in the 400-plus-year history of Virginia’s House. Her two years in that role came as a historic blue surge gave Democrats full control of the General Assembly and the governor’s mansion for the first time in a generation.
While she was speaker, the state shifted sharply to the left on a number of major issues, including abolishing the death penalty, legalizing small amounts of recreational marijuana, tightening gun restrictions and passing ambitious clean energy goals., in part over accusations by some that she had not shared enough of her enormous campaign fundraising with other candidates.
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Former Virginia House Speaker Filler-Corn will forego run for governor and seek congressional seatFormer Virginia House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn has decided against a bid for governor in 2025 and will instead run next year to represent the competitive northern Virginia congressional seat being vacated by a fellow Democratic lawmaker
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