Abigail Spanberger recently revealed she is quitting Congress to take a run at becoming Virginia’s first female governor, leaving her seat up for grabs.
Fresh off her Nov. 7 re-election back into the Virginia House of Delegates, Briana Sewell has announced she will enter the race for outgoing Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s (D-Va.) seat in the federal House of Representatives.
Ms. Sewell currently represents part of Prince William, Virginia, but if her bid for the House is successful at election time, she hopes to bring a more down-to-earth perspective to politics because she believes that’s what the people of the United States deserve in their leaders.
“You deserve someone who understands how hard it is to make ends meet and spends every day working to make things better,” Ms. Sewell said.
“And someone who won’t let Congress take away our freedom to make decisions about our own bodies. I’m in this for all of us who want a better future,” she added.
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