Jennifer Carroll Foy

ABOUT JENNIFER CARROLL FOY

Former criminal defense lawyer and Democratic delegate of Virginia's Second District, known for seeking the Democratic nomination for the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election.

She received her bachelor's degree from the Virginia Military Institute in 2003. She completed her Master's degree at Virginia State University and her Juris Doctor from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego.

She proposed and passed the Equal Rights Amendment in 2020, making Virginia the 38th state to ratify the constitutional amendment.

She married Jeffrey Foy, who she met at Virginia Military Institute. She had two twin boys.

She is a member of the Democratic party, like Barack Obama . If she wins the gubernatorial race, she will replace Ralph Northam and be the first female governor of Virginia and the first African American female governor elected in the United States.