Washington Post highlights Taylor’s “base in suburban Richmond and roots in law enforcement”
Richmond Times Dispatch: “Taylor said she decided to run for Congress to build on her career as a prosecutor who has protected people”
Henrico Citizen: “Taylor enters the race with endorsements from U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, Congressmen Don Beyer, Eugene Vindman and Suhas Subramanyam, as well as some members of the Virginia General Assembly, county sheriffs, and fellow commonwealth’s attorneys”
Democrats see her as an up-and-coming prospect. Her base in suburban Richmond and roots in law enforcement are similar to the background of former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee for governor, and she launches her candidacy with an endorsement from Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Virginia).
Taylor said she decided to run for Congress to build on her career as a prosecutor who has protected people from crime, fraud, illegal guns and other threats to their safety.
“The idea of protecting individuals, that’s what drove me to want to run for attorney general statewide, and it’s really the same idea here,” she told The Times-Dispatch. “It’s not just the work that you do in the courtroom, you can also do it in the halls of Congress, standing up for legislation to protect Virginians.”
Taylor also has the backing of Democrats like U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine. “Since 2012, Shannon has worked to keep the residents of Henrico safe by prosecuting murders, drug dealers, and fraudsters, and standing up for victims and their families,” Kaine said in a statement. “As a friend of Shannon’s for more than 15 years, I’m proud to endorse her as she runs to serve as an independent leader in Congress for her community.”
With a track record as a hardline prosecutor, Taylor was first elected to serve as Henrico’s commonwealth’s attorney in 2011 and has spent three terms in the role […] Taylor is running on a platform of defending working Virginians and keeping communities safe.
Taylor criticized Wittman, who was first elected in 2007, for votes she said jeopardized healthcare access in the district, including support for cuts to Medicaid that she argues risked closing rural hospitals like Rappahannock General.
Taylor enters the race with endorsements from U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, Congressmen Don Beyer, Eugene Vindman and Suhas Subramanyam, as well as some members of the Virginia General Assembly, county sheriffs, and fellow commonwealth’s attorneys.
Taylor, who has served as Henrico’s top prosecutor since 2012, framed her campaign as an extension of her record in the courtroom, where she says she has delivered justice for victims and kept communities safe.
ABOUT SHANNON:
Shannon Taylor is a battle-tested prosecutor with 25 years of experience taking on the toughest threats to Virginia families and delivering justice. A native of Charlottesville and graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of Richmond Law School, she began her career as a prosecutor in Richmond before serving as a Special Assistant in the U.S. Attorney’s office. In 2011, she flipped the Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office from Republican to Democrat, becoming the first woman elected to the role. She has since been re-elected three times, proving she knows how to win tough races.
As Commonwealth’s Attorney, Taylor has pioneered programs to support victims of human trafficking, created a task force to tackle the opioid epidemic, and led prosecutors nationwide in pledging not to criminalize women or doctors for abortion care. She has worked alongside law enforcement to keep families safe, fought fraud that harms working people, and partnered with gun safety advocates to take illegal guns off the streets.
Shannon Taylor has built her career on protecting Virginians and delivering justice for families regardless of their politics.
For more on Shannon Taylor’s campaign, visit ShannonTaylorVAcom.
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