Incumbent Democratic Delegate Elizabeth Bennett-Parker served as the vice mayor of Alexandria and was the youngest woman elected to Alexandria’s city council before becoming a Delegate. She attended Cornell University and the University of London. She served on Alexandria’s Community Criminal Justice Board and Commission on Employment. She also runs a small business that targets food insecurity and co-leads a nonprofit job training and personal development program for underserved women. She and her husband live in Alexandria with their two rescue pets.

As a Delegate, Bennett-Parker expanded access to early childhood education by securing additional funding and supporting zoning changes to increase the number of education facilities in the city. She co-patroned policies to improve school education, such as HB1423 which lays down the duties and principles of the Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education. She also copatroned HB1526, which sets up literary measures for students performance with provisions and protocols to aid students who are below standard. Delegate Bennett-Parker supports raising teacher pay and advancing universal school meal programs that deliver healthy food to Virginia students.

Delegate Bennett-Parker helps to boost Virginia working families by voting for paid family and medical leave so that people don’t have to choose between a paycheck or taking care of a loved one or themselves if they are sick. She aims to raise revenue for the Commonwealth by making sure that the huge corporations, millionaires,and billionaires that have benefited from our community are paying their fair share too. She also wants to ensure that minorities and women are prioritized in opportunities for new businesses. Del. Bennett-Parker patroned HB1924 requiring employers to pay their employees with disabilities at least minimum wage as well as supported a retail and small business owner grant program with her sponsorship of HB476. Del. Bennett-Parker shows dedication to the workforce making her an ideal candidate.

Delegate Bennett-Parker understands the urgency of the climate crisis and sponsored a resolution on the Alexandria City Council calling the climate crisis an emergency. She worked to ensure that all new construction in the city has zero carbon emissions and that property owners have access to tools to make energy improvements. She co-patroned HB1742, a policy that will equip students with the environmental literacy needed to help keep our community safe. Delegate Bennett-Parker also co-patroned HB1510, a policy that incentivises the preservation and restoration of urban green spaces. Additionally, she co-patroned HB1721, which created a policy for the study of microplastics found in our drinking water.

As chair of the Virginia Railway Express, Delegate Bennett-Paker is aware of the region’s transportation needs. Bennet-Parker wants to modernize and expand transportation infrastructure in Northern Virginia so that people have more options and mobility. With this in mind, Delegate Bennett-Parker co-patroned the Transit RIdership Incentive program a policy instrunting the Commonwealth Transportation Board to set aside money to improve transportation in Virginia. She also recognizes that the district suffers from an affordable housing crisis. As a Delegate, she voted to increase funding for affordable housing and expand the number of affordable housing units as well as supporting various policies to protect tennent rights. Climate change has made flooding issues worse for her district and Del. Bennett-Parker’s chief co-patron of HB602 detailed her plan to work with the General Assembly to secure more funding for stormwater infrastructure in the district.

Delegate Bennett-Parker is running unopposed, and due to her support of public education, the environment, Virginia working families, and improved transportation infrastructure, Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker is the most progressive choice in this race.
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