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Glass ceiling on Virginia state offices remains for Black women

by Associated Press

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Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, D-Prince William, sits at her desk on the floor of the House of Delegates after her Equal Rights Amendment bill passed out of committee earlier at the state Capitol in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. A House committee approved a resolution Tuesday, to ratify the state's Equal Rights Amendment, which advocates hope will become the next amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The 13-9 vote split along party lines, with all Democrats supporting it and all Republicans opposing it. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
FILE -{ }Sen. Jennifer McClellan, Virginia. (AP)
Princess Blanding, the sister of Marcus-David Peters, who was fatally shot by Richmond police and Jeffrey Peters, the uncle of Marcus-David Peters, speak to the media outside Richmond police headquarters in Richmond, Va., Wednesday May 23, 2018. The two viewed police body-camera footage of the incident. (AP Photo/Denise Lavoie)
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Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, D-Prince William, sits at her desk on the floor of the House of Delegates after her Equal Rights Amendment bill passed out of committee earlier at the state Capitol in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. A House committee approved a resolution Tuesday, to ratify the state's Equal Rights Amendment, which advocates hope will become the next amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The 13-9 vote split along party lines, with all Democrats supporting it and all Republicans opposing it. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Four Black women have entered the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial race.

If elected, the commonwealth would become the first state with a Black female governor.

Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, and former Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, D-Prince William, are competing for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

SEE ALSO: Democratic candidates for Virginia governor draw contrasts in debate

Former Roanoke City Sheriff Octavia Johnson is seeking the Republican nomination.

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Independent activist and educator Princess Blanding is running for the new Liberation Party, which she helped establish last year.

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