Wayne Powell for Congress | Democratic Candidate For the 7th District of Virginia | Running for Eric Cantor's seat

What an honor! Thank you, PDA members. With your help, we’re that much closer to defeating Eric Cantor. The official announcement on the National Progressive Democrats of America website reads:

Wayne received the local 7th District local chapter endorsement in October. In addition to a local endorsement, candidates seeking National endorsement must also be endorsed by the state. PDA Virginia emailed a questionnaire to their membership; PDA Virginia voted to endorse Wayne Powell.  Read more... (130 words, apx. 31 secs reading time)

Welcome. After many months of meeting with and listening to constituents here in the 7th District, I’ve refined my stances on the issues. We’ve also added an ideas feature where everyone can submit ideas, and vote up ones you like, to make this campaign as inclusive as possible – just like our government should be.

I’m not a professional politician. Both during the campaign and after entering Congress, my statements and actions will continue to be guided by the principle of justice and not privilege. I don’t know how to be any other way.  Read more... (292 words, apx. 1:10 mins reading time)

I was honored to attend the 55th Annual Celebration of the Richmond Crusade for Voters, where Dr. William Ferguson Reid received the founders award. The Crusade for Voters was founded in 1956 as an effort to register African American voters.

In addition to being first African-American surgeon in Richmond, Dr. Reid was the first African American elected (1967) to the General Assembly in the 20th Century. He led the struggle to desegregate medical educational associations and societies in Virginia, which enabled African American doctors to attain crucial surgical privileges at hospitals.  Read more... (229 words, 1 image, apx. 55 secs reading time)

The morning after election day, I listened with interest to the local news on NPR, when Richmond Times Dispatch commentator Jeff Schapiro quoted a colleague’s comment on the prosecutor’s race as follows: “Cantor wants to run the country, but he can’t seem to run his county.”  That county is Henrico, where I lived for 25 years. The election was the victory of Shannon Taylor, a Democrat, over Cantor’s chosen candidate, Bill Janis, a former conservative member of Virginia’s House of Delegates and the selected Republican candidate.  Read more... (826 words, 2 images, apx. 3:18 mins reading time)