A Black Woman Running For Office In Virginia Could Be The State’s Last Hope In Protecting Women’s Reproductive Rights

Essence Magazine:

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated September 27, 2023

Lifelong Virginian Kimberly Pope Adams is vying for elected office in Virginia’s House of Delegates to serve the 82nd District, which represents Dinwiddie, Petersburg, Prince George, and Surry.

Adams, a first-time candidate, sat down with ESSENCE to discuss her campaign and what inspired her to run for office. “I see people like me in the community all the time. I’m a working single,

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