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Karen Mallard

Karen ran in 2018 for Congress in VA-2, but lost to Elaine Luria. She is an educator, community organizer, and activist.

When she was only eleven years old, Karen and her father successfully advocated for the removal of a sewage treatment plant that dumped waste into the Guest River, where Karen and her neighbors were baptized. When the coal company in her parents' home in Wise County, Virginia cut their miners' health benefits, Karen passed out bologna sandwiches to strikers and joined them on the picket line.

For the past 30 years, Karen Mallard has used this compassion and fighting spirit to serve the Virginia Beach community as a public-school teacher, union leader, political organizer, PTA board member, and little league board member.

Karen, on the issues:

➔ Healthcare +

Karen believes health care is a right not a privilege. Karen Mallard has always stood unequivocally in favor of Medicaid expansion and can be trusted to protect it in the House of Delegates.

➔ Education +

Karen will work to expand full-day public kindergarten, giving every child in Virginia Beach the head start they both need and deserve. Karen believes in more funding for schools, with a special emphasis on at-risk students and special education.

➔ VA Workers & Economy +

Will work tirelessly to attract high-paying green jobs to our community.

➔ Energy +

Karen will fight to protect Virginia Beach residents whose homes are threatened by flooding, the inevitable result of climate change and rising sea levels. She will stand against any and all offshore drilling on our coastline.

Learn more on Karen's website issues page.

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