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2019 VOTER GUIDE NARAL PRO-CHOICE VIRGINIA PAC P.O. BOX 1204, INFO@NARALVA.ORG ALEXANDRIA VA 22313-1204 (571) 970 - 2536 WHAT'S AT STAKE IN 2019 WE CAN ELECT VIRGINIA'S FIRST PRO-CHOICE MAJORITY IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - EVER. The stakes could not be higher this election year for reproductive rights and freedom. For the first time in history, Virginia has the opportunity to flip both chambers and establish a pro-choice majority in the General Assembly. And with Roe v. Wade hanging by a thread at the Supreme Court and access to safe, legal abortion under attack by anti-abortion Republican controlled state legislators across this country, Virginia needs to become a safe haven for reproductive freedom in surrounding states and across the south, and elect pro-choice candidates this November 5th. Virginia simply can't afford having anti-choice politicians continue to control the General Assembly, whose anti-birth control, anti-abortion agenda jeopardizes the safety and health of women and families across the Commonwealth. I am confident that these pro-choice candidates will serve as fierce advocates for reproductive freedom in the General Assembly and will fight to protect and expand access to the full gamut of reproductive healthcare and rights. For Choice, Tarina Keene, Executive Director MAKE YOUR PLAN TO VOTE! IMPORTANT October 15: Deadline to register to vote or update DEADLINES: an existing registration. October 29: Deadline to request an absentee ballot to be mailed to you. November 2: Deadline to vote in-person absentee. November 5: Election Day! Polls are open from 7:00AM - 7:00PM. If you are in line by 7:00PM, you can still vote! WHAT YOU Virginia requires you to present one form of photo identification in order to vote. Acceptable forms NEED TO include: BRING: Virginia driver's license Virginia DMV-issued photo ID United States passport Employer-issued photo ID Student photo ID issued by a school, college, or university located in Virginia Other U.S. or Virginia government-issued photo ID Virginia Voter Photo ID Card A more detailed list of acceptable identification available at elections.virginia.gov/registration/photo- ids-required-to-vote/. If you do not have ID, you can fill out a provisional ballot with instructions on how to submit a copy of your ID so your vote can be counted. FIND YOUR Look up your polling place through the Citizen Portal at elections.virginia.gov/citizen-portal/index.html. POLLING PLACE: You can also update your voter registration and apply to vote absentee! Visit elections.virginia.gov for more information! HOW TO USE THIS VOTER GUIDE FIND YOUR Find your representative and district at DISTRICT: whosemy.virginiageneralassembly.gov. Use our table of contents to find NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia's endorsed candidate in your District. FIND THEIR Learn how your current elected officials have voted on VOTING reproductive healthcare bills at naralva.org/laws- RECORD ON policy/ and view NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia's Legislative Scorecards for past General Assembly CHOICE: sessions. Each candidate listed in our Voter Guide has been endorsed by NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia PAC. An endorsement from NPCV requires a 100% score on our Candidate Questionnaire, which asks candidates their positions on the full spectrum of reproductive healthcare, including abortion, birth control, and family planning. For questions on our endorsement process, please contact Ana Owens, Campaigns Director, at ana@naralva.org. OUR CANDIDATE KEY Designates a pro-choice champion: someone who is a proven, outspoken fighter for reproductive freedom. Designates a race to watch: a very important and highly competitive race. TABLE OF CONTENTS STATE SENATE SD-11, Amanda Pohl --------------------------- 6 SD-17, Amy Laufer ----------------------------- 9 SD-10, Ghazala Hashmi ---------------------- 7 SD-18, Louise Lucas -------------------------- 9 SD-12, Debra Rodman ------------------------ 8 SD-31, Barbara Favola ----------------------- 9 SD-7, Cheryl Turpin --------------------------- 8 SD-33, Jennifer Boysko --------------------- 10 SD-8, Missy Cotter ---------------------------- 8 SD-35, Dick Saslaw -------------------------- 10 SD-9, Jennifer McClellan -------------------- 8 SD-36, Scott Surovell ------------------------ 10 SD-13, John Bell ------------------------------- 9 SD-37, Dave Marsden ------------------------ 10 SD-39, George Barker ------------------------ 11 STATE HOUSE OF DELEGATES HD-66, Sheila Bynum Coleman ------------ 12 HD-47, Patrick Hope ------------------------- 19 HD-51, Hala Ayala ------------------------------13 HD-48, Rip Sullivan ------------------------- 19 HD-84, Karen Mallard ------------------------ 14 HD-49, Alfonso Lopez ---------------------- 19 HD-42, Kathy Tran ---------------------------- 14 HD-50, Lee Carter --------------------------- 20 HD-02, Jennifer Carroll Foy ----------------- 14 HD-52, Luke Torian ------------------------- 20 HD-10, Wendy Gooditis ---------------------- 15 HD-53, Marcus Simon --------------------- 20 HD-11, Sam Rasoul ---------------------------- 15 HD-57, Sally Hudson ------------------------ 20 HD-12, Chris Hurst ---------------------------- 15 HD-69, Betsy Carr --------------------------- 21 HD-21, Kelly Fowler --------------------------- 15 HD-71, Jeff Bourne --------------------------- 21 HD-27, Larry Barnett ------------------------- 16 HD-72, Schuyler VanValkenburg --------- 21 HD-30, Ann Ridgeway ----------------------- 16 HD-73, Rodney Willett ---------------------- 21 HD-31, Elizabeth Guzmán ------------------ 16 HD-76, Clinton Jenkins --------------------- 22 HD-33, Mavis Taintor ------------------------ 16 HD-79, Steve Heretick ---------------------- 22 HD-35, Mark Keam --------------------------- 17 HD-83, Nancy Guy --------------------------- 22 HD-38, Kaye Kory ----------------------------- 17 HD-85, Alex Askew --------------------------- 22 HD-39, Vivian Watts ------------------------- 17 HD-86, Ibraheem Samirah ----------------- 23 HD-40, Dan Helmer -------------------------- 17 HD-87, Suhas Subramanyam ------------- 23 HD-41, Eileen Filler-Corn -------------------- 18 HD-88, Jess Foster -------------------------- 23 HD-43, Mark Sickles ------------------------- 18 HD-89, Jay Jones ---------------------------- 23 HD-44, Paul Krizek --------------------------- 18 HD-91, Martha Mugler ---------------------- 24 HD-45, Mark Levine -------------------------- 18 HD-93, Mike Mullin ------------------------- 24 HD-46, Charniele Herring ------------------ 19 HD-94, Shelly Simonds -------------------- 24 HD-100, Phil Hernandez -------------------- 24 S TATEMENTS OF SUPPORT SD-24, Annette Hyde ------------------------ 25 Karl Frisch ------------------------------------ 26 SD-28, Qasim Rashid ----------------------- 25 HD-55, Morgan Goodman ------------------ 25 HD-62, Lindsey Dougherty ----------------- 25 HD-96, Mark Downey ----------------------- 26 VIRGINIA Virginia's upper chamber is composed of 40 senators representing an equal number of single- STATE member constituent districts. Senators serve four-year terms with no term limit. The Senate is SENATE presided over by the Lieutenant Governor. 19 pro-choice state senators 2017 21 anti-choice state senators + pro-choice Lieutenant Governor 20 pro-choice state senators 2015 20 anti-choice state senators + pro-choice Lieutenant Governor 22 pro-choice state senators 2011 18 anti-choice state senators + anti-choice Lieutenant Governor MEET OUR ENDORSED CANDIDATES: SD-11 Amanda Pohl Challenger Website: pohlforvirginia.com Facebook: /pohlforvirginia Email: info@pohlforvirginia.com Twitter: @pohlforvirginia Instagram: @pohlforvirginia “A mother of two girls, I have always been a staunch advocate for women’s reproductive healthcare and rights, and now that we are seeing even more ridiculous attacks on women like the recently passed extremist anti-abortion laws in Alabama and Georgia, I know we need to stand up and speak out for women and families." 6 Amanda is the Data Systems and Evaluation Director of the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action OPPONENT SPOTLIGHT: Alliance, and she is working to build a Virginia that Incumbent Senator Amanda Chase is connects survivors of sexual assault and domestic an anti-abortion, anti-woman legislator violence with transformative healing resources, who often makes demeaning and including full access to healthcare. dangerous comments concerning a woman's safety and her rights. Most When Amanda was pregnant with her third planned recently in June, Sen. Amanda Chase pregnancy, she experienced a miscarriage. Due to the made a controversial comment medically unnecessary restrictions put in place by concerning the second amendment anti-abortion politicians, Amanda was unable to and wrote that “It’s those who are naive receive the timely and compassionate reproductive and unprepared that end up raped.” healthcare she needed. These barriers included a 24- She also commented hour waiting period, mandatory ultrasound, and that if a woman biased counseling. This experience opened Amanda’s becomes pregnant eyes up to how anti-choice politicians in Virginia had as a result of rape, chipped away at her access to reproductive health and abortion is never the rights for decades, and how these laws are insulting answer. and dangerous to all Virginia women. SD-10 Ghazala Hashmi Challenger Website: ghazalahasmi.com Facebook: /hashmi4vasenate Email: info@hasmi4vasenate.org Twitter: @hashmi4va "I have always been a staunch advocate for women’s reproductive healthcare and rights, and now more than