People “deserve … to be able to live in the communities where they work.”
Del.-elect Lindsey Dougherty (D–Chesterfield) has worked in Chesterfield County as a budget analyst, and is currently a healthcare researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University.
As a freshman member of Virginia’s House of Delegates, she’ll represent a district that includes parts of the counties of Chesterfield and Prince George, as well as the City of Hopewell.
The 2025 election was the second time Dougherty challenged outgoing Republican Del. Carrie Coyner for a seat in the House. The two first ran against each other in 2019. Coyner won that election with 55% of the vote. In the 2025 election, Dougherty won with 53% of the vote…