Jennifer L. McClellan
Democrat · VA-4 · U.S. House
Bio
Jennifer Leigh McClellan is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 4th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented the 9th district in the Virginia State Senate from 2017 to 2023 and the 71st district in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2006 to 2017. She ran in the Democratic primary for governor of Virginia in the 2021 election, losing to former governor Terry McAuliffe.
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Issue profile
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- SCOTUS Voting Rights ruling ignores ‘over 100 years of history’: Congressional Black Caucus member
Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-Va.), a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, joins Meet the Press NOW as Virginia Democrats ask the U.S. Supreme Court to res...
Yahoo Entertainment · May 12, 2026 
Virginia wilderness areas under threat, Kaine and McClellan warnVirginians need to push back against President Donald Trump’s proposal to rescind one of the most important regulations protecting wilderness areas, Sen. Tim Kaine and Rep, Jennifer McClellan, D-4th, said.
Richmond.com · January 12, 2026
Good Trouble Lives OnTaking a break from the awful to celebrate - remember that? - indefatigable civil rights icon, all-round mensch and former chicken preacher John Lewis, who died five years ago today after a lifetime of good trouble. The peerless "moral compass of Congress," n…
Common Dreams · July 17, 2025
Virginia Dem: GOP tax cuts would be on 'backs of millions of Americans' (Elizabeth Crisp/The Hill)Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill: Virginia Dem: GOP tax cuts would be on ‘backs of millions of Americans’ — Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-Va.) warned during an appearance on NewsNation's “The Hill Sunday” that the tax cuts that have been floated in GOP budget propos…
Memeorandum.com · May 18, 2025
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