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Dec. 7: Del. Lamont Bagby speaks at Rep. Don McEachin’s funeral.
Dec. 13: State Senator Jennifer McClellan announces her run for Congress.
Senator McClellan’s historic march to D.C. begins… 52 days and counting.
Three of Virginia’s most powerful leaders: Rep. Bobby Scott, State Senator Louise Lucas and Leader Don Scott.
Aug. 9: Two U.S. Marines at Iwo Jima for the last Sunset Parade of 2022.
The Bethel Bruins of Bethel High School in Hampton on Aug. 26.
Missy Elliot is honored at at Manor High School after a street in Porsmouth is renamed Missy Elliott Boulevard.
Oct. 8: At community church community giveaway event at Shiloh Baptist Church in Norfolk, members of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity register voters.
Dec. 17: Virginia Beach City Councilman Aaron Rouse and State Senator Mamie Locke take a quick break from knocking doors as Rouse runs for the Virginia Senate in District 7.
Rep. Scott and fmr. Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax at Norfolk State University’s homecoming game on Oct. 15.
Sept. 17: Outgoing Norfolk Counilman Paul Riddick talks with Sen. Lucas at the Norfolk State homecoming game.
Oct 7: Erin Carter announes the details of the tribute to Missy Elliott at Manor Hough School along with Mayor Glover and other elected officials.
Sept 24: State Senator L. Louise Lucas and Portsmouth Councilwoman Lisa Lucas Burke with guests at her annual event, Afternoon on Crystal Lake in Portsmouth.
Sept. 25: Over 2,000 attended and counting… community leader J.J. Minor, center, is seen at his Third Annual Crab & Q event. The event was one of the biggest grassroots community events in Richmond in 2022.
Sept. 25: Lt. Governor Winsome Sears at the Crab & Q in Richmond.
Sept. 29: Norfolk State President Javaune Adams-Gaston, Makya Little, a candidate for HD19, and State Senator Jennifer McClellan at the Virginia Reception during CBC Week in Washington, D.C.
Sept. 29: Air Force veteran Michael Feggans, who is a candidate for HD97, and Victor McKenzie, Jr., a candidate in HD82, chat at the Virginia reception at CBC week.
Dec. 14: State Senator Jeremy McPike and fmr. Lt. Gov. Fairfax share a laugh at the retirement ceremony of Col. Anthony Pike of the Virginia Capitol Police in Richmond.
Art Central Gallery at 120 E. Mellen in Phoebus Hampton is seen during Phoebus Fall Fest 2022.
Nov. 6: Members of the Norfolk State Spartan Legion take the field at homecoming in grand style. BEHOLD!
Oct. 29: Students of I.C. Norcom High School wait for the start of their homecoming parade in Portsmouth.
Oct. 17: Hampton Mayor Donnie Tuck shakes hands with Lt. Gov. Sears as Col. Gary Settle, Chief of the Virginia State Police, looks on at a justice reform forum in Norfolk.
Navy veteran Kevin Adams (R) and his family at a Virginia Beach polling place. Adams is taking on Aaron Rouse (D) for Senate District 87 on Jan. 10.
Oct. 25: A young attendee at a Dumfries early voting event observes Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger.
Oct. 25: Another young attendee is featured along with a Black Voters Matter T-shirt in Dumfries at an event supporting Rep. Spanberger.
Oct. 25: Fmr. Del. and candidate for Governor Jennifer Carroll Foy is seen in Dumfries and an event in suport of Rep. Spanberger.
Oct. 22: Hampton homecoming parade Grand Marshall Dr. Dietra Trent, a Biden Administration official, waves as the Hampton homecoming parade arrives on campus.
Oct. 16: State Senator Mamie Locke and Congressman Bobby Scott in Hampton at a Sunday “souls to the polls” event at the Hampton registrar’s office.
Oct. 16: The line for Sunday voting in Hampton is long after a “souls to the polls” march to the resgistrar’s office.
Oct. 15: Virginia House Leader Don Scott, Arlington NAACP President J.D. Spain and fmr. Del. Jay Jones enjoy a photo before the start of the Arlington Democrats Golden Gala event.
Oct. 29. State Senator L. Louise Lucas waves during the I.C. Norcom homecoming parade in Portsmouth.
Oct. 29: One of the many participants in the I.C. Norcom homecoming parade in Portsmouth.
Oct. 30: Rep. Bobby Scott greets members of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity before an even in Virginia Beach for Rep. Elaine Luria.
Oct. 25: Dumfries Mayor Derrick Wood and U.S. House Whip Jim Clyburn enter the scene before an event supporting Rep. Abigail Spanberger.
Dec. 12: During a packed news week Del. Bagby announces for Congress in front of the Bagby Center in Henrico. Is a State Senate run next up?
Dec. 11: Virginia Beach City Councilman and Newport News Mayor-Elect Phil Jones, two rising stars, shake hands in Virginia Beach at a Rouse for Senate event.
Jan 13: Outgoing Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax wishes incoming Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears luck two days before taking office.
Oct. 23: State Sentor Mamie Locke’s Sneaker Ball in Hampton.
Oct. 17: Congressman Scott, Petersbugh native Trey Songz, Sen. Lucas and House Democratic Leader Scott at Manor High School in Portsmouth.
Oct. 17: Fmr. Lt. Gov. Fairfax, NSU President Javaune Adams-Gaston, Bishop Kim Brown of The Mount and Hampton President retired Army General Darrell Williams at Manor High School on Missy Elliott Day.
Oct 17: The crowd watches as music producer and artist Missy Elliott, a Portsmouth native, is honored at Manor High School in her hometown.
Hampton’s Marching Force marching band enters the stadium as Hampton University takes on the Richmond Spiders.
Oct. 7: Congressman Bobby Scott and Virginia’s 41st Lt. Gov Justin Fairfax converse at the Newsome House Museum’s annual fundraising event in Newport News.
Oct. 8: State Senator Lionell Spruill; State Senator Mamie Locke, Congressman Scott and Del. Cliff Hayes talk at Spruill’s campaign kickoff in Chesapeake.
Oct. 29: The I.C. Norcom High School Marching Band is seen at their homecoming parade in Portsmouth.
Newport News mayoral candidate Phil Jones greets Congressman Bobby Scott at his annual Labor Day cookout. Jones, 33, will be sworn-in as Mayor on January 10, 2023.
Del. Nadarius Clark talks with community leaders Maurice Hawkins and Susan Hippen, who is a candidate for HD96, at Bobby Scott’s Annual Labor Day Cookout in Newport News.
Sept. 5: Military veterans and community leaders Susan Hippen, Michael Feggans and Maurice Hawkins are seen at Bobby Scott’s Annual Labor day Cookout in Newport News.
State Senator Lionell Spruill and Les Smith at Bobby Scott’s Annual Labor Day Cookout in Newport News.
State Senator Lionell Spruill, Hampton Vice Mayor Jimmy Gray and Del. Cliff Hayes chat at Bobby Scott’s Annual Labor Day Cookout.
Sept. 1: An amazing Black owned farmstand finds a dedicated customer in Exmore on the Eastern Shore.
Aug. 30: Norfolk Mayor Kenny Alexander is interviewed before an event in Virginia Beach by Clarence Khalil Neely.
A mural in Norfolk.
Team Scott before a debate forum in Portsmouth.
Pastor Anthony Chandler is consoled after the funeral of his wife Taleshia 🌹outside Cedar Street Baptist Church on August 15 in Richmond.
