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Pr. William supervisor Margaret Franklin joins race for Spanberger seat
Pr. William supervisor Margaret Franklin joins race for Spanberger seat
By Teo Armus
November 27, 2023 at 3:15 p.m. EST
Margaret Franklin, a member of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, at a news conference in Woodbridge in 2019. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post)
Prince William County Supervisor Margaret A. Franklin (D-Woodbridge) will seek her party’s nomination for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, becoming the third candidate to officially join the primary after Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) declined to run for reelection and launched a bid for governor.
Franklin, 37, is a public-affairs professional and former congressional aide who earlier this month was reelected to her second term on the Prince William board, where she has created grant programs for small businesses and housing assistance in this Northern Virginia exurb.
“We’ve been pretty aggressive about hitting the ground running even on the local level,” she said in an interview ahead of the announcement. “That’s going to serve me well again on day one to serve the Seventh Congressional District.”
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By Teo Armus
Teo Armus covers people, issues and local government in Northern Virginia for The Washington Post. He joined The Post as a staff writer in 2019. Twitter https://twitter.com/teoarmus
By Teo Armus
November 27, 2023 at 3:15 p.m. EST
Margaret Franklin, a member of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, at a news conference in Woodbridge in 2019. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post)
Prince William County Supervisor Margaret A. Franklin (D-Woodbridge) will seek her party’s nomination for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, becoming the third candidate to officially join the primary after Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) declined to run for reelection and launched a bid for governor.
Franklin, 37, is a public-affairs professional and former congressional aide who earlier this month was reelected to her second term on the Prince William board, where she has created grant programs for small businesses and housing assistance in this Northern Virginia exurb.
“We’ve been pretty aggressive about hitting the ground running even on the local level,” she said in an interview ahead of the announcement. “That’s going to serve me well again on day one to serve the Seventh Congressional District.”
{snip}
By Teo Armus
Teo Armus covers people, issues and local government in Northern Virginia for The Washington Post. He joined The Post as a staff writer in 2019. Twitter https://twitter.com/teoarmus