FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, November 05, 2025
CONTACT: Daniela Perez, [email protected]
Richmond, VA – Following the historic victories of Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger and Lieutenant Governor-elect Ghazala Hashmi, Care in Action today celebrates a clean sweep for its endorsed slate of care champions across Virginia. With every endorsed candidate winning their race, newly certified results confirm that care voters have sent a strong, pro-care majority to Richmond.
“Last night’s Blue Wave confirmed what we already knew – care is not a side issue,” said Jenn Stowe, Executive Director of Care in Action. From the Governor’s Mansion to the General Assembly, Virginians chose leaders who will defend Medicaid, expand child care and paid leave, and raise wages and standards for care workers – one of the state’s most undervalued workforces. Last night showed that care is critical to our survival: it’s how families are able to work, how aging and disabled adults live with dignity, how care workers can sustain their own families, and how our economy runs every single day. These down-ballot victories ensure that the care agenda has the champions it needs to move forward in the General Assembly and offer a powerful preview of what’s possible in the 2026 midterms and beyond.”
This cycle, Care in Action led an electoral program centered on women of color, care voters, and mobilizing domestic workers. The organization ultimately won 100% of its endorsed races. Care in Action’s winning slate includes Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger; Lieutenant Governor-elect Ghazala Hashmi; Attorney General-elect Jay Jones; and Delegates-elect Jessica Anderson (HD-71), Kacey Carnegie (HD-89), Stacey Carroll (HD-64), Nadarius Clark (HD-84), Kelly Convirs-Fowler (HD-96), Rae Cousins (HD-79), Michael Feggans (HD-97), Debra Gardner (HD-76), Elizabeth Guzman (HD-22), Michael Jones (HD-77), Karen Keys-Gamarra (HD-07), Candi Mundon King (HD-23), Michelle Maldonado (HD-20), Adele McClure (HD-02), Leslie Mehta (HD-73), May Nivar (HD-57), Kimberly Pope Adams (HD-82), Marcia Price (HD-85), Don Scott (HD-88), Briana Sewell (HD-25), Kathy Tran (HD-18), and Jeion Ward (HD-87).
Virginia is home to roughly 54,236 domestic workers – nannies, housecleaners, and home care workers – who keep households, families, and the state’s economy running. Yet these workers are still among the lowest-paid in the country, with a median annual wage of just $21,889, forcing nearly 60% to rely on public assistance just to get by. At the same time, Medicaid sustains nearly 100,000 direct care jobs in Virginia, and demand is only growing as the Commonwealth will need an estimated 184,000 additional care workers by 2032.
Care in Action will continue organizing across the Commonwealth to ensure Governor Spanberger and the pro-care new legislature deliver on that promise: protecting wages, strengthening Medicaid, and making care accessible and dignified for every Virginia family.
Care in Action is the policy and advocacy home for women who care, working on behalf of more than two million domestic workers and care workers across America. Among the fastest-growing sectors in our economy, domestic workers are also among the most vulnerable and undervalued. As a mostly women and majority women of color workforce, this growing constituency consistently and overwhelmingly supports progressive values in American political life. Learn more at www.careinaction.us.