Jennifer McClellan

McClellan was elected to the Virginia State Senate in a special election held on January 10, 2017, to fill the 9th District seat vacated by Donald McEachin's election to the US House of Representatives. She defeated Libertarian Party opponent Corey Fauconier. In the race, McClellan received endorsements from McEachin, as well as Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, US Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner and Governor Terry McAuliffe. Her seat was once held by Governor L. Douglas Wilder.

In 2016, McClellan supported a change to the state's marriageable age that would no longer permit girls under age 16 to be legally married.

When Terry McAuliffe was elected Governor of Virginia in 2013, McClellan headed the transition team.

In 2010, McClellan made history as the first pregnant Virginia Delegate to participate in a legislative session.

McClellan is vice-chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia; as the highest ranking party officer of the gender opposite the party chair, she is also automatically a member of the Democratic National Committee. As a DNC member, she was a superdelegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

In 2005, McClellan ran for office for the first time, seeking a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates vacated by Viola O. Baskerville, who stepped down to run for lieutenant governor. McClellan won the election and from 2006 to 2017 served as the 71st District's member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing parts of the city of Richmond and Henrico County.

Jennifer Leigh McClellan (born December 28, 1972) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. She is currently a Virginia State Senator, representing the 9th district in Greater Richmond. She is also vice-chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia and a member of the Democratic National Committee. From 2006 to 2017 she was member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 71st district.