Abigail Spanberger is committed to building a Virginia that works for everyone. As a Congresswoman, she voted to expand economic opportunities for all families, and stood against extremist attacks on Black, brown, and queer Virginians. As a candidate, Spanberger has pledged to repeal Governor Youngkin’s disastrous Executive Order 47, which directs localities to collaborate with the brutal, authoritarian tactics of the masked ICE thugs being dispatched throughout our state. She believes in public education that treats all students fairly, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, and she has voiced support for state constitutional amendments to protect our freedom to vote and our reproductive freedoms.

Spanberger does not align with all of the JUFJ Campaign Fund’s central values, particularly the sacred right of all workers to organize and advocate for themselves through forming unions. But her opponent, Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Seares, stands against everything our Jewish values teach us. She has made attacking transgender children a central plank of her campaign, and she refers to ICE, an agency whose purpose is to tear families apart and sow fear in our communities, as heroes. The choice for the next Governor of Virginia is clear.

Ghazala Hashmi, the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor, brings her own lifetime dedication to public service to the ticket. Hashmi was the first elected Muslim woman to the Virginia Senate, where she represented District 15. Hashmi wants all Virginians to have healthcare and safe housing, regardless of immigration status. She has campaigned on preventing gun violence, and on dismantling racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-LGBTQ bigotry, and other forms of hate.

Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for Attorney General, is committed to working for the people of Virginia. As a lifelong public servant, Jones has expanded access to abortion and other forms of reproductive freedom in the Virginia General Assembly, and fought to hold large corporations accountable as Assistant Attorney General in Washington, DC. Jones is also a Lutheran pastor who was deeply involved in serving the Southeast Baltimore community. His track record across several of the jurisdictions in which the JUFJ Campaign Fund operates demonstrates that he is closely aligned with the values that inspire our organizing.

Former Delegate Elizabeth Guzman is the person District 22 needs in the House of Delegates. An experienced legislator (she previously represented District 31), Guzman has made workers’ rights, childcare and paid family leave, police accountability, and reproductive freedom pillars of her campaign; all of these are issues that the JUFJ Campaign Fund community cares deeply about and has advocated for across our region. She has been endorsed by many of our union partners, as well as gun safety and LGBTQ+ organizations. Guzman is running to unseat Delegate Ian Lovejoy, who is running on promises to criminalize children through overpolicing in schools, demonize Salvadoran immigrants, block the creation of affordable housing, and assault reproductive freedom.