PERSON: Jennifer Carroll Foy

Senator

Jennifer Denise Carroll Foy (born September 25, 1981) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she is a public defender and Virginia State Senator from the 33rd district. Carroll Foy was elected to represent Virginia’s 2nd House of Delegates district in 2017, which covers parts of Prince William County and Stafford County in Northern Virginia. In December 2020, she resigned from the House of Delegates, in order to focus on her campaign for Governor of Virginia in 2021. She lost in the Democratic primary, placing second behind Terry McAuliffe. She was the 2023 Democratic nominee for State Senate in Virginia’s 33rd Senate district, winning the race with nearly 63% of the vote.

Jennifer Carroll Foy was born and grew up in Petersburg, Virginia. Raised by her grandmother, she graduated from Petersburg High School, where she participated in Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.She received her bachelor’s degree from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in 2003. Part of the third class of female cadets to attend the university, she received a full scholarship. Carroll Foy received her master’s degree from Virginia State University and a Juris Doctor degree from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego.

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