Warren County

Incumbent Democratic Delegate Elizabeth Guzman was elected in 2017 as the first Hispanic female immigrant to join the 400-year-old General Assembly. She and her husband, Carlos, have four children. When not serving in her capacity as Delegate, Delegate Guzman works as a public administrator and social worker. She is also a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children and involved in the PTO at Penn Elementary School.

Delegate Guzman works to improve our public school system and supports increasing teacher pay and better student to counselor ratios in schools. She is a strong supporter of affordable healthcare access and voted for Medicaid expansion. As an immigrant herself, Delegate Guzman is a strong supporter of immigrant rights. She supports allowing undocumented immigrants to have driver’s licenses so that they can get to work, school, and place of worship safely. She supports gun violence prevention measures and wants to ensure that our veterans are taken care of.

DJ Jordan, the Republican nominee for the 31st District, is anti-choice. He does not support Medicaid expansion, which expanded access to affordable healthcare to 400,000 people in Virginia. Jordan also supports school vouchers, which take funding away from public schools.

Delegate Guzman is the more progressive choice for this race.

Democratic candidate Mavis Taintor was the founder and Co-CEO of Callidus Capital Management. She and her husband now own and run a horse farm together. She lost her son to addiction and depression after our health care system failed him. Taintor felt called to run for office to ensure other parents don’t have to go through the same tragedy.

Affordable and accessible health care for everyone is at the center of Taintor’s campaign. She supports increased funding for mental health services and eliminating work requirements for Medicaid. She is pro-choice, supporting abortion access and funding for women’s health services. Taintor is also a strong supporter of Virginia’s workers and supports increasing the minimum wage to $15 and repealing the so-called right-to-work laws that prevent people from joining unions. As Delegate, Taintor would support equality for everyone and would vote to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. She would also vote to prevent employment discrimination for LGBTQ Virginians.

Incumbent Republican Delegate Dave LaRock was elected to the House of Delegates in 2013. He is strongly anti-choice and sponsored a bill that would require parents to opt-in their children for sex education in public schools. He has an A rating from the NRA and opposes common sense gun violence prevention legislation. Delegate LaRock opposed Medicaid expansion, which allowed an additional 300,000 Virginians to access affordable health care.

Mavis Taintor is the progressive choice for the 34th District because of her support of reproductive rights, Medicaid expansion, and increasing the minimum wage.