This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Republican Delegate Kim Taylor faces a challenge from Democrat Kimberly Pope Adams in HD-82.
Virginia's House District 82 includes the City of Petersburg, Surry County, and portions of Dinwiddie and Prince George counties. In the 2024 election it leaned Democratic by single-digit margins.
Virginia's House District 82 includes the City of Petersburg, Surry County, and portions of Dinwiddie and Prince George counties. In the 2024 election it leaned Democratic by single-digit margins.
Democrat Kimberly Pope Adams grew up in the Five Forks area of Hopewell, spending most of her childhood in a single-parent home. She previously ran for the District 82 seat in 2023. She graduated from Virginia Tech, and went on to work at a CPA firm. Later she became an auditor for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Kimberly Pope Adams will support HJ 1, which would enshrine reproductive rights in the Virginia Constitution, HJ 2, which would automatically restore voting rights to people upon release from incarceration, and HJ 9, which would repeal the Commonwealth’s defunct same-sex marriage ban and guarantee marriage equality for LGBTQ+ Virginians.
Kimberly Pope Adams believes in the right to a free, quality public school education for every child. She supports funding schools and increasing teacher pay and advocates for investments in school infrastructure.
She recognizes that food insecurity is an undeniable fact for many residents and plans to target this by:
- Incentivizing local farmers to donate to community food banks
- Promoting initiatives where local farmers sell their produce directly to public schools
- Encouraging traditional grocery store retailers to invest in our community
- Additionally, she supports unions and collective bargaining, paid sick leave, and pledges to invest in broadband access.
Kimberly Pope Adams pledges to oppose any attempt to ban abortions or restrict access to contraception.
She promotes a law enforcement workforce that reflects the community it serves. She will work with community leaders, individual citizens, and law enforcement to establish innovative crime prevention initiatives and ensure state funding exists to adequately staff Sheriff and Police departments.
Incumbent Republican Delegate Kim Taylor was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2021. She holds a psychology degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. Alongside her husband, she is a small business owner of car repair shops.
Delegate Kim Taylor voted against a bills to enshrine abortion rights in the Virginia Constitution and equal marriage rights in Virginia’s Constitution.
- Voted against authorizing public colleges and universities to prohibit guns on school property
- Voted in favor of a forced-outing bill targeting transgender students
- Voted against increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2027
- Voted against establishing paid family and medical leave
- Voted against repealing prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees
- Voted against establishing regulatory bodies to establish a Virginia cannabis industry
- Voted against establishing a Prescription Drug Affordability Board
- Voted against a bill that would require secure storage of firearms in households where children live Voted against establishing regulations for “high-risk” AI
- Did not vote on a bill that would establish Ranked Choice Voting for certain local elections
Based on her commitment to protecting abortion access, quality public education, and supporting Constitutional Amendments for abortion access, voting rights, and marriage equality, Kimberly Pope Adams is the progressive candidate in this race.
Kimberly Pope Adams will support HJ 1, which would enshrine reproductive rights in the Virginia Constitution, HJ 2, which would automatically restore voting rights to people upon release from incarceration, and HJ 9, which would repeal the Commonwealth’s defunct same-sex marriage ban and guarantee marriage equality for LGBTQ+ Virginians.
Kimberly Pope Adams believes in the right to a free, quality public school education for every child. She supports funding schools and increasing teacher pay and advocates for investments in school infrastructure.
She recognizes that food insecurity is an undeniable fact for many residents and plans to target this by:
- Incentivizing local farmers to donate to community food banks
- Promoting initiatives where local farmers sell their produce directly to public schools
- Encouraging traditional grocery store retailers to invest in our community
- Additionally, she supports unions and collective bargaining, paid sick leave, and pledges to invest in broadband access.
Kimberly Pope Adams pledges to oppose any attempt to ban abortions or restrict access to contraception.
She promotes a law enforcement workforce that reflects the community it serves. She will work with community leaders, individual citizens, and law enforcement to establish innovative crime prevention initiatives and ensure state funding exists to adequately staff Sheriff and Police departments.
Incumbent Republican Delegate Kim Taylor was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2021. She holds a psychology degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. Alongside her husband, she is a small business owner of car repair shops.
Delegate Kim Taylor voted against a bills to enshrine abortion rights in the Virginia Constitution and equal marriage rights in Virginia’s Constitution.
- Voted against authorizing public colleges and universities to prohibit guns on school property
- Voted in favor of a forced-outing bill targeting transgender students
- Voted against increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2027
- Voted against establishing paid family and medical leave
- Voted against repealing prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees
- Voted against establishing regulatory bodies to establish a Virginia cannabis industry
- Voted against establishing a Prescription Drug Affordability Board
- Voted against a bill that would require secure storage of firearms in households where children live Voted against establishing regulations for “high-risk” AI
- Did not vote on a bill that would establish Ranked Choice Voting for certain local elections
Based on her commitment to protecting abortion access, quality public education, and supporting Constitutional Amendments for abortion access, voting rights, and marriage equality, Kimberly Pope Adams is the progressive candidate in this race.
Last updated: 2025-09-22
This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Republican Delegate Kim Taylor faces a challenge from Democrat Kimberly Pope Adams in HD-82.
Virginia's House District 82 includes the City of Petersburg, Surry County, and portions of Dinwiddie and Prince George counties. In the 2024 election it leaned Democratic by single-digit margins.
Virginia's House District 82 includes the City of Petersburg, Surry County, and portions of Dinwiddie and Prince George counties. In the 2024 election it leaned Democratic by single-digit margins.
Democrat Kimberly Pope Adams grew up in the Five Forks area of Hopewell, spending most of her childhood in a single-parent home. She previously ran for the District 82 seat in 2023. She graduated from Virginia Tech, and went on to work at a CPA firm. Later she became an auditor for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Kimberly Pope Adams will support HJ 1, which would enshrine reproductive rights in the Virginia Constitution, HJ 2, which would automatically restore voting rights to people upon release from incarceration, and HJ 9, which would repeal the Commonwealth’s defunct same-sex marriage ban and guarantee marriage equality for LGBTQ+ Virginians.
Kimberly Pope Adams believes in the right to a free, quality public school education for every child. She supports funding schools and increasing teacher pay and advocates for investments in school infrastructure.
She recognizes that food insecurity is an undeniable fact for many residents and plans to target this by:
- Incentivizing local farmers to donate to community food banks
- Promoting initiatives where local farmers sell their produce directly to public schools
- Encouraging traditional grocery store retailers to invest in our community
- Additionally, she supports unions and collective bargaining, paid sick leave, and pledges to invest in broadband access.
Kimberly Pope Adams pledges to oppose any attempt to ban abortions or restrict access to contraception.
She promotes a law enforcement workforce that reflects the community it serves. She will work with community leaders, individual citizens, and law enforcement to establish innovative crime prevention initiatives and ensure state funding exists to adequately staff Sheriff and Police departments.
Incumbent Republican Delegate Kim Taylor was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2021. She holds a psychology degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. Alongside her husband, she is a small business owner of car repair shops.
Delegate Kim Taylor voted against a bills to enshrine abortion rights in the Virginia Constitution and equal marriage rights in Virginia’s Constitution.
- Voted against authorizing public colleges and universities to prohibit guns on school property
- Voted in favor of a forced-outing bill targeting transgender students
- Voted against increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2027
- Voted against establishing paid family and medical leave
- Voted against repealing prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees
- Voted against establishing regulatory bodies to establish a Virginia cannabis industry
- Voted against establishing a Prescription Drug Affordability Board
- Voted against a bill that would require secure storage of firearms in households where children live Voted against establishing regulations for “high-risk” AI
- Did not vote on a bill that would establish Ranked Choice Voting for certain local elections
Based on her commitment to protecting abortion access, quality public education, and supporting Constitutional Amendments for abortion access, voting rights, and marriage equality, Kimberly Pope Adams is the progressive candidate in this race.
Kimberly Pope Adams will support HJ 1, which would enshrine reproductive rights in the Virginia Constitution, HJ 2, which would automatically restore voting rights to people upon release from incarceration, and HJ 9, which would repeal the Commonwealth’s defunct same-sex marriage ban and guarantee marriage equality for LGBTQ+ Virginians.
Kimberly Pope Adams believes in the right to a free, quality public school education for every child. She supports funding schools and increasing teacher pay and advocates for investments in school infrastructure.
She recognizes that food insecurity is an undeniable fact for many residents and plans to target this by:
- Incentivizing local farmers to donate to community food banks
- Promoting initiatives where local farmers sell their produce directly to public schools
- Encouraging traditional grocery store retailers to invest in our community
- Additionally, she supports unions and collective bargaining, paid sick leave, and pledges to invest in broadband access.
Kimberly Pope Adams pledges to oppose any attempt to ban abortions or restrict access to contraception.
She promotes a law enforcement workforce that reflects the community it serves. She will work with community leaders, individual citizens, and law enforcement to establish innovative crime prevention initiatives and ensure state funding exists to adequately staff Sheriff and Police departments.
Incumbent Republican Delegate Kim Taylor was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2021. She holds a psychology degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. Alongside her husband, she is a small business owner of car repair shops.
Delegate Kim Taylor voted against a bills to enshrine abortion rights in the Virginia Constitution and equal marriage rights in Virginia’s Constitution.
- Voted against authorizing public colleges and universities to prohibit guns on school property
- Voted in favor of a forced-outing bill targeting transgender students
- Voted against increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2027
- Voted against establishing paid family and medical leave
- Voted against repealing prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees
- Voted against establishing regulatory bodies to establish a Virginia cannabis industry
- Voted against establishing a Prescription Drug Affordability Board
- Voted against a bill that would require secure storage of firearms in households where children live Voted against establishing regulations for “high-risk” AI
- Did not vote on a bill that would establish Ranked Choice Voting for certain local elections
Based on her commitment to protecting abortion access, quality public education, and supporting Constitutional Amendments for abortion access, voting rights, and marriage equality, Kimberly Pope Adams is the progressive candidate in this race.
Last updated: 2025-09-22
