This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Republican Delegate Carrie Coyner faces a challenge from Democrat Lindsey Dougherty in HD-75.
Virginia's House District 75 encompasses Hopewell City and portions of Chesterfield and Prince George counties. In the 2024 election, it leaned Democratic by single-digit margins.
Virginia's House District 75 encompasses Hopewell City and portions of Chesterfield and Prince George counties. In the 2024 election, it leaned Democratic by single-digit margins.
Lindsey M. Dougherty is a lifelong Virginian and Senior Research Administrator at VCU. A working mother whose personal healthcare battles—from parenting children with serious illness to overcoming a life-threatening pregnancy—fuel her dedication to accessible, compassionate public policy. She sustains a bold platform advocating for strong public schools, affordable healthcare and housing, economic justice, and inclusive governance.
Lindsey Dougherty's will support HJ 1, which would enshrine reproductive rights in the Virginia Constitution. Her statements on protecting the LGBTQ+ community indicate she will support HJ 9, which would repeal the Commonwealth’s defunct same-sex marriage ban and guarantee marriage equality for LGBTQ+ Virginians.
Dougherty pledges to expand offerings of community college classes and trade school programs to in-state students. She wants to streamline course credit acceptance across the state college and university system to minimize costs to families. She will fight to reduce barriers to families with special needs children in public schools and make Universal Pre-K programs available to all 3- and 4-year-old children. She advocates for raising teachers and support staff pay to above the mid-Atlantic state average.
Dougherty advocates for raising the minimum wage. She prioritizes support for military personnel and their families and families struggling with caregiving costs for children and/or seniors. She will also work to promote affordable housing initiatives.
Dougherty advocates for prescription drug affordability and wants to ensure pre-existing conditions are protected for all Virginians. She will fight to improve access to quality and affordable mental healthcare, including addiction programs and expanded access to emergency beds for acute mental health crisis patients. She prioritizes improved healthcare access and protecting all reproductive rights.
Dougherty pledges to protect the LGBTQ+ community by banning housing discrimination, ending conversion therapy, and putting in place workplace protections.
She voted against a bill to enshrine abortion rights in the Virginia Constitution.
Lindsey Dougherty's will support HJ 1, which would enshrine reproductive rights in the Virginia Constitution. Her statements on protecting the LGBTQ+ community indicate she will support HJ 9, which would repeal the Commonwealth’s defunct same-sex marriage ban and guarantee marriage equality for LGBTQ+ Virginians.
Dougherty pledges to expand offerings of community college classes and trade school programs to in-state students. She wants to streamline course credit acceptance across the state college and university system to minimize costs to families. She will fight to reduce barriers to families with special needs children in public schools and make Universal Pre-K programs available to all 3- and 4-year-old children. She advocates for raising teachers and support staff pay to above the mid-Atlantic state average.
Dougherty advocates for raising the minimum wage. She prioritizes support for military personnel and their families and families struggling with caregiving costs for children and/or seniors. She will also work to promote affordable housing initiatives.
Dougherty advocates for prescription drug affordability and wants to ensure pre-existing conditions are protected for all Virginians. She will fight to improve access to quality and affordable mental healthcare, including addiction programs and expanded access to emergency beds for acute mental health crisis patients. She prioritizes improved healthcare access and protecting all reproductive rights.
Dougherty pledges to protect the LGBTQ+ community by banning housing discrimination, ending conversion therapy, and putting in place workplace protections.
The Opposition
Incumbent Republican Delegate Carrie Coyner was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2019. She previously served on the Chesterfield County School Board, as well as the Chesterfield County Chamber of Commerce. She is the founder of a law practice and the mother of three children.She voted against a bill to enshrine abortion rights in the Virginia Constitution.
Recommendation
Based on her advocacy for affordable, quality healthcare, environmental protection, and quality public education, Lindsey Dougherty is the progressive candidate in this race.
Last updated: 2025-09-22
This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Republican Delegate Carrie Coyner faces a challenge from Democrat Lindsey Dougherty in HD-75.
Virginia's House District 75 encompasses Hopewell City and portions of Chesterfield and Prince George counties. In the 2024 election, it leaned Democratic by single-digit margins.
Virginia's House District 75 encompasses Hopewell City and portions of Chesterfield and Prince George counties. In the 2024 election, it leaned Democratic by single-digit margins.
Lindsey M. Dougherty is a lifelong Virginian and Senior Research Administrator at VCU. A working mother whose personal healthcare battles—from parenting children with serious illness to overcoming a life-threatening pregnancy—fuel her dedication to accessible, compassionate public policy. She sustains a bold platform advocating for strong public schools, affordable healthcare and housing, economic justice, and inclusive governance.
Lindsey Dougherty's will support HJ 1, which would enshrine reproductive rights in the Virginia Constitution. Her statements on protecting the LGBTQ+ community indicate she will support HJ 9, which would repeal the Commonwealth’s defunct same-sex marriage ban and guarantee marriage equality for LGBTQ+ Virginians.
Dougherty pledges to expand offerings of community college classes and trade school programs to in-state students. She wants to streamline course credit acceptance across the state college and university system to minimize costs to families. She will fight to reduce barriers to families with special needs children in public schools and make Universal Pre-K programs available to all 3- and 4-year-old children. She advocates for raising teachers and support staff pay to above the mid-Atlantic state average.
Dougherty advocates for raising the minimum wage. She prioritizes support for military personnel and their families and families struggling with caregiving costs for children and/or seniors. She will also work to promote affordable housing initiatives.
Dougherty advocates for prescription drug affordability and wants to ensure pre-existing conditions are protected for all Virginians. She will fight to improve access to quality and affordable mental healthcare, including addiction programs and expanded access to emergency beds for acute mental health crisis patients. She prioritizes improved healthcare access and protecting all reproductive rights.
Dougherty pledges to protect the LGBTQ+ community by banning housing discrimination, ending conversion therapy, and putting in place workplace protections.
She voted against a bill to enshrine abortion rights in the Virginia Constitution.
Lindsey Dougherty's will support HJ 1, which would enshrine reproductive rights in the Virginia Constitution. Her statements on protecting the LGBTQ+ community indicate she will support HJ 9, which would repeal the Commonwealth’s defunct same-sex marriage ban and guarantee marriage equality for LGBTQ+ Virginians.
Dougherty pledges to expand offerings of community college classes and trade school programs to in-state students. She wants to streamline course credit acceptance across the state college and university system to minimize costs to families. She will fight to reduce barriers to families with special needs children in public schools and make Universal Pre-K programs available to all 3- and 4-year-old children. She advocates for raising teachers and support staff pay to above the mid-Atlantic state average.
Dougherty advocates for raising the minimum wage. She prioritizes support for military personnel and their families and families struggling with caregiving costs for children and/or seniors. She will also work to promote affordable housing initiatives.
Dougherty advocates for prescription drug affordability and wants to ensure pre-existing conditions are protected for all Virginians. She will fight to improve access to quality and affordable mental healthcare, including addiction programs and expanded access to emergency beds for acute mental health crisis patients. She prioritizes improved healthcare access and protecting all reproductive rights.
Dougherty pledges to protect the LGBTQ+ community by banning housing discrimination, ending conversion therapy, and putting in place workplace protections.
The Opposition
Incumbent Republican Delegate Carrie Coyner was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2019. She previously served on the Chesterfield County School Board, as well as the Chesterfield County Chamber of Commerce. She is the founder of a law practice and the mother of three children.She voted against a bill to enshrine abortion rights in the Virginia Constitution.
Recommendation
Based on her advocacy for affordable, quality healthcare, environmental protection, and quality public education, Lindsey Dougherty is the progressive candidate in this race.
Last updated: 2025-09-22
