Virginia's House District 84 includes portions of the cities of Suffolk and Chesapeake, Isle of Wight County, and the entirety of Franklin City in the Hampton Roads region. In the 2024 election Democratic candidates won by double-digit margins.
Committee Assignments: Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (Vice Chair); Communications, Technology and Innovation; Education; Public Safety (Firearms Subcommittee Chair)
Delegate Clark co-sponsored Constitutional Amendments to enshrine abortion rights in Virginia’s Constitution, restore voting rights to returning citizens, and enshrine equal marriage rights in Virginia’s Constitution.
- Chief-patroned a bill to raise teacher pay to the national average
- Voted to increase protections and support for cyberbullying
- Co-patroned a bill to authorize public colleges and universities to prohibit guns on school property
- Voted against a“forced-outing” bill targeting transgender students
- Chief co-patroned a bill to establish a Prescription Drug Affordability Board
- Voted to establish the right to access and use FDA-approved birth control
- Voted to require health insurance plans to cover birth control
- Co-sponsored a bill to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and possession of assault-style weapons
- Co-sponsored a bill to establish regulations for “high-risk” AI
- Voted to authorize Ranked Choice Voting for certain local elections
The Opposition
Republican Felisha Rose Leffler Storm is a former Vermont legislator and was the youngest person elected to the Vermont General Assembly. She holds a B.A. in Government from Sweet Briar College and is a graduate of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership. Storm was the Virginia Director of Grassroots Operation for Americans for Prosperity, a libertarian conservative group. She and her husband live in Suffolk.As a Vermont legislator, Storm voted against a 2019 abortion rights bill. This indicates she will oppose HJ 1, which would enshrine reproductive rights in the Virginia Constitution.
Felisha Storm advocates for parents rights in education. She pledges to vote for programs that add and reinforce additional safety measures.
Storm will work to cut regulations and eliminate the car tax. She does not support collective bargaining efforts. During her time as a Vermont legislator from 2019 to 2023, she repeatedly voted against a paid family leave bill.
Storm wants to increase funding for police. She supports the national crackdown on immigration and opposes sanctuary cities. She believes that speed cameras violate 4th and 5th Amendment rights. She opposes extreme risk protection orders to prevent gun violence.