2021 VA Governor's race: on Welfare & Poverty


Terry McAuliffe: Strong safety net including affordable housing

Strengthen access to basic needs like nutritious food, housing and health care for all Virginians. Within the next year, 445,000 more Virginians are projected to experience food insecurity, and thousands of Virginians are facing evictions because of COVID-19. Adults cannot be productive members of the workforce and students cannot succeed in the classroom if they are unable to meet their basic needs. A strong safety net is a critical element of a strong economy.

Terry will implement bold strategies that will address the underlying causes of housing instability and homelessness, provide support to individuals at-risk of eviction and expand the availability of affordable housing. This will require strong public- private partnerships and substantial investments in affordable housing. Under his leadership Virginia became the first state in America to functionally end veteran homelessness. And overall homelessness among families decreased by 16.5%.

Source: 2021 Virginia governor campaign website Terry McAuliffe.com Dec 22, 2020

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Candidates and political leaders on Welfare & Poverty:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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