21,000 Virginia voters (most likely African American Democrats) voted for Princess Blanding. [View all]

[brooklynite]

Meet Princess Blanding: The third person vying to be Virginia’s next governor

Princess Blanding isn’t mincing words. She is done with the status quo.

From an educator and an activist to now a gubernatorial candidate, Blanding is looking to make history in more ways than one.

If elected, she would not only be the first Black woman to become governor of Virginia, but she would also be the first openly LGBTQIA+ woman to hold the office. She’s running on the platform of a party that she created, the Liberation Party.

But with progressive policy points that are likely to appeal to the political left, why did she start her own party?

https://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/2021/10/29/meet-princess-blanding-the-third-person-vying-to-be-virginias-next-governor/