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Rae is originally from Church Hill, Richmond. She has a bachelor's degree from The College of William & Mary and a law degree from Howard University School of Law. She currently lives with her daughter in Richmond. Rae is a Baptist Christian.

Rae is an attorney at BrownGreer, a law firm in Richmond.

Rae is currently a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 79. She assumed office in 2024 and is serving her first term. 

Supports enhancing tenants’ rights, increasing affordable housing, and helping people stay in their communities despite rising costs.

Supports tax breaks for working families to combat inflation.

- Supports enhancing tenants’ rights, increasing affordable housing, and helping people stay in their communities despite rising costs.
- Supports tax breaks for working families to combat inflation.
- Supports collective bargaining.

Economy

Plans to ensure more urban green space, invest in clean energy, and advocate for transparency and community input in new development projects.

- Plans to ensure more urban green space, invest in clean energy, and advocate for transparency and community input in new development projects.

Energy & the Environment

Supports enhancing gun control measures, investing in after-school programs, and providing reentry support for felons to improve public safety.

- Supports criminal justice reform.
- Supports enhancing gun control measures, investing in after-school programs, and providing reentry support for felons to improve public safety.

Public Safety

Supports public education and opposes "school choice" policies.

- Supports public education and opposes "school choice" policies.

Education

Supports abortion and contraception access.

Supports expanding affordable healthcare, implementing preventative measures, and enhancing maternal health services.

- Supports abortion and contraception access.
- Supports expanding affordable healthcare, implementing preventative measures, and enhancing maternal health services.

Healthcare

Supports restoring voting rights for individuals with felony convictions.

- Supports restoring voting rights for individuals with felony convictions.

Voting & Elections

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Rae C. Cousins

Rae Cousins is from Richmond, Virginia. She has a bachelor's degree from The College of William & Mary and a J.D. from Howard University School of Law. She lives with her daughter in Richmond. She attends Baptist churches.

Rae is an attorney at BrownGreer, a law firm in Richmond, where she manages the administration of multi-million- and billion-dollar settlement programs for people injured by harmful drugs and medical devices and environmental disasters. 

Rae is currently a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 79. She assumed office in 2024 and is currently serving her first term. 

As of September 17, 2025, Rae C. Cousins did not have a website or any information online.

Supports access to abortion and contraception.

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Kelsey lives with her husband and their five children in Southside.

Kelsey is a lawyer. She has worked as an international trade attorney.

Kelsey's campaign for Virginia State Delegate, District 79 is her first entry into politics.

Supports repealing the car tax, meals tax, and plastic bag tax.

- Supports repealing the car tax, meals tax, and plastic bag tax.

Plans to protect the James River from raw sewage spills and contamination.

Supports bipartisan amendments to the Virginia Clean Economy Act to enhance energy supply and expand Dominion Energy's program to bury power lines.

- Plans to protect the James River from raw sewage spills and contamination.
- Supports bipartisan amendments to the Virginia Clean Economy Act to enhance energy supply and expand Dominion Energy's program to bury power lines.

Supports reducing the flow of drugs and weapons into prisons and addressing the Richmond Sheriff's Office's lack of transparency.

- Supports reducing the flow of drugs and weapons into prisons and addressing the Richmond Sheriff's Office's lack of transparency.

As of September 17, 2025, Kelsey M. Linnehan’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Kelsey M. Linnehan

Kelsey Linnehan is from Richmond, Virginia. She has a bachelor of arts in international relations and affairs from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a juris doctor from the University of Notre Dame. She lives with her husband and their five children in Southside.

Kelsey is a lawyer. She worked as an international trade attorney at the law firm Crowell & Moring LLP, where she focused on helping U.S. manufacturers and farmers fight back against illegally dumped and subsidized imports. She later served as a trade policy advisor in the U.S. Department of Agriculture under President Donald Trump. Kelsey also worked as a policy analyst at the U.S. Department of Commerce and as a law clerk for Judge Thomas B. Griffith on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Kelsey M. Linnehan's campaign for Virginia State Delegate, District 79 is her first entry into politics.

As of September 17, 2025, Kelsey M. Linnehan did not have a website or any information online.

- The Virginia General Assembly, made up of the House of Delegates and the State Senate, is responsible for creating state laws.  
- Your state delegate serves your local district in the Virginia House of Delegates, advocating for your community's needs and interests.  
- Delegates have the power to write, sponsor, and vote on proposed legislation, including all bills related to the state budget, which begin in the House of Delegates.  
- The House of Delegates consists of 100 members, each elected to represent one district.  
- Delegates serve two-year terms and receive an annual salary of $17,640.