

Meet Mark Downey, M.D., candidate for Virginia House District 96
Join us for Competitive Commonwealth Fund's "Meet the Candidate Night" on Thursday, March 4 at 7:30 pm. This biweekly event is an opportunity to get to know Democratic candidates running in Republican districts across the Commonwealth. It is an opportunity for supporters like you to get to know the candidates that are the lifeblood of our organization. Mark Downey, M.D. has been a pediatrician for 20 years in the Williamsburg community. He is a lifelong resident of the 96th d


When do you stand up and fight for your beliefs?
When I’d found out the Equal Rights Amendment never made it into the Constitution and my two children were unequal in our Constitution, I knew I had to act. I worked hard for months on both local and statewide efforts to get ERA ratification up for a vote in Virginia’s House of Delegates. Fast forward six months and my very own delegate prevented it from going to the floor for a vote. I could not let that stand, and launched my campaign to oppose my delegate, then Majority Le