2021 Endorsed Candidates

Alex Askew formerly served as a Chief of Staff for the Virginia House of Delegates, guiding elected officials towards tangible solutions. During my time as a Chief of Staff, he helped craft groundbreaking legislation such as the nationwide Ashanti Alert (a public alert system for missing and endangered adults), Medicaid expansion, affordable housing expansion, and school safety initiatives.

In his first term as the Delegate for the 85th District, his office had 9 bills signed into law; with 7 of them receiving unanimous bipartisan support. Some of these bills include expanding workers’ compensation coverage for firefighters, implementing a lead-water testing process in all public schools and daycares across the Commonwealth, and creating the very first dedicated source of funding for Hampton Roads Transit.

Scott has lived in Virginia’s 82nd District since h was 7 years old. When he wasn’t playing baseball in Great Neck, he was playing rec basketball at John B. Dey and, as he got a little older, spending his days at the beach. When he graduated from the Washington College of Law, in D.C., in 2004, he knew he wasn’t staying there. He was coming home. And so he began working for Tavss Fletcher, where he’s now a partner. He married Leah, the love of his life, whom he has known since high school. They live in Thalia where they are raising three kids.

Scott believes must work together to create a better Virginia. We must listen to one another. We must bring forward real solutions to the challenges we face. As a lawyer, he advocates for his clients, and if he’s elected delegate to the 82nd district, he will advocate for you. As a lifelong resident, Scott cares about our community. And as husband and father, he cares deeply about what the future holds for his children and yours.

Kelly Fowler is a mother, advocate, and policy-maker. As a lifelong member of the Virginia Beach community, she understands the struggles of my constituents because she’s lived through many of those same experiences herself. It’s not easy, that’s why she’s running.

Nancy Guy is a proud product of Virginia’s public education programs, supporting public education has long been her passion. In addition to her two terms on the School Board, she has served on the Board of WHRO, the Board of SECEP (the Southeastern Cooperative Educational Program), 12 years on the Virginia Education Foundation Board, two terms as President of the PTSA at Virginia Beach’s largest high school, a member of the Virginia Beach City Council of PTAs and member of the Legislative Committee of the Virginia PTA. Nancy believes that a quality public education system is the very backbone of democracy and will do everything in her power to channel proper resources to it.

Kim Melnyk is the Vice-Chair of the Virginia Beach School Board, a former teacher, small business owner, wife, and mother of three. She was raised in Virginia Beach, graduated from Green Run High, and returned after college to teach elementary school in Virginia beach. After teaching for over a decade, in 2014 Kim defeated a Republican incumbent to win her seat on the Virginia Beach School Board. She has helped raise teacher pay, implement full-day kindergarten, and enact a first-of-its-kind equity policy, and continues to fight toward her ultimate goal: fully funding public schools. She and her husband, George, own & operate Premier Millwork, a small manufacturing company that employs more than 50 Hampton Roads residents.