{"id":615,"date":"2019-01-07T16:51:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T16:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valcv26.wpenginepowered.com\/newsroom\/virginia-lcv-announces-endorsement-of-jennifer-boysko-for-virginia-senate\/"},"modified":"2019-01-07T16:51:31","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T16:51:31","slug":"virginia-lcv-announces-endorsement-of-jennifer-boysko-for-virginia-senate","status":"publish","type":"valcv_release","link":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/newsroom\/virginia-lcv-announces-endorsement-of-jennifer-boysko-for-virginia-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia LCV announces endorsement of Jennifer Boysko for Virginia Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Incumbent Delegate carries flawless conservation voting record<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>RICHMOND \u2013 Today, the Virginia League of Conservation Voters announced its endorsement of Jennifer Boysko for Senate of Virginia, to fill the vacant 33rd District seat formerly held by Jennifer Wexton, who was elected to Congress in November.<\/p>\n<p>Boysko heads to a special election tomorrow, Jan. 8, on the eve of the 2019 General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>First elected to the legislature in 2015 as a Delegate representing the 86th House District, Boysko has been named a \u201cLegislative Hero\u201d by Virginia LCV three times for voting alongside our legislative positions 100 percent of the time. Virginia LCV previously endorsed Boysko in both her 2015 and 2017 contests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDelegate Boysko\u2019s record speaks for itself \u2013 every year she\u2019s come to the General Assembly, she\u2019s prioritized Virginians\u2019 clean air, clean water, and protected lands 100 percent of the time,\u201d said <strong>Michael Town, director ejecutivo de Virginia LCV<\/strong>. \u201cA reliable environmental champion, Jennifer will make an excellent Senator, and we look forward to working with her to act to address climate change, shield clean water for all Virginians, and safeguard open space across the Commonwealth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the 2018 legislative session, Boysko was on the right side of several important conservation issues. These included voting against extending tax credits for coal companies, and a bill attacking the Northam Administration\u2019s authority to address climate change, while supporting commonsense measures giving the state more regulatory oversight over natural gas pipelines and legislation to ensure Virginia\u2019s meeting its mass transit funding obligations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incumbent Delegate carries flawless conservation voting record RICHMOND \u2013 Today, the Virginia League of Conservation Voters announced its endorsement of Jennifer Boysko for Senate of Virginia, to fill the vacant 33rd District seat formerly held by Jennifer Wexton, who was elected to Congress in November. Boysko heads to a special election tomorrow, Jan. 8, on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-615","valcv_release","type-valcv_release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release\/615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/valcv_release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release\/615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}