Jennifer Carroll Foy faces an uphill battle in her race to be Virginia’s governor. But unlike many politicians, she’s faced more than her share of challenges, from being one of the first women to graduate from the Virginia Military Institute to dealing with tough times financially. As she says, “I don’t have to empathize because I understand.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Jennifer Carroll Foy faces an uphill battle in her race to be Virginia’s governor. But unlike many politicians, she’s faced more than her share of challenges, from being one of the first women to graduate from the Virginia Military Institute to dealing with tough times financially. As she says, “I don’t have to empathize because I understand.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennifer Carroll Foy faces an uphill battle in her race to be Virginia’s governor. But unlike many politicians, she’s faced more than her share of challenges, from being one of the first women to graduate from the Virginia Military Institute to dealing with tough times financially. As she says, “I don’t have to empathize because I understand.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Jennifer Carroll Foy Could Be America’s First Black Female Governor

It’s All Political is now a part of the Fifth & Mission podcast. You can hear It's All Political on Fifth & Mission by subscribing to Fifth & Mission, the San Francisco Chronicle's flagship daily newscast. Joe Garofoli is the Chronicle’s senior political writer, covering national and state politics. He has worked at the Chronicle since 2000 and in Bay Area journalism since 1992, when he left the Milwaukee Journal. He has previously written about the intersection of tech and politics and about the politics of the cannabis industry.

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It’s All Political is now a part of the Fifth & Mission podcast. You can hear It's All Political on Fifth & Mission by subscribing to Fifth & Mission, the San Francisco Chronicle's flagship daily newscast. Joe Garofoli is the Chronicle’s senior political writer, covering national and state politics. He has worked at the Chronicle since 2000 and in Bay Area journalism since 1992, when he left the Milwaukee Journal. He has previously written about the intersection of tech and politics and about the politics of the cannabis industry.

It’s All Political is now a part of the Fifth &amp; Mission podcast.&nbsp;You can hear It's All Political on Fifth &amp; Mission by subscribing to Fifth &amp; Mission, the San Francisco Chronicle's flagship daily newscast. Joe Garofoli is the Chronicle’s senior political writer, covering national and state politics. He has worked at the Chronicle since 2000 and in Bay Area journalism since 1992, when he left the Milwaukee Journal. He has previously written about the intersection of tech and politics and about the politics of the cannabis industry.

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