Experienced, Caring Leadership
Barbara Favola is a strong advocate on issues important to children, families, wage-earners, and the environment. She has spent her career championing the progressive values we share. Senator Favola serves on the Agriculture, Conservation, and Natural Resources, Education and Health, Finance and Appropriations, and Rules Committees and chairs the Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee. She serves on and has chaired the Commission on Youth and the Advisory Committee on Sexual and Domestic Violence, as well as serving on the Joint Commission on Health Care. She also Chairs the Senate Women’s Healthcare Caucus and is a whip in the Senate Democratic Caucus.
Senator Barbara Favola represents Virginia’s 40th district, which includes parts of Northern Virginia. and has been a leader on the Arlington County Board and on various Northern Virginia regional commissions. She fights for the things that matter to us and she knows how to get things done. Senator Favola is a pragmatic progressive.
Latest Happenings
The Virginia General Assembly passed three transformational bills during the 2022 session that make Virginia a progressive leader in the South.
The Democratic majority in the Senate was a brick wall in defeating Republican proposals to reverse progress that Democrats had achieved in improving access to abortion care, gun safety measures, climate change and voting that had passed a Republican controlled House of Delegates. For now, Senator Favola and her caucus colleagues succeeded in ensuring that our children will have a more fair, inclusive and economically vibrant future, but that fight continues and depends upon your vote. The Democrats hold a two vote margin in the Senate. New elections will be held in November 2023.
Senator Favola Named a Childcare Champion for 2022
Senator Favola was named a Childcare Champion by the organization Virginia Promise in Action for her work to enhance the health and educational support for Virginia’s children and their parents in 2022. Her fellow legislators, Senators Todd Pillion and Monty Mason, along with Delegates Carrie Coyner, David Bulova, and Roxann Robinson were recognized in a ceremony in Richmond on June 1st.
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Thank You
“It is an honor and privilege to represent the constituents of the new 40th Senate District. As a former member of the Arlington County Board, a return to representing almost every part of the County truly feels like a homecoming.
In line with Arlington’s values, I will continue to fight for a woman’s reproductive freedom, pass gun safety measures, increase teacher pay and funding for public schools, address climate change, expand transit options, and improve housing affordability, among other issues. Enhancing your quality of life is important to me and creating a more fair and just society is a calling that I am compelled to embrace.
Thank you for your confidence, trust, and support. Together, we will move Virginia forward.” — Senator Favola, December of 2023