Representative Jennifer McClellan represents Virginia’s 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
McClellan is a native Virginian, born in Petersburg and raised in nearby Chesterfield.
She studied at the University of Richmond for her undergraduate degree and went on to the University of Richmond’s School of Law. She began her professional career practicing law at Hunton & Williams.
In 2005, McClellan was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, where she passed over 370 pieces of legislation. In 2017, McClellan was elected to the Virginia State Senate, succeeding then-State Senator Donald McEachin upon his election to Congress. In 2023, McClellan won a special election to replace the late Rep. McEachin in Congress.
In the 118th Congress, Representative McClellan serves on the House Committee on Armed Services and the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. As the successor to the late Representative Donald McEachin, Representative McClellan carries on his legacy of building equitable, flood-resilient communities in Virginia and beyond.
Virginia’s 4th Congressional District includes the City of Richmond and areas south to the Commonwealth’s border with North Carolina. The district and broader Hampton Roads region faces considerable flood risk from both higher sea levels and increasingly extreme precipitation. In September 2023, Tropical Storm Ophelia’s heavy rains caused flooding in Central Virginia along the I-95 corridor, with residents driving through dangerously high water.
McClellan lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her husband, David, and their two children.
