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Jennifer Boysko, D-Fairfax County, won a special election the Virginia Senate in January 2019. She filled a seat previously held by Democrat Jennifer Wexton, who had been elected to the House of Delegates. Boysko was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2015. Boysko was reared in Alabama and Arkansas. She is a graduate of Hollins College in Virginia.
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