Virginia's former first lady to run for Congress in newly drawn district

Dorothy McAuliffe — the former Virginia first lady, onetime State Department official and wife of then-Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe — said she will run for Congress.

RICHMOND, Va. — There could be another McAuliffe representing Virginia soon.

Dorothy McAuliffe — the former Virginia first lady, onetime State Department official and wife of then-Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe — said Wednesday that she will run for Congress, putting a prominent name into the mix for a newly drawn district.

“We need a leader who has a record of delivering and can finally bring down costs for families, who will increase access to affordable healthcare, and who will never back down from holding Donald Trump and ICE accountable,” McAuliffe said in a statement.

Virginia voters are weighing a constitutional amendment that would create a new congressional map on April 21.

If the map is approved, McAuliffe would campaign to represent the sprawling 7th Congressional District, which stretches from Arlington to western Augusta County. Most of the district’s voters would live just outside Washington, D.C., and it’s one of four new districts that are intended to favor Democrats.