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Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, D-Prince William, plans to run for governor next year.

Carroll Foy, 38, filed paperwork last week with the Virginia Department of Elections to register a gubernatorial campaign committee, confirming speculation that the two-term delegate is seeking statewide office.

If elected, Carroll Foy, an attorney, would be the first female governor in Virginia and the first black female governor in the U.S.

Carroll Foy has not officially launched her campaign and it’s unclear when that will happen as lawmakers deal with fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

“The delegate is focused on the state’s response to the pandemic and helping her constituents manage this crisis,” said Josh Crandell, Carroll Foy’s chief of staff, in a statement.

Carroll Foy is among a group of lawmakers to ask the Department of Elections to call for a vote-by-mail system in Virginia come November. She has called for a special session so the legislature can pass a paid sick leave policy that died at the end of the session that adjourned last month.

In a letter to Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday, Carroll Foy asked the governor to amend the state budget to give 14 paid sick days for full-time employees in the public and private sectors.