Katrina Callsen
2024 - Present
2026
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Katrina Callsen (Democratic Party) is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 54. She assumed office on January 10, 2024. Her current term ends on January 14, 2026.
Callsen (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 54. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.[source] The Democratic primary for this office on June 17, 2025, was canceled.
Biography
Katrina Callsen earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University in 2008 and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2014. Her professional experience includes working as a lawyer.[1]
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2025
See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2025
General election
General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 54
Incumbent Katrina Callsen is running in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 54 on November 4, 2025.
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Katrina Callsen advanced from the Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 54.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2023
See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2023
General election
General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 54
Katrina Callsen won election in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 54 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Katrina Callsen (D) | 96.9 | 19,852 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.1 | 628 | ||
| Total votes: 20,480 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 54
Katrina Callsen defeated David Norris and Bellamy Brown in the Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 54 on June 20, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Katrina Callsen | 47.3 | 5,847 |
 | David Norris | 33.3 | 4,118 | |
 | Bellamy Brown | 19.4 | 2,391 | |
| Total votes: 12,356 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Brown (D)
Endorsements
Callsen received the following endorsements.
2017
Three of the seven seats on the Albemarle County Public Schools school board in Virginia were up for general election on November 7, 2017. In her bid for re-election to the Jack Jouett Magisterial District seat, incumbent Katherine Lee Acuff ran unopposed. In the race for the Rio Magisterial District seat, which was left open when incumbent Pamela Moynihan did not file to run for re-election, Katrina Callsen defeated Mary McIntyre. Incumbent Graham Paige defeated challenger Julian Waters in the race for the Samuel Miller Magisterial District seat.[2]
Results
| Albemarle County Public Schools, Rio Magisterial District General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Katrina Callsen |
63.21% | 4,019 |
| Mary McIntyre | 35.94% | 2,285 |
| Write-in votes | 0.85% | 54 |
| Total Votes | 6,358 | |
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 November General," accessed November 21, 2017 | ||
Funding
Callsen reported $35,801.86 in contributions and $35,801.86 in expenditures to the Virginia Department of Elections, which left her campaign with a $0.00 balance in the election.[3]
Endorsements
Callsen was endorsed by the Albemarle County Democrats.[4]
Campaign themes
2025
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2023
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A generation later in 1984, both of my parents dropped out of high school. They were a teenage, interracial, pregnant couple in Virginia and they were not welcome in school. My dad enlisted in the Army and my mom slowly worked to obtain further education while holding multiple jobs. They instilled an unwavering belief in the power of education and opportunity to change lives.
As a result, I chose to focus my education and career on child advocacy and public service. I attended Yale University and supported myself through college by working everywhere from Waffle House to the Yale Office of Public Affairs. After graduation, I joined Teach for America with the goal of advocating for educational equity. Seeing the needs of my students as they worked through immigration concerns, impediments to work and housing, and the barriers associated with poverty inspired me to attend UVA Law.
- Codify and protect access to abortion and reproductive healthcare. Women have always been unduly subjected to paternalistic legislation and policies. Our body is often not our own as we are forced to submit to all sort of invasions. Even getting birth control we are asked to have an invasive pap smear. I know this might seem small to some but forcing a preventative exam on a woman in order for her to get birth control pills is misguided at best. We don’t do that to men. That is one small example often overlooked. I hope that practice has changed. We need more women in positions of leadership and power to weigh in on the impact of decisions the paternalize women and their choices.
- Pass gun safety laws and make sure domestic violence and child safety are a part of the conversation (mandatory gun storage laws, stronger gun protection and enforcement in protective orders, higher fidelity of enforcement with red flag laws).
- Strengthen and support access to high quality, inclusive public education. I would love to see a focus on teacher retention, increased pay, and recruitment to include deliberate work to recruit teachers from diverse backgrounds.
Fund Our Public Schools
• Pay teachers what they're worth
• Make sure our kids are safe
• Increase mental health services
Pass Gun Safety Laws
• Require safe storage of firearms with children in the house
• Assault weapons ban
• Keep guns out of public places including colleges & universities
For Our Families
Reproductive Rights
• Codify reproductive rights in the state Constitution
• Increase access to reproductive health care for marginalized pregnant people
• Make sure all contraceptive options are easily accessible and covered by health insurance
Housing For All
• Work with City Council & the Board of Supervisors on residential zoning
• Incentivize rehabilitation for affordable housing units
• Provide support & services to eliminate homelessness
For Our Communities
Keep Our Communities Safe
• Fund our emergency services
• Provide necessary tools to fight against fentanyl overdoses
• More funding for community-based violence prevention
For Our Planet
Environmental Justice
• Provide opportunities for shared solar for low-income neighborhoods
• Require development efforts to include affected BIPOC communities in the process from the start
• Localities must include an equitable healthy community strategy in their comprehensive plan
Clean Energy Economy
• Continue to grow Charlottesville as a Clean Energy Hub
• Restore the State Corporation Commission's ability to regulate electric rates
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2017
Callsen highlighted the following issues on her campaign website:
| “ | 1. I want all students to have access to educational opportunities. The current problem: ACPS have several successful programs that are hard to participate in because they have long wait lists, only exist at certain schools, or transportation is not provided. For example, many students are unable to consider attending the Math, Engineering & Science Academy at Albemarle High School because they can not feasibly get there. I want parents and children to have the support necessary to participate in these programs if it is the choice they want. (Read More: “Forty to 50 students are on a waitlist for the multiage classroom,””Currently the county does not provide a bus for this situation,” listen to ACPS board meeting 3/23/17).
2. I want all students to have clear pathways to career or educational success. This isn’t all about test data. In addition to having groups underperforming on the SOLs and on the Lifelong Learner Competencies set out by ACPS, we have persistent equity gaps in students who are identified as gifted, chronically absent, given out of schools suspension, taking advanced math credits, and receiving advanced studies diplomas. This is a problem that has ripple effects on the whole community. It is not about promoting one group of students at the expense of others; research has repeatedly shown that encouraging diversity and providing quality educational opportunities that are accessible to all students benefits everyone. (Read More: “How Racially Diverse Schools and Classrooms Can Benefit All Students). I know my neighbors, I know my district, and I know that these equity gaps are unacceptable for the majority of us. I have had the privilege of talking to so many wonderful parents, teachers, administrators and community members. The sentiment I hear over and over again is pride in our schools, pride in our community, and pride in embracing the diversity of our district. As our area continues to grow and become more diverse (in the past 10 years students from economically disadvantaged homes are growing at a rate 800% faster than the general student population) it is crucial that we have board member who cares about children and is dedicated to viewing future investments and decision-making with a eye towards equity and closing the opportunity gap our students are facing.
3. I want to address micro-redistricting in the urban ring and overcrowding in our schools.
Additional Issues:
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| —Katrina Callsen (2017)[6] | ||
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2024
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In 2024, the Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 10 to March 9. Special sessions occurred May 13, 2024; June 18 to July 1; and July 18, 2024.
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 21, 2023
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Richard Washburne, Albemarle County General Registrar," June 15, 2017
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Campaign Finance Reports: Search Committees," accessed January 17, 2018
- ↑ Wina, "Albemarle Democrats raise money for their fall campaigns," accessed October 16, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Katrina Callsen School Board, "Why I’m Running," accessed October 16, 2017
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| Preceded by Bobby Orrock (R) |
Virginia House of Delegates District 54 2024-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Albemarle County Public Schools, Rio Magisterial District 2018 |
Succeeded by - |
