Nadarius Clark (born 1995) is an American activist and politician who has served as delegate for the
84th district of the
Virginia House of Delegates
The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two houses of the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbe ...
since 2023, and formerly the
79th district from 2022 to 2023. Clark, a
Democrat
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, defeated incumbent
Steve Heretick in the Democratic primary and
Republican nominee Lawrence Mason in the
2021 Virginia House of Delegates election.
He resigned on March 28, 2023, to run for election to a different seat in the chamber. On June 20, 2023, Clark won the
Democratic primary for the new
84th district. He won the election with 53% of the vote to his Republican opponent's 47% Michael Dillender in
Virginia's 84th House of Delegates district
Virginia's 84th House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's Bicameralism, bicameral legislature. District 84 covers all of Franklin, Virginia, Franklin, portions of Isle o ...
.
Early life
Nadarius Clark attended
Virginia Union University
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History
The American Baptist Home Mission Society (ABHMS) founded the school as Rich ...
for college, in
Richmond
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.
Political career
He worked as a campaign organizer for Tim Kaine from when he was governor. Clark became the youngest ever representative at 26 years old, the minimum age to be a representative is 21 years old.
At the start of the 2024-2025 session, Clark introduced a bill that would prohibit the collection of medical debt if collection proceedings didn't start within 3 years of the due date on the final notice.
In February 2024, Clark introduced a bill to cap rising rents which ultimately didn't advance.
Electoral history
2021 elections
2023 election
References
Living people
1995 births
Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates
21st-century members of the Virginia General Assembly
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