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Charlotte Rene Woods

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Politics Reporter @MercuryVirginia with a focus on health & housing policy.

📧 cwoods@virginiamercury.com

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Charlotte Rene Woods @charlottewords
2 years before Justin Fairfax killed Cerina Fairfax and then himself, she’d tried to leave him.

6 years prior, he’d been the tie-breaking vote on a red flag law.

Updates to that law, and potential divorce reform, might have changed their lives.
virginiamercury.com/2026/04/28/cer…
virginiamercury.com Cerina and Justin Fairfax tragedy underscores new Va. laws that could help prevent similar violence... Two years before Dr. Cerina Fairfax was shot and killed by her husband, former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, she had tried to leave him. Six years before police say he fatally shot his wife and...
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Charlotte Rene Woods @charlottewords
I'm out of office for a bit, but just before I left I filed a quick story on some proposed census data collection changes that attorneys general argue could alter political representation, among other things.

virginiamercury.com/2026/11/09/va-…
virginiamercury.com Va. could lose representation, funding under proposed census rule change, AG Jones, housing orgs... The changes could affect political representation — like how congressional and state legislative districts are apportioned — as well as how much state or federal funding communities can get for...
Charlotte Rene Woods @charlottewords
Addressing H.R. 1 and ACA subsidy fallout has been a key focus for Dems campaigning in this year's congressional midterms, but some are eyeing universal healthcare goals for the years ahead.
virginiamercury.com/2026/11/02/dem…
virginiamercury.com In Virginia and beyond, Democratic candidates increasingly embrace Medicare for All  • Virginia... The results of Tuesday’s midterm elections could have direct implications on Congress’ approach to new healthcare policy.
Charlotte Rene Woods @charlottewords
I was on @wamu885 recently to discuss Virginia's pending reproductive rights constitutional amendment.

wamu.org/story/26/10/28…
wamu.org Virginia to vote on putting protections for reproductive care in state constitution Virginians have the chance next week to permanently enshrine protections for the right to reproductive care in the state constitution. The Virginia Mercury's Charlotte Rene Woods spoke with WAMU...