Candi King

Candi King
King in 2024
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia (nominee)
Assuming office TBD
Governor	Abigail Spanberger
Succeeding	Kelly Gee
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Incumbent
Assumed office January 11, 2021
Preceded by	Jennifer Carroll Foy
Constituency	2nd district (2021–2024) 23rd district (2024–present)
Personal details
Born	Candi Patrice Mundon Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.
Party	Democratic
Spouse	Josh King
Children	3
Education	Norfolk State University (BA)
Committees	Privileges and Elections Finance Public Safety

Candi Patrice Mundon King is an American politician who has served as a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 23rd district. In December 2025, Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger announced Mundon King as her nominee to be secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia.^[1]

Biography

King obtained a bachelor's degree in political science from Norfolk State University.^[2] She has worked as a nonprofit program manager and an education advocate.^[3]

Political career

2021

King announced her campaign for delegate in December 2020, shortly after her predecessor Jennifer Carroll Foy resigned to run for governor, causing a special election. After winning the Democratic primary, King faced Republican Heather Mitchell in the general election on January 5, 2021. King won with 51.5% of the vote, with a margin of 263 votes.^[4]

King's re-election involved a primary challenge from Prince William County resident Pamela Montgomery. The race became one of the most expensive primaries in the state because of money contributed by clean energy group Clean Virginia and utility provider Dominion Energy.^[5] Despite the flood of outside money, King won with 67.77%-32.23%.^[6]

In the November General Election, King ran successfully won a full term against Republican Gina Ciarcia, a history teacher at a private Christian school.^[7]

Election results

2021 Virginia House of Delegates 2nd district special election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Candi King	4,451	51.7%
	Republican	Heather F. Mitchell	4,143	48.2%
Total votes			8,603	100.00%

2021 Virginia House of Delegates 2nd district Democratic primary election^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Candi King	3,553	67.8%
	Democratic	Pamela Montgomery	1,690	32.2%
Total votes			5,243	100.00%

2021 Virginia House of Delegates 2nd district general election^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Candi King	15,310	57.2%
	Republican	Gina R. Ciarcia	11,393	42.6%
Total votes			26,763	100.00%

References

1. Schmidt, Markus (December 10, 2025). "Spanberger taps Del. Candi Mundon King as Virginia's next secretary of the commonwealth". Virginia Mercury. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
2. Palermo, Jill (Dec 13, 2020). "Candi King wins Democratic primary in 2nd House of Delegates race". Prince William Times. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
3. Cheslow, Daniella (Jan 5, 2021). "Democrat Candi King Wins Special Election For Delegate In Northern Virginia". DCist. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
4. Palermo, Jill. "Democrat Candi King wins special election for 2nd District House of Delegates seat". Retrieved 30 January 2021.
5. Writer, Daniel Berti Times Staff. "Del. Candi King fends off Clean Virginia-backed primary challenger in 2nd District". Prince William Times. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
6. "2021 June Democratic Primary". results.elections.virginia.gov. Archived from the original on 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
7. Staff Reports. "Democratic Del. Candi King wins her first full term in the 2nd District". Prince William Times. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
8. "2021 House of Delegates Special General Election". historical.elections.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
9. "2021 House of Delegates Special General Election". historical.elections.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
10. "2021 House of Delegates Special General Election". historical.elections.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2025-08-01.