I have little hope for her. First, black conservatives never win (Tim Scott was appointed, before anybody says anything). NOVA is pissed off b/c they are losing their cushy government jobs and government contracts. And the party in power always faces headwinds in off year elections.
She's the incumbent Lt. Governor who was elected in her own right. And far from the only black conservative in elected office now or who has won elected office.
(Tim Scott was appointed, before anybody says anything).
Tim Scott was an *elected* member of the US House of Representatives when he was appointed to the Senate and has been *elected* multiple times since then.