Marcello Rollando talks with Virginia House of Delegates Candidate Al Durante

Al Durante wants to represent the people in Richmond, to put their needs above party politics, to do what’s best for the community. Al wants state government to work for everyone in his district, the 54th House District (Spotsylvania and Caroline counties), not just incumbent politicians and special interests.

Al’s wife Jeanne and he have been active residents for nearly 10 years, becoming involved in various initiatives improving the community. Jeanne (Dr. Jeanne Wesley) is Vice President for Workforce at Germanna Community College. Al is a retired teacher (high school, college, and university). He’s been involved in local politics and is currently Chair of the Spotsylvania County Democratic Committee. Al also serves as Committee Chair of One Virginia 2021 for the five-county greater Fredericksburg region (non-partisan redistricting reform advocacy).

Al knows the challenges everyday life can bring, from his time teaching photography to gang members and other at-risk youth (as a Texas Commission on the Arts Artist-in-Residence in San Antonio at an Alternative High School) as well as growing up in a regular working class household. His dad was a factory worker, and shop steward for the Teamsters, and his mom was a server in a cafeteria at the World Trade Center. After his parents divorced when he was a young boy, his single parent mother and he lived in a housing project, and for a time they were fortunate to have support from the benefits of government assistance when she was out of work.

Informed by these challenges, Al knows the value of education, and the future that it can offer the youth. He knows the importance of workforce training and certification and what that means to job prospects and the economic development of our communities.

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