it's a good story on many fronts: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/us/juli-briskman-virginia-election.html
It's asking me to sign up, but I got her name. Thanks
Juli Briskman is the woman who flipped off Donald Trump while she was cycling near his golf club and got fired from her job for it. She then started getting active and ran for board of supervisors and won. Flipping her particular seat from red to blue.
I'm gonna let myself feel good about that one.
I think she even successfully sued her former employer. So much winning in this story.