Kimberly Pope Adams

Kimberly Pope Adams is an American politician who is the elected member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 82nd District. She will take office as a part of the 164th Virginia General Assembly on January 14, 2026. She won election on November 4, 2025, defeating Republican incumbent Kim Taylor after losing to Taylor by 53 votes in 2023.^[1][2]

Kimberly Pope Adams
Member-elect of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 82nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 14, 2026
Preceded by	Kim Taylor
Personal details
Born	Hopewell, Virginia
Political party	Democratic
Education	Virginia Tech

Adams was born and raised in the "Five Forks" area of Hopewell, Virginia. She is the youngest of three daughters. She attended Virginia Tech.^[3] She was a CPA and later became an auditor for the State of Virginia.^[4]

She was endorsed by Clean Virginia, the Virginia AFL-CIO, Jane Fonda Climate PAC, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia, the Virginia SEIU, the Sierra Club, the Virginia Education Association, the National Organization for Women, the Virginia Association of Firefighters, and the Working Families Party.^[5]