Delegate Joshua G. Cole is a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing District 65, which includes parts of Spotsylvania and Stafford Counties and the City of Fredericksburg. Born in 1990 in Washington, D.C., and raised in Stafford County, he is a pastor, former president of the Stafford NAACP chapter, and active in community organizations including the Fredericksburg Area Interfaith Committee and Stafford County Democratic Committee. He is married to Tiffany R. Santora-Cole and has two children, Journey and J'Haun. Notable achievements include becoming the first Black person and youngest delegate elected from the Fredericksburg region in 2019; he served 2020-2021, lost re-election narrowly in 2021, and returned in 2024. Cole has championed capping prescription drug costs for those with pre-existing conditions, raising the minimum wage, expanding voting rights, free community college tuition, renaming Jefferson Davis Highway to Emancipation Highway, and automatic voter registration. He served on the House Public Safety and Agriculture Committee and was unanimously elected Chairman of the State Autism Advisory Council in 2021.

Education and Political Experience

Education: North Stafford High School; University of Mary Washington.

Political Experience:
- Ran for Virginia House District 28 in 2017 .
- Elected to House District 28 in 2019 .
- Lost 2021 re-election by under 1,000 votes.
- Re-elected to District 65 in 2023; current term began 2024.
- Key roles: House Public Safety and Agriculture Committee; bipartisan Emergency Committee on Federal Workforce Impacts; introduced rent relief and renter qualification legislation; advocates for abortion rights, workers' rights, environmental protection, and ERA support.