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Virginia M. Hancock was the successful Democratic candidate for County Superintendent of Public Schools for Jefferson County, Washington in 1880. She married, moved across the state and as Virginia M. Grainger was the Democratic candidate for County Superintendent of Public Schools for Okanogan County, Washington, in 1888. She lost to her Republican opponent. Two years later she was again the Democratic candidate and won in a four-way race. At some point Grainger divorced her husband. She did campaign for the office in 1894, and lost to her Republican opponent. She won the race in 1896 but had switched political parties from the Democrats to the Peoples Party. Virginia married a second time and was known as Virginia Hermann.
