Following her graduation, she worked with the
Richmond Times-Dispatch in retail sales. Before entering politics, Taylor co-owned two
automobile repair shops in
Chesterfield and
Moseley, along with her husband.
Virginia House of Delegates Taylor announced her candidacy for the
63rd district in January 2021, challenging
Democratic incumbent
Lashrecse Aird. In the November 2021
general election, she narrowly defeated Aird in her bid for re-election by a margin of 512 votes in an
upset. Taylor's victory was the tipping point necessary for the
Republican Party to regain majority control in the
House of Delegates. Taylor took office, along with the rest of the
162nd Virginia General Assembly, on January 12, 2022. In the
2023 Virginia House of Delegates election, Democratic challenger Kimberly Pope Adams called for a recount on December 5, 2023. In the recount, Taylor had 14,289 votes and Adams had 14,236. With a margin of 53 votes, Taylor was re-elected. In 2024, Taylor was one of five Republican delegates who voted with their Democratic colleagues in support of safeguarding
same-sex marriage in Virginia. ==Personal life==