Creigh Deeds

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Creigh Deeds (2012)

Robert Creigh Deeds (born January 4, 1958 in Richmond , Virginia ) is an American politician ( Democratic Party ). He has been a Senator in the Virginia Senate since 2001, representing the 25th District.

Life

Deeds attended Concord College , where he received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1980 . In 1984, he received his Juris Doctor at the Law School of Wake Forest University . Deeds was now working as a lawyer in Virginia. In 1987 he was in Bath County for Attorney ( Commonwealth's Attorney selected). He has also been an attorney at Framme Law Firm in Richmond, Virginia since 2007 and has taught as Visiting Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University since 2010 .

In 1991 he was first elected to the Virginia House of Representatives. In the following five elections he was able to defend his mandate, so that he was a member of this parliamentary chamber from 1992 to 2001. In 2001 he was elected to the Virginia Senate in a by- election and resigned from the House of Representatives. The by-election had become necessary to fill the vacant seat of Senator Emily Couric . He was re-elected in 2003, 2007 and 2011.

In 2005 he was the Democratic candidate for Attorney General of Virginia, but lost to Republican Judith Jagdmann . In November 2009 he ran as a Democratic candidate in the gubernatorial election , but was again defeated by his Republican opponent. Bob McDonnell received almost 60 percent of the vote and was able to prevail clearly against Deeds.

Deeds is married. The Senator was seriously injured with a knife on November 19, 2013 by his son, who had bipolar disorder . The son committed suicide with a gun after his bloodshed. Only days earlier, Deeds had tried to get his son to stay in a psychiatric facility, but was refused due to lack of space.

Web links

Commons : Creigh Deeds  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Entry on the Wake Forest University Law School website
  2. ↑ First mood test for Obama turns out bad , Die Zeit, November 2009, accessed November 19, 2013
  3. ↑ David Sherfinski: Creigh Deeds: 'No fix' for my son, but hope to prevent future tragedies. In: The Washington Times . January 27, 2014, accessed January 30, 2014 .
  4. ↑ The Guardian ; Virginia state senator Creigh Deeds was stabbed by son, police believe
personal data
SURNAME Deeds, Creigh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Deeds, Robert Creigh (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician (Democratic Party)
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Richmond , Virginia