Jennifer Wexton

Jennifer Wexton (2019)

Jennifer Lynn Wexton (* 27 May 1968 as Jennifer Lynn Tosini in Washington, DC , United States ) is an American politician . As a member of the Democratic Party , she has held the tenth seat of the state of Virginia in the United States House of Representatives since January 3, 2019 . She was elected to this office in November 2018; she was sworn in on January 3, 2019.

Life

Jennifer Wexton studied law at the University of Maryland, College Park and the College of William and Mary . She then worked as a lawyer and as a prosecutor and judge in Loudoun County until 2011 .

Wexton is married with two children; she lives in Leesburg , Virginia .

Political career

In 2014, Wexton was elected to the Virginia Senate, which she served until 2018. Most recently she held the office of minority whip there.

In the 2018 election to the United States House of Representatives , Wexton was elected to the tenth seat of the state of Virginia with 56 percent of the vote; she asserted herself against the Republican incumbent Barbara Comstock . The mandate was previously held by a Republican for nearly four decades.

She works in the following congress areas:

• United States House Committee on Financial Services
  • Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions
  • Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy
• United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
  • Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
  • Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics

Web links

Commons : Jennifer Wexton  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Jennifer Wexton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Jennifer Wexton , US House of Representatives website
• Jennifer Wexton on Vote Smart

Individual evidence

1. ↑ weddings; Jennifer Tosini, Andrew Wexton. The New York Times, May 27, 2001, accessed April 4, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Jennifer Wexton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English), accessed April 4, 2019.
3. ↑ Jenna Portnoy: Democrat Jennifer Wexton says she will challenge Rep. Barbara Comstock. The Washington Post, April 20, 2017, accessed April 4, 2019 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Jennifer Wexton's Biography. votesmart.org, accessed April 4, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Jenna Portnoy: Democrat Jennifer T. Wexton defeats Rep. Barbara Comstock, turning a GOP stronghold district in Virginia blue. The Washington Post, November 6, 2018, accessed April 4, 2019 .