Jill Kendrick Vogel (née Holtzman; born July 6, 1970) is an American politician and attorney of the Republican Party serving as a member of the Senate of Virginia since 2008. She represents the 27th district in the northern part of the state, consisting of Clarke and Frederick Counties, the city of Winchester, and parts of Fauquier, Culpeper, and Loudoun Counties.
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Early and family life
Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Vogel's family started a small business that had eventually had grown into an enterprise employing over 600 people in Virginia. Vogel attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and received a B.A. degree in government and religion. She then attended DePaul University's Law School in Chicago, Illinois and received a J.D. degree.
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Political career
A member of the Virginia and Washington D.C. bars, Vogel specializes in laws relating to charitable and nonprofit organizations, as well as campaign finance and ethics. Vogel served as Deputy General Counsel in the Department of Energy, before starting her own law firm, Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky. Vogel became the Chief Counsel of the Republican National Committee in February 2004 (she had previously been Deputy Chief Counsel, as well as involved in the 2000 Florida recount and as a staff counsel at the 1996 Republican National Convention).
She was elected to the Senate of Virginia (a part-time position) as a Republican in 2007, after long-term state senator Russ Potts retired, defeating several opponents in the Republican primary and the general election. She was re-elected by a wider margin in 2011.
In 2012, Vogel attracted nationwide media attention for a bill she introduced requiring abortion clinics to provide ultrasounds, which she described as necessary for fully informed consent. In 2015, Vogel's candidacy for reelection was unopposed. She became the Caucus Whip for the Republican party in the state Senate.
In 2016, she introduced legislation to allow victims of domestic violence to more easily and quickly obtain concealed weapons permits. That same year, she also gained nationwide media attention for helping repeal laws that allowed "child marriage" involving pregnant minors. In 2017, she sought to curb gerrymandering by introducing a bill establishing more specific criteria for redistricting in Virginia. She also introduced legislation to legalize medicinal use of non-psychoactive cannabis oils for a range of conditions.
In 2017, after an unusually bitter primary battle, Vogel became the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 2017. She lost to Democrat Justin Fairfax in the general election on November 7, 2017. If she had been elected, she would have become the first female Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.
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References
- "Senator Jill Holtzman Vogel; Republican - District 27". Senate of Virginia. Archived from the original on 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
External links
- Jill Vogel's official website
- Jill Vogel's campaign site
- Senate of Virginia page about Jill Vogel
- Virginia Public Access Project page about Jill Vogel
- Jill Vogel at Ballotpedia
- Project Vote Smart - Senator Jill Vogel (VA) profile
- Our Campaigns - Senator Jill Vogel (VA) profile
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