Ginny Brown-Waite

Virginia "Ginny" Brown-Waite represented Florida's 5th Congressional District from 2003 to 2011. She is the founder of Maggie's List, a political action committee focused on electing conservative women to federal public office.

A native of Albany, New York, Brown-Waite was born on October 5, 1943. She received a bachelor's degree in public administration from the University of New York at Albany in 1976 and a master's in public administration Russell Sage College in 1984.

Brown-Waite served as a staffer and then legislative director of the New York State Senate. She served as a Hernando County, Florida, commissioner from 1990-1992 and as a Florida state senator from 1992 until her retirement in January 2011. She served as majority whip in 1999 and president pro tempore from 2001 to 2002.

For information on Brown-Waite's policy subject areas, committee appointments and sponsored/co-sponsored legislation during her time in the U.S. House of Representatives, please visit her profile on https://www.congress.gov.

History, Art, and Archives (n.d.). "Brown-Waite, Virginia (Ginny)" United States House of Representatives. Retrieved September 12, 2022. https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/10393