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Jennifer Wexton

Jennifer Wexton

  • Virginia
  • Democratic
Career

U.S. House of Representatives, 2019-2025
Virginia State Senate, 2014-2019

Education

B.A., University of Maryland, College Park
J.D., College of William & Mary School of Law

Details

Born: May 27, 1968

State Senator U.S. Representative

Biography

Jennifer Wexton served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 10th Congressional District from 2019-2025. Previously, Wexton represented the 33rd District in the Virginia State Senate from 2014 to 2019. 

Wexton was born on May 27, 1968, in Washington, D.C. Her father and mother were senior economists at the United States Department of the Treasury and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, respectively. She received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Juris Doctor from the College of William & Mary School of Law. Wexton is a partner in The Laurel Brigade Law Group. 

Prior to her election to the Virigina State Senate, she served as a substitute judge in Loudoun County, Virginia, and as an assistant commonwealth’s attorney. 

For information on Wexton'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.

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