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Mark D. Obenshain

REPRepublican

State Senator, District 2

61

Years of Age

44

Years of Experience

VAResidence (state)

Mark Dudley Obenshain (born June 11, 1962) is an American attorney and politician. He is currently serving as a member of the Senate of Virginia from Harrisonburg. He is a member of the Republican Party. He took office in 2004. At the 2013 state Republican convention he became the Republican nominee in the 2013 election for Attorney General of Virginia. His father, Richard Obenshain, was an attorney, chairman of the Virginia Republican Party, and the original Republican nominee for the 1978 senate election in Virginia before his death from a plane crash prior to it.

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Education4 - 4 of 2

School of Law, Washington and Lee University

JD

1984 - 1987

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

BA Economics/History

1980 - 1984

Past Positions1 - 7 of 7

Senator

Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

2024 - Current

Senator

Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

2004 - 2024

Delegate

Virginia Grand Ole Party (GOP) Convention

1980 - Current

Former Precinct Chair

Grand Ole Party (GOP)

Managing Partner

Obenshain Law Group

2014 - Current

Partner

Lenhart Pettit

2002 - 2014

Partner

Wharton Aldhizer and Weaver

1987 - 2002

Other Experience1 - 22 of 22

Member

Business Advisory Board, Harrisonburg Rescue Squad

Current

Member

First Presbyterian Church

Current

President

Richard D. Obenshain Foundation

Current

Former Chair

Rockingham County Republican Committee

Former Chair

Harrisonburg City Republican Committee

Former Member

Board of Directors, Mercy House

Former Member

Board of Directors, Harrisonburg Education Foundation

Former Member

Shenandoah Valley Technology Council

Former Member

Board of Visitors, James Madison University

Member

Governors Commission on Citizen Empowerment

1994

Former Chair

Courts of Justice Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member

Subcommittee General Government and Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member

Finance Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member

Subcommittee on Claims, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member

Subcommittee on Economic Development and Natural Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member

Subcommittee on Capital Outlay and General Government, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member

Rules Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member

Subcommittee on Public Safety, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member

Commission on Virginia State Crime, Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member

Committee on District Courts, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate

Former Member

Judicial Council of Virginia, Virginia State Senate

Former Member

Commission on Welfare Reform

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