Danica A. Roem

Danica A. Roem DEMDemocrat

State Senator, District 30

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Danica A. RoemDEMDemocrat State Senator, District 30
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Danica Roem (ROHM; born September 30, 1984) is an American journalist and politician who has served in the Virginia Senate since 2024. A Democrat, she represents the 30th district covering part of Prince William County including the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park. She previously served in the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 13th district from 2018-2024. Elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2017, Roem is the first openly transgender person elected to either house of the Virginia General Assembly, and upon her January 2018 swearing-in became the first openly transgender person to be elected and serve in a state legislature in U.S. history. In 2023 she was elected to the Virginia Senate, becoming the first openly transgender person to be elected to a state senate in the Southern United States. Upon her January 2024 swearing-in, she became the first openly transgender person to be elected and serve in both chambers of a state legislature in U.S. history.

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Education3 - 3 of 1
St. Bonaventure University
BA Journalism/Mass Communication
2006
Past Positions1 - 6 of 6
Senator
Commonwealth of Virginia Senate
2024 - Current
Delegate
Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
2018 - 2024
Former Member
Counties Cities and Towns Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
2023 - 2024
News Editor
Montgomery County Sentinel
2015 - 2016
Former Employee
Gainesville Times
Former Employee
Prince William Times
Other Experience1 - 9 of 9
Former Member
General Laws Committee, Virginia House of Delegates
2023 - 2024
Member
Communications, Technology and Innovation Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
2023 - Current
Former Chair
Communications, Technology and Innovation - Communications Subcommittee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member
Subcommittee on Counties, Cities and Towns #2, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member
Science and Technology Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member
Transportation Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member
Subcommittee on Transportation Innovation and General Topics, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member
Commission on Technology and Science, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member
Commission on Unemployment Compensation, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
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