Jennifer Wexton
American politician and lawyer
Jennifer Lynn Wexton (née Tosini, May 27, 1968) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 10th congressional district from 2019 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the Virginia Senate from 2014 to 2019.
Prior to her election to Congress, she represented the 33rd district, which includes parts of Fairfax and Loudoun Counties from 2014 to 2019.
In 2018, Wexton defeated Republican incumbent Barbara Comstock with 56% of the vote. She was re-elected in 2020 and 2022. Some commentators have described Wexton as a moderate Democrat. In September 2023, after being diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, Wexton announced that she would not seek re-election in 2024. She was succeeded by Democratic state senator Suhas Subramanyam.
Early life and education
Wexton is from Leesburg, Virginia. Her father and mother were senior economists at the United States Department of the Treasury and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, respectively.
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