| Adam P. Ebbin | |
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Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the 49th district |
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| Assumed office January 2004 |
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| Preceded by | L. Karen Darner |
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| Born | November 10, 1963 Huntington, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Arlington, Virginia |
| Alma mater | American University |
| Occupation | Marketing consultant |
| Committees | Education; Health, Welfare and Institutions; Transportation |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Website | adamebbin.com |
Adam P. Ebbin (born November 10, 1963) is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia. A Democrat, he is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the state's 49th district in Northern Virginia since January 2004.
Biography
A 1985 graduate of the American University in Washington, D.C., Ebbin was a Fellow at the University of Virginia’s Sorensen Institute of Political Leadership in 2000.[1][2] A longtime Democratic Party activist, Ebbin spent a decade on the party's state central committee and was a delegate to both the 2000 and 2004 Democratic National Conventions.
He first sought the 49th district seat in 2003, narrowly winning a five-person Democratic primary and facing no Republican opponent in the general election.[3] He took office in January 2004 and was re-elected unopposed in 2005. Ebbin faced only an Independent Green opponent in 2007, winning easily, and ran unopposed in 2009. The district includes a large part of South Arlington, the Del Ray and Arlandria portions of the City of Alexandria and parts of Bailey's Crossroads in Fairfax County.
A former president of the Virginia Partisans Gay & Lesbian Democratic Club, Ebbin was the third openly gay elected official in Virginia and the first ever openly gay member of the Virginia General Assembly.[4] His campaigns have won the backing of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund.[5] He is currently employed by the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network as its Director of Communications.[6]
References
- ^ "Adam P. Ebbin (D)". Washington Post. 2005-11-03. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/02/AR2005110200903_pf.html.
- ^ "PLP Class of 2000". Sorensen Institute. http://www.sorenseninstitute.org/alumni/plp/2000.
- ^ "Va. elects 1st gay delegate". Washington Blade. 2003-11-07. http://www.washblade.com/2003/11-7/news/localnews/delegate.cfm.
- ^ "Out Candidates Make Good". The Advocate. 2003-12-09. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2003_Dec_9/ai_111850659.
- ^ "Victory Fund endorses record number of candidates". Washington Blade. 2007-10-26. http://www.washblade.com/2007/10-26/news/national/11455.cfm.
- ^ "Suite Talk June 17, 2008". The Politico. 2008-06-17. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11114.html.
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