1. Jill Kendrick Holtzman Vogel is an American attorney and politician who served as the Virginia State Senator from the 27th district from 2008 to 2024.
16 Facts About Jill Vogel
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Jill Vogel then attended DePaul University's Law School in Chicago, Illinois, and received a JD degree.
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Jill Vogel served as Deputy General Counsel in the Department of Energy, before starting her own law firm, Holtzman Jill Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky.
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Jill Vogel became the Chief Counsel of the Republican National Committee in February 2004.
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Jill Vogel was elected to the Senate of Virginia as a Republican in 2007, after long-term state senator Russ Potts retired.
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Jill Vogel represents much of the territory that was once represented by former Governor and US Senator Harry F Byrd Sr.
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Jill Vogel faced a contentious race in 2007, winning by only 661 votes over Winchester School Board Trustee Karen Schultz as the Democrats regained control of the Senate.
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Jill Vogel was re-elected by a wider margin in 2011.
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Jill Vogel became the Caucus Whip for the Republican party in the state Senate.
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In 2017, after an unusually bitter primary battle, Jill Vogel became the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 2017.
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Jill Vogel lost to Democrat Justin Fairfax in the general election on November 7,2017.
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In 2019 Jill Vogel was reelected to the Virginia State Senate.
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Also in 2019, Jill Vogel was presented with the Legislator of the Year award from the Virginia Professional Fire Fighters organization.
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In December 2021, The Daily Beast reported that Jill Vogel had done substantial work for Kanye West's 2020 presidential campaign as part of a larger astroturfing effort by the Republican Party on behalf of West's candidacy.
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In 2012, Jill Vogel attracted nationwide media attention for a bill she introduced requiring abortion clinics to administer transvaginal ultrasounds, which she described as necessary for fully informed consent.
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Jill Vogel introduced legislation to legalize medicinal use of non-psychoactive cannabis oils for a range of conditions.