12 Facts About Jody Wagner

Jody Moses Wagner was born on August 6,1955 and is an American politician from Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Jody Wagner was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives in Virginia's 2nd congressional district in the 2000 election Jody Wagner was the Democratic Party nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in the 2009 election, and was defeated by Republican incumbent Bill Bolling.

Jody Wagner was admitted to the bar in Tennessee in 1980 and in Virginia in 1984.

Jody Wagner has been a board member of the Norfolk Foundation and the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.

Jody Wagner is a former president of the Jewish Family Services of Tidewater and former board member of the Eastern Virginia Medical School.

In 2000, Wagner was the Democratic nominee in Virginia's 2nd congressional district following the retirement of Democratic Representative Owen B Pickett.

Jody Wagner lost the race to Republican Ed Schrock, a Virginia state senator, despite roughly matching Schrock in fundraising and showing unexpected strength in a Republican-leaning district.

In January 2002, Jody Wagner was appointed by Virginia Governor Mark Warner as Treasurer of Virginia, an office within the Secretariat of Finance.

Jody Wagner told the publication at that time of her efforts "to modernize the state's treasury functions".

Jody Wagner was succeeded as state treasurer by deputy state treasurer Braxton Powell.

Jody Wagner resigned as Secretary of Finance effective August 8,2008, and was succeeded in that post by state budget director Ric Brown.

Jody Wagner lost the general election to Republican incumbent Bill Bolling.