Robert Bloxom Jr. | |
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Bloxom in 2025 | |
| Member of theVirginia House of Delegates from the100th district | |
| Assumed office February 26, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Lynwood Lewis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Spurgeon Bloxom Jr. (1963-02-12)February 12, 1963 (age 62) Salisbury, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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| Residence | Accomack County, Virginia |
| Education | University of Richmond (BA) |
| Profession | Sales/Aquaculturalist |
Robert Spurgeon Bloxom Jr. (born February 12, 1963) is an American businessman and politician from the Commonwealth ofVirginia. He is a member of theVirginia House of Delegates from the100th district, succeedingLynwood Lewis. Bloxom is a member of theRepublican Party.[1]
Bloxom's father,Robert Bloxom Sr., served in the House of Delegates before becoming Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry.[2]
Bloxom currently serves as a member of the Privileges and Elections Committee, the Appropriations Committee, and the Agriculture, Chesapeake, and Natural Resources Committee.[3]
In 2024, Bloxom was one of five Republican delegates who voted with their Democratic colleagues in support of safeguardingsame-sex marriage in Virginia.[4]
Two of the four Republicans representing parts of theTri-City area in theHouse of Delegates crossed the aisle Friday to join their Democratic colleagues in voting for a bill that would block marriage licenses from being denied to same-sex couples in the state. Dels.Carrie Coyner ofChesterfield County andKim Taylor ofDinwiddie County were among five GOP legislators in the 54-40 vote to pass House Bill 174... Other Republicans joining with the Democrats on House Bill 174 were Robert Bloxom Jr. ofAccomack County,Chad Green ofYork County, andDavid Owen ofGoochland County.
| Virginia House of Delegates | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of theVirginia House of Delegates from the100th district 2014–Present | Incumbent |
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