Janet Howell

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Janet Howell
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the 32nd district
Assumed office
January 8, 1992
Preceded by Clive L. DuVal II
Personal details
Born ( 1944 -05-07) May 7, 1944 (age 80)
Washington, D.C.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) A. (for Alfred) Hunt Howell, Ph.D. (1966-present)
Children Eric (m. Theresa, children Ella (~2005), Sylvia (~2008)
Brian (m. Ania)
Parents Edward Fulton and Elsie (Lightbown) Denison
Residence Fairfax County, Virginia
Alma mater Oberlin College (B.A., 1966)
University of Pennsylvania, (M.A., 1968)
Committees Privileges and Elections
Courts of Justice
Education and Health
Finance
Rules
Religion Unitarianism
Website www.janethowell.com
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Janet Denison Howell (born May 7, 1944, in Washington, D.C.) is an American politician. A Democrat, she was elected to the Senate of Virginia in 1991. She still represented the 32nd district in Fairfax County as of June  2011.[1][6]

Biography

She was born to Edward Fulton and Elsie (Lightbown) Denison. Her father was a prominent economist at the U. S. Department of Commerce and the Brookings Institution, and fellow Oberlin alumnus.[7]

Mrs. Howell taught in the Philadelphia school district, 1968–1969, and was a legislative assistant in the Virginia State Senate from 1989 to 1991.

The Reston Times named her Restonian of the year in 1984. In 1991 the Virginia Association of Social Workers honored her as Virginian of the year. She was named Senator of the Year (Fraternal Order of Police, 1998), Citizen of Yr. (ARC, 1998). She was Chairman of the Fairfax County (VA) Social Services Board, 1979–82, State Bd. Social Svcs., Va., 1986–91, Reston (Va.) Transp. Com., 1986–91; pres. Reston Community Assn., 1982–85, Citizen of Yr., 1990. [2]

Mrs. Howell reported financial assests in 2010 worth more than $US1.48 million and possibly more than $6 million.[8]

Electoral history

Summary

Virginia Senate, District 32: Results 1995 to 2015[9]
Year Democrat Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct Third Party Party Votes Pct
1995 Janet Howell 26,470 57% Robert M. McDowell 19,738 43%
1999 Janet Howell 25,966 58% Whitney Adams 18,615 42%
2003 Janet Howell 21,252 57% David M. Hunt 16,214 43%
2007 Janet Howell 28,089 97% no candidate Write-ins 818 3%
2011 Janet Howell 26,026 60% Patrick Forrest[10][11] 17,122 40%
2015 Janet Howell 31,156 94% no candidate Write-ins 1,974 6%

2011 election campaign

Janet Howell ran for reelection in Virginia's November 8, 2011 election. The Virginia General Assembly drew new legislative districts to reflect the U.S. Census of 2010. As chairman of the Senate of Virginia's committee on privileges and elections, Mrs. Howell led the process to draw new Senate district boundaries, and she did so to preserve her party's majority and to improve her own reelection prospects within the law. If the U.S. Department of Justice or U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia approves the plan, as required by the voting rights act, she will acquire some reliably Democrat voting precincts and shed others that lean Republican.[12][13][14][15]

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