Hillary Brocklin

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Hillary Elizabeth Brocklin
House Representative
In Office: 2017 - Present
Preceded by	Bob Scott
Succeeded by	incumbent
Born	21st July, 1982 Washington, DC
Political Party	Democratic
Spouse	None
Religion	Atheist

Hillary Elizabeth Brocklin is a Democratic Representative for Virginia's 3rd District. She's also a former prosecutor for the same state.

Contents 1 Early Life 1.1 As a Student & Career 2 Political Career 3 Electoral Results

Early Life

Hillary Brocklin was born to Andrew & Elizabeth Brocklin, on July 21st 1982 (Washington, DC). Her family soon moved to live on Columbus (Ohio) when Hillary was 3 years old. They left Columbus for Richmond (Virginia) in 1993.

As a Student & Career

Brocklin was a good student since Middle School. In 2000 she moved back to DC to study Law at the American University. She graduated in 2005.

In 2007 she was offered a post at the Prosecutor Office at Richmond. After great success, she challenged Dick Wright in 2014 for Richmond District Attorney, losing by a close gap. Since then, the two of them became good friends.

Political Career

Brocklin became interest in politics since her unsuccesful '14 run, and ran in 2016 for Democrat Robert Scott's incumbent seat as Representative for the 3rd district of Virginia. She won with the help of Attorney Wright.

She's currently a member of the SHEE (Science, Health, Education, Enviroment) & BELI (Budget, Economy, Labour, Infrastructure) Commitees, and been appointed to the FRAS (Foreign Relations and Armed Services) Commitee to replace retired Rep. Reynolds, but was then replaced to make his appointment to the BELI Commitee permanent.

Electoral Results

Virginia's 3rd District, 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democrat	Hillary Brocklin	34,189	55.18%
	Republican	Richard Adler	28,903	45.82%
Total			63,092

Richmond Mayoral Special Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democrat	Hillary Brocklin	25,319	59.86%
	Republican	Timothy Richards-Adler	16,971	40.14%
Total			42,290