Rob Wittman was elected to serve the 1st Congressional District of
Virginia - America's
First District - on December 11, 2007, in a special election to fill the seat of
the late Jo Ann Davis.
For more than 20 years, Rob has served in several levels of government, from
Montross Town Council to the Virginia General Assembly. Rob won his first
campaign for public office in 1986 when he was elected to the Montross Town
Council, where he served for 10 years, four of them as Mayor. During his
tenure, he helped build a municipal sewer system and developed a computerized
tax billing system that cut burdensome paperwork, saving the taxpayers money.
In 1995, Rob was elected to the Westmoreland County Board of Supervisors and
was elected its Chairman in 2003. As a member of the board, Rob Wittman's
leadership paved the way for the construction of three new libraries, provided
tax relief for seniors, and raised teacher salaries to competitive levels.
In 2005, voters in the 99th Legislative District elected Rob to the Virginia
House of Delegates, where he served on three important committees -
Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources; Militia, Police and Public
Safety; and Transportation - and was a strong voice for keeping taxes low,
supporting education, and protecting the environment while encouraging new
jobs.
Rob, 48, spent over 20 years working in state government, most recently as Field
Director for the Virginia Health Department's Division of Shellfish Sanitation.
Earlier, he worked for many years as an environmental health specialist for
local health departments in Virginia's
Northern Neck and Middle
Peninsula regions. He
holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration from Virginia
Commonwealth University,
a Master of Public Health degree in Health Policy and Administration from the University of North Carolina, and a Bachelor of
Science degree in Biology from Virginia Tech.
Rob's wife, Kathryn, a teacher at Cople
Elementary School in Hague, is a Westmoreland County native whom he met when he spent
high school and college summer recesses working in a Leedstown tomato cannery
and on a Reedville fishing boat in the Northern Neck. They live in Montross and
have two children: a daughter, Devon, 25, son-in-law
Daniel Gooch, and a son, Josh, 21. Rob and Kathryn recently became grandparents
for the first time when Devon gave birth to Morgan
Elizabeth Gooch.
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