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Mark Obenshain

Mark Obenshain

Mark Obenshain, R-26th, is a Virginia State Senator. His district is comprised of Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and Warren counties and Harrisonburg and part of Rockingham County.  Obenshain lost the 2013 Virginia attorney general's race to Democrat Mark Herring by a slim margin after a recount.  Obenshain was born in Richmond. His father, Richard Obenshain, was a Virginia Republican Committee chairman and Republican National Committee co-chairman and died in a plane crash during a U.S. Senate campaign. Obenshain graduated from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, in 1984, and received a law degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, in 1987.

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Mark Obenshain
Mark Obenshain
stated on January 31, 2023 a floor speech.
“You know how many children are dying across Virginia because of fentanyl poisoning? A heck of a lot more than are dying at the hands of guns.”
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By Warren Fiske • February 7, 2023
Mark Obenshain
Mark Obenshain
stated on July 21, 2015 a radio interview
Since parole abolition, Virginia's "crime rate has fallen to third lowest in the country, our recidivism rate is down 20 percent and that’s the second lowest in the country."  
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By Warren Fiske • August 3, 2015
Mark Obenshain
Mark Obenshain
stated on August 13, 2014 a newsletter.
Virginia Democrats recently enforced voter ID rules that were "considerably more stringent than those contained in the state law they denounce."
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By Nancy Madsen • September 9, 2014
Mark Obenshain
Mark Obenshain
stated on February 11, 2014 a floor debate.
"There are 4.7 percent of Virginians who are minimum wage earners who are over 25 years of age working full-time and trying to raise a family."
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By Nancy Madsen • February 24, 2014
Mark Obenshain
Mark Obenshain
stated on November 27, 2013 a statement.
"Of the four statewide races this century within a 300-vote margin, three have been overturned in a recount."
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By Nancy Madsen • December 17, 2013
Mark Obenshain
Mark Obenshain
stated on October 4, 2013 a campaign brochure.
"Mark Herring voted to allow sex offenders, including rapists, to serve shorter sentences."
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen, Warren Fiske • October 21, 2013
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