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Debra Rodman, D-Henrico County, was elected to the House of Delgates in 2017. In 2019, she challenged incumbent Republican Siobhan Dunnavant for the 12th District state Senate seat in Western Hernico and Hanover Counties. Rodman is an associate professor at Randolph-Macon College, teaching anthropology and women's studies. She was born in Coral Gables, Fla.
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