A Representative from Virginia; born in Washington, D.C.; February 3, 1959; B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va., 1981; M.P.H., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1990; Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va., 2002; shellfish sanitation; member, Montross, Va., town council, 1986-1996; mayor of Montross, Va., 1992-1996; Westmoreland County, Va., board of supervisors, 1996-2005; chairman, Westmoreland County Va., board of supervisors, 2004-2005; delegate, Va., house of delegates, 2006-2007; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Tenth Congress, by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Jo Ann Davis and reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (December 11, 2007-present).