Barbara Comstock

Attorney,lobbyest and politician, Barbara Comstock was a Representative for Virginia's 10th district for two terms, from January 2015 to January 2019. Born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., June 30, 1959; B.A., Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., 1981; J.D., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1986; staff, United States Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts; lawyer, private practice; staff, United States Representative Frank Wolf of Virginia, 1991-1995; staff, United States House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee, 1995-1999; campaign aide; staff, United States Justice Department, 2002-2003; consultant; member of the Virginia state house of delegates, 2009-2014; Elected as a Republican to the US Congress in Nov. 2014 and Nov 2016 but defeated in 2018 by Democrat Jennifer Wexton