Anita Hartke

Anita Hartke grew up in Fairfax County and earned a B.A. in Psychology from Salem College in Salem, West Virginia. She has worked for 20 years as a Realtor and is a licensed real estate broker. She currently works as a broker for National Realty at her home office in Amissville and is a member of the Culpeper and Fauquier County Chambers of Commerce. Hartke, 48, is the daughter of the late Sen. Vance Hartke, who represented Indiana for 18 years in the U.S. Senate. Anita resides in the Amissville area of Culpeper County with her mother Martha and son Wyatt, who attends public school in the county. Her daughter Hanna is a student at Virginia Commonwealth University and her son Ryan attends Virginia Tech. She is Chair of the Culpeper Democratic Committee and is a lifelong Democrat. She has attended numerous district and state Democratic conventions.