Beverly Jean Sherwood (born May 29, 1947) was an
American politician
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. She has served in the
Virginia House of Delegates
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since 1994, representing the 29th district in the
Shenandoah Valley, including the city of
Winchester and parts of
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and
Warren Counties. She is a member of the
Republican Party.
Sherwood served on the Frederick County Board of Supervisors 1991–1993, before her election to the House to replace retiring
Democrat
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Alson H. Smith.
Sherwood was chair of the House committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 2002–2012. Since 2012, she has chaired the committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources.
On June 11, 2013,
Mark Berg
Mark J. Berg is an American politician from Virginia.
A member of the Republican Party, he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for one term, representing the 29th district. In the 2013 elections, he defeated the incumbent Republic ...
defeated Sherwood in a Republican primary.
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1947 births
Living people
Republican Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates
County supervisors in Virginia
Women state legislators in Virginia
People from Frederick County, Virginia
21st-century American legislators
21st-century American women politicians
21st-century Virginia politicians