David L. Owen (born 1956) is an American Republican politician from Virginia. He was elected to the

Virginia House of Delegates The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two parts of the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbe ...

in the

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from the 57th district. He represents portions of western Henrico County and eastern Goochland in the House of Delegates. He was first elected in 2023 with 51% of the vote, defeating Democratic candidate Susanna Gibson.

Early life

Owen was born in

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to his father Bill, and his mother Christine. His father worked with the Highway Department (VDOT) for 40 years, and after that he clerked for the General Assembly for another 25 years. David would attend

Tucker High School Tucker High School is the only public high school in Tucker, a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. It is operated by the DeKalb County School District. Its student body consists of over 1,800 students from many different cultures. Ac ...

, before graduating from the University of Virginia in 1981 with a BS in Civil Engineering. After college, he would get a job as a construction engineer with Texaco USA. This job would briefly bring him to Virginia Beach, where he would meet his future wife, Ellen.

Political career

In 2023, David Owen ran for the 57th District of the Virginia House of Delegates. He was unopposed in the Republican primary. Owen narrowly won the general election on November 7 with 51% of the vote. Owen supports unfettered

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access through 15 weeks, with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother in later weeks. In an interview with the ''

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'', Owen said, "I will always defend a woman’s choice throughout the first 15 weeks and will always protect exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother... I will vote against any bills that do not maintain these thresholds." In 2024, Owen was one of five Republican delegates who voted with their Democratic colleagues in support of safeguarding

same-sex marriage in Virginia Same-sex marriage in Virginia has been legal since October 6, 2014, following the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear an appeal of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling in ''Bostic v. Schaefer''. Same-sex marriages subsequently be ...

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