Glen Howard Sturtevant Jr. (born September 14, 1982) is an American lawyer and

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politician, who served as a member of the

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(a part-time position) from 2016 to 2020. His Virginia Senate committee assignments included Commerce and Labor, Courts of Justice, General Laws and Technology, and Local Government. Born in

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, Sturtevant grew up in Spotsylvania and Chesterfield Counties, graduating from Midlothian High School. He then attended

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, and received a B.A. degree. He later attended what was then called George Mason Law School (now

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) in

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and received a J.D. degree. Sturtevant is a member of and active in the

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. He practices with the Rawls Law Group, concentrating on complex civil litigation, including medical malpractice. From 2012 until his election to the state senate, Sturtevant served on the

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. In 2023, Sturtevant won the Republican nomination for State Senate in the newly redrawn 12th district, defeating incumbent

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and another challenger Tina Ramirez.

Electoral history

2015 election

2019 election

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, align="right" , 36,811 , align="right" , 45.60 , - ,

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, , Democratic , align="right" , 43,806 , align="right" , 54.30 , - , - , colspan="2" , Write Ins , align="right" , 49 , align="right" , 0.01 , -

2023 election

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, align="right" , 8,833 , align="right" , 39.9 , - ,

, ,

, align="right" , 8,367 , align="right" , 37.8 , - , Tina Ramirez , ,

, align="right" , 4,956 , align="right" , 22.4

References

External links

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Official legislative website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sturtevant, Glen 1982 births Living people Republican Party Virginia state senators Catholic University of America alumni Antonin Scalia Law School alumni 21st-century American politicians Politicians from Wilmington, Delaware Politicians from Richmond, Virginia School board members in Virginia Lawyers from Richmond, Virginia