Katherine Brooks Waddell (born June 16, 1938) is a Virginia
politician
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who served in the
Virginia House of Delegates
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, representing the 68th district, which includes portions of the
City of Richmond
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History
Richmond was incorporated as a municipality on 24 Ap ...
and
Chesterfield County. She was actively involved in
Republican
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politics for a number of years, including stints working for
Eddy Dalton,
Jim Gilmore
James Stuart Gilmore III (born October 6, 1949) is an American politician, diplomat, statesman, and former attorney who was the 68th Governor of Virginia from 1998 to 2002 and Chairman of the Republican National Committee in 2001.
A native Vir ...
, and
John H. Hager
John Henry Hager (August 28, 1936August 23, 2020) was an American politician who served as the 37th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1998 to 2002. He was the first person with a disability to be elected to that office. He proceeded to act as ...
and serving on the Central Committee of the
Republican Party of Virginia
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History
The party was established in 1854 by opponents of slavery and secession in the commonwea ...
. She became disillusioned with the party due to its rightward shift on social issues and resigned from her official positions in the party in 2001 to support the campaign of an
independent
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state house candidate. A strong proponent of
abortion rights
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, she remained on the national board of the
Republican Majority for Choice
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.
Born Hilda Katherine Brooks, she married John Chesleigh Waddell Jr. in Richmond on April 29, 1961.
Electoral history
References
External links
Official Biography- ''
Virginia General Assembly
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Campaign Website
1938 births
Living people
Members of the Virginia House of Delegates
Women state legislators in Virginia
Virginia Independents
Virginia Republicans
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
Politicians from Danville, Virginia
Politicians from Richmond, Virginia
Averett University alumni
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