Patrick Alan Hope (born March 6, 1972) is an
American politician
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. Since 2010, he has served in the
Virginia House of Delegates
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, representing the 47th district in
Arlington County
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, outside
Washington, D.C.
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Hope is a member of the
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Early life and education
Hope was born in
San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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. He attended
St. Mary's University there, receiving a B.A. degree in 1993. He then moved to Washington to attend the
Catholic University of America
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, where he received an M.A. in 1996 and a J.D. from the
Columbus School of Law
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More than 400 Juris Doctor students attend Catholic Law ...
in 2001.
House of Delegates
, Hope serves as the Chair of the Public Safety Committee and as a member of the Courts of Justice Committee and the Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee.
On February 8, 2019, after two women had publicly accused Democratic Lieutenant Governor
Justin Fairfax
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of sexual assault, Hope announced that he would introduce articles of impeachment against Fairfax on February 11, three days later, if the latter did not resign by then. Within days, he backed off the plan to begin impeachment proceedings, saying that he had received a lot of feedback that made it clear that more conversations needed to take place before moving forward.
Electoral history
Hope won a five-way Democratic primary in June 2009 to replace retiring Delegate
Al Eisenberg
Albert Charles "Al" Eisenberg (born October 15, 1946) is an American politician. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates 2004–2010, representing the 47th district in the Arlington County suburbs of Washington, D.C. Prior to that, he ser ...
as the 47th district delegate.
The following November, he won the general election with almost 64% of the vote against two opponents.
See also
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Virginia elections, 2009
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*Three statewide offices – Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General – for four-year terms
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Arlington, Virginia
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1972 births
Living people
People from San Antonio
Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates
People from Arlington County, Virginia
St. Mary's University, Texas alumni
Columbus School of Law alumni
21st-century American politicians