Norman Dewey "Rocky" Holcomb III (born 1968) is an American politician who served as a member of the

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for the 85th district from 2017 to 2018. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Career

Holcomb served in the

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and for the

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Sheriff's Office. He won a

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to the Virginia House of Delegates held on January 10, 2017, to succeed Scott Taylor, who had been elected to the

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. He went on to lose the November general election in 2017 to

Cheryl Turpin Cheryl Baldwin Turpin (born 1963) is an American politician who served as the delegate in the Virginia House of Delegates for the 85th district representing a part of Virginia Beach from 2018 to 2020. She is a member of the Democratic Party. E ...

, whom he had faced earlier that year in the special election. During the 2019 election cycle, instead of running for re-election,

decided to instead run for Virginia State Senate. The 85th district seat now vulnerable, Holcomb announced he would run for the seat once more. He was challenged by Democrat

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, who served as a staffer for

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‘s 2012 presidential campaign. Holcomb lost to Askew by a margin of 3.46% On August 12, 2021, Holcomb was appointed to the Virginia Beach City Council after the seat was vacated by Jessica Abbott.

References

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