Early life and career
Turpin was born at Womack Hospital in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in 1963 to George and Patricia Baldwin. She grew up in a military family that eventually settled in Fairfax County, Virginia. She has worked as a science teacher in Virginia Beach, most recently teaching at Frank W. Cox High School where she teaches Advanced Placement Environmental Science.Political career
She won the Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2017, general election to the Virginia House of Delegates for the 85th district held on November 7, 2017, to succeed Rocky Holcomb, whom she had lost to in a special election earlier in the year. In March 2019, Turpin declared her candidacy for the Virginia Senate, Senate of Virginia's Virginia's 7th Senate district, 7th district after state senator Frank Wagner (politician), Frank Wagner announced his retirement. She won the June 11 primary with 58% of the vote. In the November 2019 general election, Turpin lost to Republican Jen Kiggans by about a 1% margin.Electoral history
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