Wexton, Jennifer, 1968-
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Wexton, Jennifer, 1968-
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Tosini, Jennifer Lynn, 1968-
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Jennifer Lynn Wexton (née Tosini; born May 27, 1968) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she has represented Virginia's 10th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019.
Born in Leesburg, Virginia, she earned a B.A. from the University of Maryland, College Park and a J.D. from the College of William and Mary Law School. After graduating, Wexton was a partner in the Laurel Brigade Law Group. From 2001 to 2005, she served as an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney; from 2010 to 2011, Wexton served as a substitute judge in Loudoun County, Virginia. Between 2014 and 2018, Wexton served in the Virginia state senate. During her five years in the General Assembly, she passed more than 40 bipartisan bills, all while serving in the minority.
Wexton was elected to Congress in 2018. In Congress, Wexton has found success in working across the aisle to deliver results to better the lives of Virginia’s children and families. Wexton passed bipartisan legislative initiatives to expand funding for opioid addiction research, safeguard Americans’ retirement savings during the COVID-19 crisis, protect leave benefits for federal workers, modernize the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, allow student veterans to use their benefits to study overseas, and ensure that leaders receive information about foreign disinformation campaigns on social media aimed at undermining U.S. elections. Wexton is the founder of the Congressional Task Force on Digital Citizenship, which aims to help better equip Americans with tools and resources to use technology and engage online responsibly in an increasingly digital world, and the bipartisan Congressional Agritourism Caucus, which supports the agritourism industry and highlights its importance to local economies and communities.
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