Rocky Holcomb | |
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Member of the
Virginia Beach City Council from the Kempsville district | |
Assumed office August 12, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Jessica Abbott |
Member of the
Virginia House of Delegates from the 85th district | |
In office January 11, 2017 – January 10, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Scott Taylor |
Succeeded by | Cheryl Turpin |
Personal details | |
Born | Norman Dewey Holcomb III 1968 (age 55–56) Bluefield, West Virginia, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Tracie Summerlin |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Regent University ( BS) |
Norman Dewey "Rocky" Holcomb III (born 1968) is an American politician who served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 85th district from 2017 to 2018. He is a member of the Republican Party. [1]
Holcomb served in the United States Marine Corps and for the Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office. [2] He won a special election to the Virginia House of Delegates held on January 10, 2017, to succeed Scott Taylor, who had been elected to the United States House of Representatives. [3] [4] He went on to lose the November general election in 2017 to Cheryl Turpin, whom he had faced earlier that year in the special election. [5]
During the 2019 election cycle, instead of running for re-election, Cheryl Turpin decided to instead run for Virginia State Senate. The 85th district seat now vulnerable, Holcomb announced he would run for the seat once more. [6] [7] He was challenged by Democrat Alex Askew, who served as a staffer for Barack Obama‘s 2012 presidential campaign. Holcomb lost to Askew by a margin of 3.46% [8]
On August 12, 2021, Holcomb was appointed to the Virginia Beach City Council after the seat was vacated by Jessica Abbott. [9] [10]
Rocky Holcomb | |
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Member of the
Virginia Beach City Council from the Kempsville district | |
Assumed office August 12, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Jessica Abbott |
Member of the
Virginia House of Delegates from the 85th district | |
In office January 11, 2017 – January 10, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Scott Taylor |
Succeeded by | Cheryl Turpin |
Personal details | |
Born | Norman Dewey Holcomb III 1968 (age 55–56) Bluefield, West Virginia, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Tracie Summerlin |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Regent University ( BS) |
Norman Dewey "Rocky" Holcomb III (born 1968) is an American politician who served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 85th district from 2017 to 2018. He is a member of the Republican Party. [1]
Holcomb served in the United States Marine Corps and for the Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office. [2] He won a special election to the Virginia House of Delegates held on January 10, 2017, to succeed Scott Taylor, who had been elected to the United States House of Representatives. [3] [4] He went on to lose the November general election in 2017 to Cheryl Turpin, whom he had faced earlier that year in the special election. [5]
During the 2019 election cycle, instead of running for re-election, Cheryl Turpin decided to instead run for Virginia State Senate. The 85th district seat now vulnerable, Holcomb announced he would run for the seat once more. [6] [7] He was challenged by Democrat Alex Askew, who served as a staffer for Barack Obama‘s 2012 presidential campaign. Holcomb lost to Askew by a margin of 3.46% [8]
On August 12, 2021, Holcomb was appointed to the Virginia Beach City Council after the seat was vacated by Jessica Abbott. [9] [10]