Adam Ebbin

Adam Ebbin

Infobox State Representative
name = Adam P. Ebbin


state_delegate = Virginia
district = 49th
term_start = January 2004
preceded = L. Karen Darner
succeeded = Incumbent
birth_date = birth date and age|1963|11|10
birth_place = Huntington, New York
residence = Arlington, Virginia
party = Democratic
partner =
alma_mater = American University
occupation = Marketing consultant
committees = Education; Health, Welfare and Institutions; Transportation
religion = Jewish
website = [http://www.adamebbin.com adamebbin.com]

Adam P. Ebbin (born November 10, 1963) is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia. A Democrat, he is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the state's 49th district in Northern Virginia since January 2004.

A 1985 graduate of the American University in Washington, D.C., Ebbin was a Fellow at the University of Virginia’s Sorensen Institute of Political Leadership in 2000. [cite news |title=Adam P. Ebbin (D) |work=Washington Post |date=2005-11-03 |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/02/AR2005110200903_pf.html] [cite web|url=http://www.sorenseninstitute.org/alumni/plp/2000|title=PLP Class of 2000|publisher=Sorensen Institute] A longtime Democratic Party activist, Ebbin spent a decade on the party's state central committee and was a delegate to both the 2000 and 2004 Democratic National Conventions.

He first sought the 49th district seat in 2003, narrowly winning a five-person Democratic primary and facing no Republican opponent in the general election. [cite news |title=Va. elects 1st gay delegate |work=Washington Blade |date=2003-11-07 |url=http://www.washblade.com/2003/11-7/news/localnews/delegate.cfm] He took office in January 2004 and was re-elected unopposed in 2005. Ebbin faced only an Independent Green opponent in 2007, winning handsomely. The district includes a large part of South Arlington, the Del Ray and Arlandria portions of the City of Alexandria and parts of Bailey's Crossroads in Fairfax County.

A former president of the Virginia Partisans, Ebbin was the third openly gay elected official in Virginia and the first ever openly gay member of the Virginia General Assembly. [cite news |title=Out Candidates Make Good |work=The Advocate |date=2003-12-09 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2003_Dec_9/ai_111850659] His campaigns have won the backing of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. [cite news |title=Victory Fund endorses record number of candidates |work=Washington Blade |date=2007-10-26 |url=http://www.washblade.com/2007/10-26/news/national/11455.cfm] He is currently employed by the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network as its Director of Communications. [cite news |title=Suite Talk June 17, 2008 |work=The Politico |date=2008-06-17 |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11114.html]

References

External links

* [http://www.adamebbin.com/ Official website]
* [http://dela.state.va.us/dela/MemBios.nsf/a7b082ef6ed01eac85256c0d00515644/038750f3b92c43498525738a0052b615?OpenDocument Virginia House of Delegates: Bio for Adam P. Ebbin (2008 session)]
* [http://www.vpap.org/candidates/profile/home/32994 Virginia Public Access Project: Adam Ebbin]


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