Mark Obenshain

Mark Obenshain
Member of the Virginia Senate
Assumed office
January 14, 2004
Preceded byKevin Miller
Constituency26th District (2004–2024)
2nd District (2024–Present)
Personal details
Born
Mark Dudley Obenshain

(1962-06-11) June 11, 1962 (age 62)
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseSuzanne Speas
Parent
RelativesKate Obenshain (sister)
EducationVirginia Tech (BA)
Washington and Lee University (JD)
WebsiteOfficial website

Mark Dudley Obenshain (born June 11, 1962) is an American attorney and politician. He is currently serving as a member of the Senate of Virginia from Harrisonburg. He is a member of the Republican Party. He took office in 2004. At the 2013 state Republican convention he became the Republican nominee in the 2013 election for Attorney General of Virginia.[1]

His father, Richard Obenshain, was an attorney, chairman of the Virginia Republican Party, and the original Republican nominee for the 1978 senate election in Virginia before his death from a plane crash prior to it.[2]

  1. ^ Schmidt, Markus and Jim Nolan (2013-05-18). "Virginia GOP convention: Obenshain nominee for AG". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  2. ^ "Richard D. Obenshain". www.lva.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-03.

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