Tommy Norment

Tommy Norment
Minority Leader of the Virginia Senate
In office January 8, 2020 – January 10, 2024
Preceded by	Dick Saslaw
Succeeded by	Ryan McDougle
In office January 28, 2014 – June 12, 2014
Preceded by	Dick Saslaw
Succeeded by	Dick Saslaw
In office January 9, 2008 – January 12, 2012
Preceded by	Dick Saslaw
Succeeded by	Dick Saslaw
Majority Leader of the Virginia Senate
In office June 12, 2014 – January 8, 2020
Preceded by	Dick Saslaw
Succeeded by	Dick Saslaw
In office January 12, 2012 – January 28, 2014
Preceded by	Dick Saslaw
Succeeded by	Dick Saslaw
Member of the Virginia Senate from the 3rd district
In office January 8, 1992 – January 10, 2024
Preceded by	William Fears
Succeeded by	Ryan McDougle (Redistricting)
Personal details
Born	Thomas Kent Norment Jr. (1946-04-12) April 12, 1946 (age 78) Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Children	2
Education	Virginia Military Institute (BS) College of William and Mary (JD)
Website	Official website

Thomas Kent Norment Jr. (born April 12, 1946) is an American politician who served as the Minority Leader and Majority Leader of the Senate of Virginia. He was elected to the James City County Board of Supervisors where he served as chairman before being elected to the Virginia Senate in 1991. According to the Clerk of the Virginia Senate, Norment was first elected as Minority Leader in 2007 and is tied with Senator Richard "Dick" Saslaw for having switched between Minority and Majority leader more than any other two senators in Virginia's history. Similarly, Senator Norment holds the records for the longest serving Republican senator as well as the longest serving Senate Republican Leader in the history of the Commonwealth.

A Republican, he represented the 3rd district of the Virginia Senate which, during his service, was based around Williamsburg, Virginia. Norment served on the Commerce and Labor, Judiciary, Rules, and Finance and Appropriations Committees. Norment also served as a member of the Governor's Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates, the Virginia Crime Commission, the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council, and the Major Economic Impact (MEI) Project Approval Commission.

A longtime resident of James City County, Norment maintains an active role in the community. Norment serves as Chairman of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation^[1] and is the only individual to have served in this role more than once. He has served as a member of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's board of trustees. He further serves on the Hampton Roads Board of Directors for TowneBank, chairs the Williamsburg Board of TowneBank,^[2] and serves as a member of the College of William and Mary Board of Visitors.^[3]

Professionally, Norment is an attorney with Kaufman and Canoles, P.C. and a former law professor at the College of William and Mary. He is a graduate of James Blair High School, the Virginia Military Institute, and the Marshall Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary.