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A. Benton Chafin, Jr.
Republican, District 38
Legislation Sponsored
Chief Patron
Chief Co-Patron
Co-Patron
Committees
Education and Health
Judiciary
Privileges and Elections
Rehabilitation and Social Services
Biography
Born in Abingdon, Virginia on May 18, 1960; educated at East Tennessee State University (B.A.); University of Richmond (J.D.) ; Attorney; married Lora Carr Chafin; Baptist; Member of the House: 2014-2014; Member of the Senate: 2014-
District 38 Description
Bland County (All), Buchanan County (All), Dickenson County (All), Russell County (All), Tazewell County (All), Smyth County (Part), Wise County (Part), Pulaski County (All), Norton City (All), Radford City (All), Montgomery County (Part),
Studies and Commissions
Groups that discuss and research specific subject matter in regards to legislation or public projects.
Coal and Energy, Virginia Commission on
Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation
Southwest Virginia Health Authority
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees
Southwest Virginia Public Education Consortium Governing Board
Subcommittee #1 Agriculture
Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission
Volunteer Firefighter's and Rescue Squad Worker's Service Award Fund Board
GO FIGURE:
Seven elected officials from Southwest Virginia sent a letter to Gov. Ralph Northam Friday to request that he reopen this part of the Commonwealth.
Delegates Terry Kilgore, Will Morefield, William Wampler III, Israel O'Quinn, Jeff Campbell, and Senators Ben Chafin and Todd Pillion sent Northam the letter.
The joint letter asks Northam to consider the actions that governors in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia have recently taken.
https://wcyb.com/news/local/southwest-virginia-delegates-senators-ask-northam-to-reopen-southwest-virginia