Thelma Drake

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Thelma Drake
Thelma Drake
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 2nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 3, 2005
Preceded by Ed Schrock
Born November 20, 1949 (1949-11-20) (age 58)
Elyria, Ohio
Political party Republican
Spouse Ted Drake
Religion United Church of Christ

Thelma D. Drake (born November 20, 1949 in Elyria, Ohio) is a member of the Republican party from the state of Virginia. She was elected to the United States House of Representatives in November 2004 to represent the Virginia's 2nd congressional district ([1]).

Thelma Drake attended Elyria High School and Old Dominion University, but did not graduate. She worked as a real estate agent in Norfolk, Virginia and was the first Republican to be elected from the Norfolk area to the Virginia House of Delegates since Reconstruction. She served in the House of Delegates for nine years.

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[edit] Election to Congress

Drake was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives of the 109th United States Congress in November 2004. She entered the race after incumbent Republican congressman, Ed Schrock, dropped out of the race on August 30, 2004, after supposedly soliciting sex from men via a gay telephone dating service. She defeated Democrat David Ashe 55%-45% in the general election.

[edit] 2006 Congressional Campaign

Main article: Virginia 2nd congressional district election, 2006

Drake defeated Democrat Phillip Kellam in the November congressional elections. Kellam, a Democratic officeholder in Virginia Beach, Virginia, currently serves as its Commissioner of the Revenue. Drake won reelection over Kellam by a tight margin, 51% to 49%.

[edit] Electoral history

Virginia's 2nd congressional district: Results 2004–2006[1]
Year Democrat Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct
2004 David B. Ashe 108,180 45% Thelma D. Drake 132,946 55% *
2006 Philip J. Kellam 83,901 48% Thelma D. Drake 88,777 51% *
*Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 2004, write-ins received 254 votes. In 2006, write-ins received 481 votes.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Election Statistics. Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.

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Preceded by
Ed Schrock		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 2nd congressional district
2005 – present		 Incumbent
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