Chris Obenshain | |
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![]() Obenshain in 2024 | |
Member of the VirginiaHouseofDelegates from the 41st district | |
Assumed office January 10, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Eileen Filler-Corn (redistricting) |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Relatives | Kate (cousin) Mark (cousin) Richard (uncle) |
Chris Obenshain is an American Republican politician from Virginia. He was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in the 2023 Virginia House of Delegates election from the 41st district. [1]
Obenshain was a prosecutor in the Montgomery County Commonwealth Attorney's office. [2]
Obenshain graduated from Cave Spring High School in Roanoke,Virginia. He attended Bridgewater College and University of Virginia School of Law. [3] [ self-published source? ]
As of 2023,Obenshain lived in Blacksburg,Virginia. He is married with has two children. [3]
Obenshain's father,Joe,ran for the Virginia Senate in 2003. His late uncle,Richard,served as chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia and was the party's nominee for U.S. Senate in 1978,but died in a plane crash to the election day. He is a cousin of state senator Mark and political commentator Kate Obenshain. [4]