Debra Rodman was raised in Coral Gables,Florida.[2] Rodman is an associate professor at Randolph-Macon College,teaching anthropology and women's studies.[2] She travels to Guatemala yearly,where she researches the effects of migration on that country. Rodman also serves as an expert witness for asylum seekers.[2][3] She is Jewish. [4]
Political career
In 2017,Rodman ran for the Virginia House of Delegates for the 73rd district,then held by Republican incumbent John O'Bannon. Rodman defeated three other candidates in a caucus on April 29,2017 to win the Democratic nomination.[5] In the general election,Rodman defeated O'Bannon by a 3% margin.[6] She raised $373,000 over the course of the campaign,outraised by O'Bannon by nearly $200,000.[7] In 2019,Rodman challenged incumbent Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant for the Senate of Virginia's 12th District seat.[8][9] Rodman narrowly lost the election to Dunnavant on November 5,2019.[10]
Rodman ran on and helped pass Medicaid Expansion,which gives health care access to over 400,000 Virginians.[13] She also refuses to take money from Dominion Power or Appalachian Energy.[14]
In the 2019 legislative session,Rodman was the chief sponsor for bills to expand LGBTQ equality,voting rights,and increase the tipped minimum wage.[15]
Rodman was on the Education Committee,Health,Welfare and Institutions Committee,and Agriculture,Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee.[16]
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