Political career
Fowler ran to be a delegate in Virginia's 2017 election against incumbent Ron Villanueva (also a Filipino American). She won the election with 52.3% of the vote,and took office in January 2018. [5] She and Kathy Tran were the first Asian-American women to be elected to Virginia's House of Delegates.
Fowler ran for reelection in the 2019 election. She defeated Republican Shannon D.S. Kane with 54.5% of the vote. [6]
Fowler ran for a third term in the 2021 election. In one of the closest races in Virginia that year,she defeated Tanya Gould by 1% of the vote.
During the 2020 special session,Fowler abstained on HB5013 which was intended to end qualified immunity for law enforcement following the 2020 summer Black Lives Matter protests. Her abstention was due to her own husband,David Fowler,being a deputy sheriff,which effectively killed the bill. [7]
In the 2023 Virginia House of Delegates election,she was elected in District 96.
Personal life
She is married to William Fowler,and they have three kids. [8] William Fowler was a deputy sheriff sergeant and was fired after the Virginia Beach sheriff "lost confidence in [his] ability to serve the community". Although the position serves at the pleasure of the sheriff,Fowler then sued,claiming he was wrongly fired. [9]
She came out as bisexual at a Pride event in Virginia Beach on June 26,2022. [10]
Convirs-Fowler has claimed to have the personal laptop of the Virginia Beach mass shooter. [11] She then refused to voluntarily give the laptop to Virginia Beach police. [12]
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