State Senate, District 34

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The Candidates

J.C. "Chap" Petersen (D, Incumbent)

Occupation
Lawyer, owner, Surovell Isaacs Petersen and Levy PLC (Fairfax); member, Virginia Senate.

Public Service

Member, state Senate, 2008-present; member, House of Delegates, 2002-06; member, Fairfax City Council, 1998-2002; member, Northern Virginia Regional Commission, 1998-2002; member, president's council, Good News Jail Ministry (Fairfax County); member, Virginia State Bar, Fairfax Bar Association; "Old Grays" member, N. Va. Rugby Football Club; parishioner, Truro Church.

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Gerarda M. Culipher (R)

Occupation
Lawyer, mother.

Public Service

Founder, Northern Virginia Women's Caucus; Red Mass committee member, John Carroll Society; chairman, women's coalition, Fairfax County Republican Committee; member, Kappa Alpha Theta, Northern Virginia Alumni Chapter; past president, Tulane Law Federalist Society; member, Folger Shakespeare Library.

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