Janet Howell

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Janet Denison Howell (born May 7, 1944 in Washington, D.C.) is an American politician. A Democrat, she was elected to the Senate of Virginia in 1991, where she represented the 32nd district in Fairfax County and portions of Arlington County until 2024.[1][2][3]

Biography

She was born to Edward Fulton and Elsie (Lightbown) Denison. Her father was a prominent economist at the U. S. Department of Commerce and the Brookings Institution, and fellow Oberlin alumnus.[4]

Howell taught in the Philadelphia school district, 1968–1969, and was a legislative assistant in the Virginia State Senate from 1989 to 1991.

The Reston Times named her Restonian of the year in 1984. In 1991 the Virginia Association of Social Workers honored her as Virginian of the year. She was named Senator of the Year (Fraternal Order of Police, 1998), Citizen of Yr. (ARC, 1998). She was Chairman of the Fairfax County, Virginia Social Services Board, 1979–82, State Bd. Social Svcs., Va., 1986–91, Reston (Va.) Transp. Com., 1986–91; pres. Reston Community Assn., 1982–85, Citizen of Yr., 1990.[5]

Howell reported financial assets in 2010 worth more than $US1.48 million and possibly more than $6 million.[6]

Electoral history

Summary

Virginia Senate, District 32: Results 1995 to 2019[7]
Year Democrat Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct Third Party Party Votes Pct
1995 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Janet Howell style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |26,470 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |57% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Robert M. McDowell style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |19,738 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |43%
1999 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Janet Howell style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |25,966 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |58% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Whitney Adams style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |18,615 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |42%
2003 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Janet Howell style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |21,252 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |57% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |David M. Hunt style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |16,214 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |43%
2007 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Janet Howell style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |28,089 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |97% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |no candidate style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Template:Party shading/Independent |Write-ins Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" |818 Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" |3%
2011 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Janet Howell style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |26,026 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |60% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Patrick Forrest[8][9] style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |17,122 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |40%
2015 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Janet Howell style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |31,156 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |94% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |no candidate style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Template:Party shading/Independent |Write-ins Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" |1,974 Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" |6%
2019 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Janet Howell style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |48,546 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |73% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Arthur Purves style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |17,303 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |26% Template:Party shading/Independent |Write-ins Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" |127 Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" |0.19%

2011 election campaign

Janet Howell ran for reelection in Virginia's November 8, 2011 election. The Virginia General Assembly drew new legislative districts to reflect the U.S. Census of 2010. As chairman of the Senate of Virginia's committee on privileges and elections, Mrs. Howell led the process to draw new Senate district boundaries, and she did so to preserve her party's majority and to improve her own reelection prospects within the law. If the U.S. Department of Justice or U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia approves the plan, as required by the 1965 Voting Rights Act, she will acquire some reliably Democrat voting precincts and shed others that lean Republican.[10][11][12][13]

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