Katherine Waddell

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Katherine Brooks Waddell (born June 16, 1938) is a Virginia politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 68th district, which includes portions of the City of Richmond and Chesterfield County. She was actively involved in Republican politics for a number of years, including stints working for Eddy Dalton, Jim Gilmore, and John H. Hager and serving on the Central Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia. She became disillusioned with the party due to its rightward shift on social issues and resigned from her official positions in the party in 2001 to support the campaign of an independent state house candidate.^[1] A strong proponent of abortion rights, she remained on the national board of the Republican Majority for Choice.^[2]

Born Hilda Katherine Brooks, she married John Chesleigh Waddell Jr. in Richmond on April 29, 1961.^[3]

Electoral history

Date	Election	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Virginia House of Delegates, 68th district
Nov 8, 2005^[4]	General	Katherine B. Waddell	Template:Party shading/Independent \| Independent	13,424	49.93
		Bradley P. Marrs	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	13,382	49.77
		Write Ins		80	0.30
Nov 6, 2007^[5]	General	G. Manoli Loupassi	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	8,549	54.05
		Katherine B. Waddell	Template:Party shading/Independent \| Independent	6,661	42.12
		William K. Grogan	Template:Party shading/Independent \| Independent	591	3.73
		Write Ins		13	0.08

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