Terry Kilgore
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Terry Kilgore | |
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_Terry_Kilgore.jpg) Kilgore in 2023 | |
| Minority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
| Assumed office June 1, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Todd Gilbert |
| Majority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
| In office January 12, 2022 – January 10, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Charniele Herring |
| Succeeded by | Charniele Herring |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
| Assumed office January 12, 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Ford C. Quillen |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Terry Gene Kilgore August 23, 1961 Kingsport, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Debbie Wright |
| Relations | Jerry Kilgore (brother) |
| Education | |
Terry Gene Kilgore (born August 23, 1961) is an American attorney and politician. A Republican, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1993, and became chair of the Commerce and Labor committee in 2008. He currently represents the 45th district in the far southwestern corner of the state, near Cumberland Gap.[update][1]
Kilgore graduated with a B.A. from the University of Virginia's College at Wise, previously named Clinch Valley College, and a J.D. from the College of William & Mary's School of Law.
Political career
Personal life
Kilgore's twin brother, Jerry, was Attorney General of Virginia 2002–2005, and was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia in 2005, losing to Tim Kaine. Kilgore's mother, Willie Mae Kilgore, was the registrar of voters in Kilgore's home jurisdiction, Scott County, until December 2008.[4] He has two children.
