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Senator Frank W. Wagner
Frank W. Wagner was elected to the State Senate of the Virginia
General Assembly during a special election in December 2000, winning
nearly 70% of the electoral vote. He currently represents the
7th Senatorial District in Virginia Beach.
Prior to his election to the State Senate, Frank served in the
Virginia House of Delegates for over a decade, representing the
21st District in Virginia Beach.
During his tenure in the House of Delegates, Frank served on
several committees including Conservation and Natural Resources,
Corporations, Insurance, and Banking, Education, Finance, General
Laws, and Militia and Police. Currently, he serves on the Senate
Commerce and Labor, General Laws, Rehabilitation and Social Services,
and Transportation Committees. He is also a member of Virginia’s
Unemployment Compensation and Coal and Energy Commissions and
the Virginia Attorney General’s Regulatory Reform Task Force.
Frank also serves as the Chairman of The Joint Commission on Administrative
Rules and as the Chairman of the Virginia Manufacturing Development
Commission.
Frank is perhaps best known currently for his visionary Virginia
Energy Plan, legislation that passed in the 2006 Virginia General
Assembly session. This legislation directs the Commonwealth to
create a comprehensive plan for the development of energy resources,
including coal, oil, natural gas, wind, solar, tide, current,
nuclear and biofuels, with the goal of fostering energy independence
in an environmentally safe and responsible manner. Over the last
two years he has spoken or testified at a variety of energy conferences
and meetings in Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana,
Kentucky, Washington, Washington, D.C. and Nova Scotia, Canada.
The American Council of Young Political Leaders selected Frank
as an “Outstanding Young Legislator”. In 2003 and
2004, he received the Virginia Manufacturers Association’s
“Industrial Strength Leadership Award” given to one
Delegate and one Senator each year to recognize outstanding leadership
on key industry issues during the Virginia General Assembly session.
Frank Wagner is a 1977 U.S. Naval Academy graduate and obtained
a B.S. in Ocean Engineering. He then served in the United States
Navy as a diving and engineering officer. After his service in
the Navy, Frank went into business with his father and started
a ship repair firm, Earl Industries, in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Today, he is the co-owner and the executive vice president of
Davis Boat Works, Inc., one of Virginia’s premier small
boat repair firms.
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