Creigh Deeds
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| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 25th district |
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Assumed office December 27, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Emily Couric |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 18th district |
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In office January 8, 1992 – December 27, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Bo Trumbo |
| Succeeded by | Clay Athey |
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Robert Creigh Deeds January 4, 1958 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Pamela Miller (Divorced) Siobhan Lomax (2012–present) |
| Children | Amanda Rebecca Gus (Deceased) Susannah |
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Concord University Wake Forest University |
| Religion | Presbyterianism |
Robert Creigh Deeds (/ˈkriː/; born January 4, 1958) is an American politician. He is a member of the Senate of Virginia representing the 25th district since 2001. Previously, he was the Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Virginia in 2005 and Governor of Virginia in 2009. He was defeated in both of those races by Bob McDonnell. Deeds lost by just 323 votes in 2005, but was defeated by a wide margin of almost 18 percentage points in 2009. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1992 to 2001.
On November 19, 2013, Deeds was critically wounded during an incident at his home in Millboro, in Bath County, Virginia, where he was stabbed multiple times by his son Austin "Gus" Deeds. Gus was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the home. Senator Deeds recovered and was discharged three days later.
Deeds was born on January 4, 1958, in Richmond, Virginia. The name "Creigh" is a family surname, originating from Confederate war hero, David Creigh, a distant relative. His family moved early in his life to Bath County. After graduating from high school, Deeds enrolled in Concord College. He then entered the Wake Forest University School of Law, from which he received his Juris Doctor in 1984.
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