Barbara Comstock
Barbara Comstock | |
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Official portrait, 2015 | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 10th district | |
| In office January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Frank Wolf |
| Succeeded by | Jennifer Wexton |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 34th district | |
| In office January 13, 2010 – November 10, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Margaret Vanderhye |
| Succeeded by | Kathleen Murphy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Barbara Jean Burns June 30, 1959 Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic (formerly) |
| Spouse |
Chip Comstock (m. 1982) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Middlebury College (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Barbara Jean Comstock (née Burns; born June 30, 1959) is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 10th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2010 to 2014.
Comstock first won election to her seat in the House of Delegates in 2009. In 2014, she was elected to succeed retiring Republican incumbent Frank Wolf in Congress. Comstock has worked in numerous positions for various government agencies, including as chief counsel of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, as director of public affairs at the Department of Justice and as a congressional staffer. In 2019, she joined the lobbying firm Baker Donelson as a senior advisor.
Following Representative Gerry Connolly’s retirement in the 11th congressional district, Comstock was named a potential contender for the 2026 Democratic primary after she publicly endorsed Kamala Harris for president in the 2024 election, along with numerous Democratic candidates, such as Tim Kaine for the 2024 United States Senate election, and Democrats Eugene Vindman and Suhas Subramanyam for the 7th and 10th congressional district elections, respectively.