Phillip Puckett
Politician
1947 –
Who is Phillip Puckett?
Phillip P. Puckett is an American politician. A Democrat, he was elected to the Senate of Virginia in 1997 and resigned on June 9, 2014. He represented the 38th district, made up of five counties and parts of four others in the southwestern part of the state.
In February 2014, Puckett's daughter, Martha P. Ketron, was confirmed by the Virginia House of Delegates to fill a six-year term for the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court judgeship that she had been temporarily filling since 2013. The Senate of Virginia was also required to confirm her, but cited an informal policy that family members of current legislators are typically not appointed to the judiciary.
Puckett resigned from the Senate on June 9, 2014, citing family reasons. His resignation gave Republicans a 20-19 majority during budgetary negotiations and the consideration of the expansion of Medicaid. He had been under consideration for a job with the Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission prior to his departure.
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- Born
- Aug 10, 1947
Lebanon - Spouses
- Religion
- Baptists
- Profession
- Education
- University of Tennessee
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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on July 23, 2013
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