Holly Seibold Explained

Holly Seibold
Office:Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Constituency:35th district (2023–2024)
12th district (2024–present)
Term Start:January 11, 2023
Preceded:Mark Keam
Party:Democratic

Holly Seibold is a Virginia politician and educator. She is a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates, following a January 2023 special election to fill Virginia's 35th House of Delegates district, which became vacant following the resignation of Democrat Mark Keam.

Political career

On September 6, 2022, Democrat Mark Keam, who represented the 35th district in the Virginia House of Delegates, resigned to take a position in the Biden administration. Keam's resignation lead to a special election for the seat.[1] Seibold ran for the seat and defeated Karl V. Frisch in the Democratic party's nomination caucus, which was held on November 8, 2022. She won the general election, held on January 10, 2023, defeating Republican candidate Monique Baroudi. She was sworn in on January 11, 2023.[2]

Personal life

Seibold has lived in Vienna, Virginia since 2012.

Notes and References

  1. News: Democrats to determine nominee for 35th District delegate this week . October 9, 2022 . Tysons Reporter . October 3, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221009011101/https://www.tysonsreporter.com/2022/10/03/democrats-to-determine-nominee-for-35th-district-delegate-this-week/ . October 9, 2022 . live.
  2. News: Schneider . Gregory S. . Vozzella . Laura . Gov. Youngkin says he's leading Va. out of darkness as General Assembly convenes . March 3, 2023 . . January 11, 2023.