Bobby Orrock
{{short description|American politician (born 1955)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Bobby Orrock
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Bobby Orrock.jpg
| state_delegate = Virginia
| office = Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
| constituency = 54th district (1990–2024)
66th district (2024–present)
| term_start = January 10, 1990
| term_end =
| preceded = Robert W. Ackerman
| succeeded =
| birth_name = Robert Dickson Orrock
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|11|13}}
| birth_place = Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S.
| party = Republican
| spouse = Betsy Malinda Massey (deceased), Debra Shelton
| children = Robert Jr., Lila, Welford
| residence = Woodford, Virginia, U.S.
| alma_mater = Virginia Tech (BS)
Virginia State University (MEd)
| profession = High school agriculture education teacher
| committees = Health, Welfare and Institutions (chair)
Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Finance
Rules
| website = [http://www.bobbyorrock.net www.bobbyorrock.net]
}}
Robert Dickson Orrock Sr. (born November 13, 1955){{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica0002marq/page/2206/mode/2up|title=Who's Who in American Politics|year=1997–1998|page=2207}} is an American politician. Since 1990, he has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 66th district in the east-central part of the state, including (since 2002) parts of Caroline and Spotsylvania counties; the former county is included in the Greater Richmond Region and the latter county is included in the Washington metropolitan area. From 1990–1991, the District encompassed all of Spotsylvania County, part of Caroline County, and part of the Fredericksburg City. From 1992–2001, the District encompassed part of Spotsylvania County and all of Fredericksburg City. He is a member of the Republican Party.{{cite web | title = House History | publisher = Virginia House of Delegates Clerks Office | url = https://history.house.virginia.gov/members/8720 | access-date = February 12, 2019}}
Early life and education
Orrock was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He attended Ladysmith High School in Caroline County, graduating in 1974. After one year at Germanna Community College, he transferred to Virginia Tech, receiving a B.S. degree in agriculture education in 1978. He received an M.Ed. degree in the same subject from Virginia State University in 1988.
Career
Orrock is a semi-retired teacher of agricultural education at Spotsylvania High School. In 2017, the widower remarried to Debra Orrock, née Shelton. Since 1973, Delegate Orrock has served on the Ladysmith, Virginia Volunteer Rescue Squad and has since gone on to become a trustee of both the Ladysmith and Spotsylvania County, Virginia Volunteer Rescue Squad. Orrock is also a certified hunter safety instructor with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. He is also a longtime part-time emcee of a Sunday morning radio gospel show on WFLS-FM broadcasting from Fredericksburg, Virginia.{{cite web | title = About Bobby | work = Delegate Bobby Orrock | url = http://bobbyorrock.net/about-bobby/ | access-date = June 10, 2013}} (constituent/campaign website)
Positions and appointments
Orrock served as the Co-Chairman of the Agriculture Committee (2000–2001) and has been the Chairman of the Health, Welfare, and Institutions Committee continually since 2010.
He has served as a member on the following committees since joining the House of Delegates:
- Agriculture (1990–1993 and 1995–2001)
- Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (1990–1994)
- Agriculture, Chesapeake, and Natural Resources (2002–)
- Health, Welfare, and Institutions (1990–2003 and 2006–)
- Counties, Cities, and Towns (1994–2009)
- Finance (1998–2005 and 2010–)
- Mining and Mineral Resources (2000–2001)
- Rules (2012–)
Electoral history
| class="wikitable" | |||||
| Date | Election | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="6" | Virginia House of Delegates, 54th district | |||||
| rowspan="4" | November 7, 1989{{cite web | title = The Virginia Elections and State Elected Officials Database Project, 1776-2007 | publisher = University of Virginia Library | url = http://vavh.iath.virginia.edu/php/election.php | access-date = June 10, 2013 | archive-date = January 2, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200953/http://vavh.iath.virginia.edu/php/election.php | url-status = dead }}
| rowspan="4" align="center" | General | Robert Dickson Orrock Sr. | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | align="right" | 10,383 | align="right" | 54.50 | |||||
| Robert W. Ackerman
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | align="right" | 8,665 | align="right" | 45.49 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Write Ins
| align="right" | 2 | align="right" | 0.01 | |||||
| colspan="4" style="background:Beige" | Incumbent lost; seat switched from Democratic to Republican | |||||
| rowspan="2" | November 5, 1991
| rowspan="2" align="center" | General | Robert Dickson Orrock Sr. | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | align="right" | 8,071 | align="right" | 56.22 | |||||
| Layton R. Fairchild Jr.
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | align="right" | 6,286 | align="right" | 43.78 | |||||
| rowspan="3" | November 2, 1993
| rowspan="3" align="center" | General | Robert Dickson Orrock Sr. | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | align="right" | 11,397 | align="right" | 68.85 | |||||
| James B. Smith
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | align="right" | 5,149 | align="right" | 31.11 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Write Ins
| align="right" | 7 | align="right" | 0.04 | |||||
| rowspan="3" | November 7, 1995{{cite web|title=1995 Election Results - HOD |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/ElectionResults/1995/rslts95-hod_va_dist-loc.htm |access-date=June 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725003210/http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/ElectionResults/1995/rslts95-hod_va_dist-loc.htm |archive-date=July 25, 2013 }}
| rowspan="3" align="center" | General | R D Orrock | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | align="right" | 13,153 | align="right" | 82.30 | |||||
| S L Shelton
| {{party shading/Independent}} | Independent | align="right" | 2,828 | align="right" | 17.69 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Write Ins
| align="right" | 1 | align="right" | 0.01 | |||||
| rowspan="2" | November 4, 1997{{cite web|title=1997 Election Results - HOD |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/ElectionResults/1997/hod1197.htm |access-date=June 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724161859/http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/ElectionResults/1997/hod1197.htm |archive-date=July 24, 2013 }}
| rowspan="2" align="center" | General | Robert D. "Bobby" Orrock | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | align="right" | 14,948 | align="right" | 99.59 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Write Ins
| align="right" | 61 | align="right" | 0.41 | |||||
| rowspan="2" | November 2, 1999{{cite web|title=Election Results - House of Delegates - Nov 1999 Gen Election |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/ElectionResults/1999/Results-HOD-Nov99-Gen--by_dist-loc.htm |access-date=June 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228232647/http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/ElectionResults/1999/Results-HOD-Nov99-Gen--by_dist-loc.htm |archive-date=December 28, 2012 }}
| rowspan="2" align="center" | General | R D Orrock | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | align="right" | 13,006 | align="right" | 99.30 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Write Ins
| align="right" | 92 | align="right" | 0.70 | |||||
| rowspan="2" | November 6, 2001{{cite web|title=General Election- November 6, 2001 |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/ElectionResults/2001/nov2001/html/c_08_054.htm |access-date=June 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229000231/http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/ElectionResults/2001/nov2001/html/c_08_054.htm |archive-date=December 29, 2012 }}
| rowspan="2" align="center" | General | R D Orrock | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | align="right" | 13,930 | align="right" | 98.11 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Write Ins
| align="right" | 268 | align="right" | 1.89 | |||||
| rowspan="2" | November 4, 2003{{cite web|title=General Election- November 4, 2003 |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/ElectionResults/2003/nov/H_08_054.htm |access-date=June 10, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123142050/http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/ElectionResults/2003/nov/H_08_054.htm |archive-date=November 23, 2010 }}
| rowspan="2" align="center" | General | R D Orrock | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | align="right" | 10,745 | align="right" | 98.33 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Write Ins
| align="right" | 183 | align="right" | 1.67 | |||||
| rowspan="2" | June 14, 2005{{cite web|title=2005 House of Delegates Republican Primary District 54 |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=http://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/40555/ |access-date=February 12, 2019}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican primary | colspan="2" | Robert D. "Bobby" Orrock | align="right" | 2,009 | align="right" | 55.3 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Shaun V Kenney
| align="right" | 1,626 | align="right" | 44.7 | |||||
| rowspan="2" | November 8, 2005{{cite web|title=General Election- November 8, 2005 |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/ElectionResults/2005/nov2005/html/h_54.htm |access-date=June 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228235450/http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/ElectionResults/2005/nov2005/html/h_54.htm |archive-date=December 28, 2012 }}
| rowspan="2" align="center" | General | R D Orrock | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | align="right" | 15,549 | align="right" | 96.33 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Write Ins
| align="right" | 592 | align="right" | 3.67 | |||||
| rowspan="3" | November 6, 2007{{cite web|title=November 6, 2007 General Election Official Results |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2007/196E44FA-8B19-4240-9A44-737216DAA55D/Unofficial/8_p3_s.shtml |access-date=June 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035053/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2007/196E44FA-8B19-4240-9A44-737216DAA55D/Unofficial/8_p3_s.shtml |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}
| rowspan="3" align="center" | General | R. D. "Bobby" Orrock | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | align="right" | 11,451 | align="right" | 73.70 | |||||
| Kimbra L. Kincheloe
| {{party shading/Independent}} | Independent | align="right" | 4,067 | align="right" | 26.17 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Write Ins
| align="right" | 18 | align="right" | 0.11 | |||||
| rowspan="2" | November 3, 2009{{cite web|title=November 2009 General Election Official Results |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2009/37C2EDEB-FACB-44C1-AF70-05FB616DCD62/Official/8_p3_s.shtml |access-date=June 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103045820/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2009/37C2EDEB-FACB-44C1-AF70-05FB616DCD62/Official/8_p3_s.shtml |archive-date=January 3, 2014 }}
| rowspan="2" align="center" | General | Robert D. "Bobby" Orrock | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | align="right" | 17,560 | align="right" | 97.93 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Write Ins
| align="right" | 371 | align="right" | 2.06 | |||||
| rowspan="3" | November 8, 2011{{cite web|title=November 2011 General Election Official Results |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2011/EB178FD6-875D-4B0D-A295-900A0482F523/Official/8_p3_s.shtml |access-date=June 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103073400/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2011/EB178FD6-875D-4B0D-A295-900A0482F523/Official/8_p3_s.shtml |archive-date=January 3, 2014 }}
| rowspan="3" align="center" | General | Robert D. "Bobby" Orrock | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | align="right" | 11,338 | align="right" | 73.15 | |||||
| Matthew D. Simpson
| {{party shading/Independent}} | Independent | align="right" | 3,874 | align="right" | 24.99 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Write Ins
| align="right" | 286 | align="right" | 1.84 | |||||
| rowspan="2" | June 11, 2013{{cite web|title=Unofficial Results - Primary Election - June 11, 2013 |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=http://electionresults.virginia.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=HOD&map=CTY |access-date=June 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615230559/http://electionresults.virginia.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=HOD&map=CTY |archive-date=June 15, 2013 }}
| rowspan="2" align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican primary | colspan="2" | Robert D. "Bobby" Orrock | align="right" | 1,277 | align="right" | 56.03 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Dustin R. Curtis
| align="right" | 1,002 | align="right" | 43.97 | |||||
| rowspan="2" | November 7, 2013{{cite web|title=Virginia Elections Database-2013 House of Delegates General Election District 54 |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=http://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/43916/ |access-date=February 12, 2019}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" | General | Robert D. "Bobby" Orrock | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | align="right" | 15,649 | align="right" | 90.6 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Write Ins
| align="right" | 1,625 | align="right" | 9.4 | |||||
| rowspan="2" | November 3, 2015{{cite web|title=2015 November General |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=https://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2015%20November%20General/Site/GeneralAssembly.html |access-date=February 12, 2019}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" | General | Robert D. "Bobby" Orrock | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | align="right" | 11,829 | align="right" | 96.40 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Write Ins
| align="right" | 442 | align="right" | 3.60 | |||||
| rowspan="2" | June 13, 2017{{cite web|title=Virginia Elections Database-2017 House of Delegates Republican Primary District 54 |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=http://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/85266/ |access-date=February 12, 2019}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican primary | colspan="2" | Robert D. "Bobby" Orrock | align="right" | 4,254 | align="right" | 81.2 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Nicholas Gregory Ignacio
| align="right" | 987 | align="right" | 18.8 | |||||
| rowspan="3" | November 7, 2017{{cite web|title=Virginia Elections Database-2017 House of Delegates General Election District 54 |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=http://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/87796/ |access-date=February 12, 2019}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" | General | Robert Dickson Orrock Sr. | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | align="right" | 13,782 | align="right" | 57.9 | |||||
| Alfred Durante
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | align="right" | 9,982 | align="right" | 41.9 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Write Ins
| align="right" | 50 | align="right" | 0.2 | |||||
| rowspan="3" | November 5, 2019{{cite web|title=Virginia Elections Database-2019 House of Delegates General Election District 54 |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=https://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/134644/ |access-date=January 31, 2021}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" | General | Robert Dickson Orrock Sr. | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | align="right" | 13,614 | align="right" | 57.9 | |||||
| Neri Neftali Canahui-Ortiz
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | align="right" | 9,852 | align="right" | 41.9 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Write Ins
| align="right" | 27 | align="right" | 0.2 | |||||
| rowspan="3" | November 2, 2021{{cite web|title=Virginia Elections Database-2021 House of Delegates General Election District 54 |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=https://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/150467/ |access-date=January 31, 2021}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" | General | Robert Dickson Orrock Sr. | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | align="right" | 21,231 | align="right" | 60.9 | |||||
| Eric Matthew Butterworth
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | align="right" | 13,616 | align="right" | 39.0 | |||||
| colspan="2" | Write Ins
| align="right" | 42 | align="right" | 0.1 |
Notes
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External links
- {{cite web | title = Bobby Orrock | publisher = Virginia Public Access Project | url = http://www.vpap.org/candidates/profile/home/5461}} (campaign finance)
- {{cite web | title = Delegate Bobby Orrock (R-Thornburg) | publisher = Richmond Sunlight | url = http://www.richmondsunlight.com/legislator/rdorrock/}}
- {{cite web|title=Election Results |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=http://sbe.virginia.gov/ElectionResults.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429112846/http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/ElectionResults.html |archive-date=April 29, 2013 }}
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