Ronnie R. Campbell

Campbell was born, on February 16, 1954, in Waynesboro, Virginia.{{cite web |url=https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0309#personalInfo |title=Bio for Ronnie R. Campbell |publisher=Virginia House of Delegates |access-date=January 21, 2019}} He received a bachelor's degree from East Tennessee State University in 1976, majoring in criminal science. After that, he became a Virginia State Police officer, working in Northern Virginia.{{cite news |last=Fair |first=Julia |date=December 20, 2018 |title=Special election fills House of Delegates seat with Ronnie Campbell |url= https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/2018/12/20/virginia-ronnie-campbell-wins-special-election/2374168002/

|work=Staunton News Leader |access-date=January 21, 2019 }}[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/ronnie-campbell-obituary/?id=38419955 The Honorable Ronnie Ray Campbell-obituary]

Campbell spent ten years on the Rockbridge County School Board. In 2012, he was elected to the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors.{{cite news |last=Friedenberger |first=Amy |date=December 18, 2018 |title=Republican Ronnie Campbell defeats Democrat Christian Worth in special election |url=https://www.roanoke.com/news/local/republican-ronnie-campbell-defeats-democrat-christian-worth-in-special-election/article_c307ee08-ffba-5132-bde8-985efe507026.html |work=The Roanoke Times |access-date=January 21, 2019 }}

In November 2018, 24th district state delegate Ben Cline was elected to the United States House of Representatives, triggering a special election for his state house seat. The local Republican party held a firehouse primary to choose their nominee. Campbell won the primary by a one-vote margin, defeating Amherst County Supervisor Jimmy Ayers and two other candidates.{{cite web|last=Mitchell |first=Lynn |date=November 18, 2018 |title=No Recount for 24th District, Ronnie Campbell’s Win Holds – Updated |url=https://bearingdrift.com/2018/11/18/no-recount-for-24th-district-ronnie-campbells-win-holds/ |work=Bearing Drift |access-date=January 21, 2019 }} In the December 2018 special election, Campbell defeated lawyer and activist Christian Worth by a 59% to 40% margin.

Campbell was sworn into office on January 2, 2019, a week before the 2019 legislative session started.{{cite news |last=Dashiell | first= Joe |date=January 3, 2019 |title=New 24th District Delegate gets to work |url=https://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/New-24th-District-Delegate-gets-to-work-503880781.html |work=WDBJ |location=Roanoke |access-date=January 21, 2019 }}

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Campbell was one of three GOP delegates in Virginia that sent a letter to Vice President Pence asking him to delay the certification of the state's election results, which gave President-elect Joe Biden the win and Virginia's 13 electoral votes, until an audit of the election could be completed. The letter included two co-signers, Del. Dave LaRock (R-Loudoun) and Del. Mark Cole (R-Spotsylvania), requesting “a stay of any designation of Presidential Electors from our state until such time as a comprehensive forensic audit of the November 3, 2020, election has taken place to determine the actual winner.”{{Cite web|last=Mercury|first=Ariana Figueroa and Laura Olson/Virginia|title=Dozens of GOP lawmakers, including at least two Virginians, will reject certifying Biden as president|url=https://www.fauquier.com/news/dozens-of-gop-lawmakers-including-at-least-two-virginians-will-reject-certifying-biden-as-president/article_c3fda2cc-5032-11eb-bd31-6f5e790f92d2.html|access-date=2021-01-12|website=Fauquier Times|language=en}} On January 13, a Virginia Circuit Court issued a consent order agreeing with one of the major points of the letter, that the conduct of the 2020 election was contrary to Virginia law.{{Cite web|title=Judge bans Virginia’s practice of accepting ballots without postmarks after Election Day|url=https://potomaclocal.com/2021/01/28/judge-bans-virginias-practice-of-accepting-ballots-without-postmarks-after-election-day/?fbclid=IwAR0gA77PLTPtzfDBIOV4Z9Pe_V98oRF38HkEvAmQOGQRVpqD47KF3MTFnhA|access-date=2021-04-27|website=potomaclocal.com}}

Campbell died of cancer on December 13, 2022, at the age of 68.{{cite news |title=Rockbridge Del. Ronnie Campbell dies, mourned as 'dedicated public servant' |url=https://eu.newsleader.com/story/news/2022/12/13/republican-del-ronnie-campbell-has-died-of-cancer-at-68/69723978007/ |access-date=December 13, 2022 |publisher=News Leader |date=December 13, 2022|url-access = subscription}} Campbell was succeeded in the House of Delegates by his wife Ellen, who won a January 2023 special election.{{cite news |last=Ganesh |first=Akhil |date=January 10, 2023 |title=Republican Ellen Campbell wins special election for 24th district delegate seat |url=https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/2023/01/11/campbell-wins-virginia-house-of-delegates-24th-district-special-election/69796991007/ |work=Staunton News Leader |location= |access-date=February 20, 2023}} They had five children.

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• [https://www.vpap.org/candidates/326980-ronnie-campbell/ Ronnie Campbell] at the Virginia Public Access Project

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