Todd Gilbert

Gilbert was born in Newton, Texas. He graduated in 1989 from Central High School in Woodstock, Virginia, where he served as student body president and played three varsity sports. He attended the University of Virginia, where he earned a bachelor's degree in government in 1993. While at UVA, he was a legislative intern in the Capitol Hill office of then U.S. Representative George Allen.

Upon graduation, he attended the Southern Methodist University School of Law, where he earned his J.D. degree in 1996 and led the student body as president of the Student Bar Association. While at SMU Law, Gilbert won the school's annual mock trial competition and participated on the school's competitive mock trial team.

Gilbert began his career as a prosecutor, and served in that role over fourteen years, working in four different jurisdictions.{{cite news |title=Warner, Kaine nominate candidates for U.S. attorney, including Republican leader Gilbert |url=https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/03/warner-kaine-nominate-candidates-for-u-s-attorney-including-republican-leader-gilbert/ |access-date=May 3, 2025 |work=Cardinal News |date=April 3, 2025}}{{cite news |last1=Jarvis |first1=Brandon |title=Gilbert puts his name in the running for US Attorney |url=https://www.virginiascope.com/gilbert-puts-his-name-in-the-running-for-us-attorney/ |access-date=May 3, 2025 |work=Virginia Scope |date=April 1, 2025}}

He was first elected to represent the 15th district in the Virginia House of Delegates in 2005.

In 2010, Gilbert was appointed to be Deputy Majority Leader of the House of Delegates.

Gilbert became the Virginia House of Delegates Majority Leader on January 10, 2018, as Republicans maintained their majority following the 2017 elections. He was chosen by the House Republican Caucus following their decision to promote current House Majority Leader Kirk Cox to Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates.

Following the 2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Gilbert became the Minority Leader-designate following Democrats retaking the majority in the House of Delegates.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginia-republicans-look-for-a-way-out-of-the-woods/2019/12/07/4f60016a-1930-11ea-9110-3b34ce1d92b1_story.html|title=Virginia Republicans look for a way out of the woods|last=Vozzella|first=Laura|date=December 7, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=December 10, 2019}}

When the Republicans regained control of the House of Delegates following the 2021 elections, Gilbert became Speaker of the House of Delegates.

Gilbert survived an attempt to oust him as Minority Leader after Republicans suffered losses in the 2023 elections and lost control of the chamber to Democrats.{{Cite web |date=November 13, 2023 |title=Virginia House Republicans stick with Todd Gilbert as their leader after election loss |url=https://apnews.com/article/virginia-elections-todd-gilbert-glenn-youngkin-09b07ed0618898eac076be412cd4e4ce |access-date=November 25, 2023 |website=AP News |language=en}}

In 2025, Gilbert stepped down from party leadership as he is presumed to be nominated to be the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia{{Cite web|author=State Navigate|title=Terry Kilgore becomes Virginia House Minority Leader|url=https://statenavigate.org/terry-kilgore-becomes-virginia-house-minority-leader/|date=June 1, 2025|website=StateNavigate.org}}

• Agriculture
• Finance
• Rules

• Virginia State Crime Commission

Todd Gilbert is married to Jennifer Wishon Gilbert. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Woodstock. Outside of his political functions in Richmond, Gilbert also has a private law practice.

Some of Gilbert's awards and honors:

• Virginia YMCA "Service to Youth Award"
• Family Foundation "Legislator of the Year"
• Virginia Association of Commonwealth's Attorneys "Champion of Justice Award"
• Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police "Legislator of the Year"
• Virginia State Police Association "Legislator of the Year"
• American Conservative Union "Defender of Liberty"
• Virginia Chamber of Commerce "Champion of Free Enterprise"
• Virginia Chamber of Commerce "Advocate in Legal Reform Award"

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• {{cite web | title = Todd Gilbert | publisher = Virginia Public Access Project | url = http://www.vpap.org/candidates/profile/home/185609}} (campaign finance)
• {{cite web | title = Delegate Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock) | publisher = Richmond Sunlight | url = http://www.richmondsunlight.com/legislator/ctgilbert/}}
• {{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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