Robert J. "Rocky" Fitzsimmons (born March 5, 1979) is an American attorney and politician from the state of
West Virginia
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. A member of the
Democratic Party, Fitzsimmons served in the
West Virginia Senate
The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature.
There are seventeen senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms. Although the West Virginia Democratic Party, Democratic P ...
for the
1st district.
Fitzsimmons attended
Washington University in St. Louis
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, graduating
magna cum laude
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with a
bachelor of science
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degree in
biomedical engineering
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. He enrolled at the
Wake Forest University School of Law
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, where he received his
Juris Doctor
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. As an attorney, he joined the Fitzsimmons Law Firm, based in
Warwood, West Virginia, with other members of his family.
Governor
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Earl Ray Tomblin
Earl Ray Tomblin (born March 15, 1952) is an American politician who served as the 35th governor of West Virginia from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the West Virginia Senate from 1980 to 2011 and as p ...
, replacing Orphy Klempa
Orphy Klempa (October 9, 1951 – October 11, 2021) was an American politician who served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 3rd district from 2006 to 2010 and in the West Virginia Senate from the 1st district from 2010 to 2012.
H ...
.Ryan Ferns
Ryan James Ferns (born December 2, 1982) is an American politician from the state of West Virginia. He was a member of the West Virginia Senate for the 1st district. Ferns was defeated for reelection in 2018 by Democratic candidate William J. Ih ...
.
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Living people
1979 births
Politicians from Wheeling, West Virginia
Democratic Party West Virginia state senators
McKelvey School of Engineering alumni
Wake Forest University School of Law alumni
West Virginia lawyers
Lawyers from Wheeling, West Virginia
Washington University in St. Louis alumni
21st-century members of the West Virginia Legislature
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