Algie Thomas Howell, Jr. (born January 8, 1938) is an

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. From 2004 to 2014 he was a member of the

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representing the 90th district, made up of parts of the cities of

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and

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. He is a member of the

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. Howell has served on the House committees on Appropriations (2006–), Counties, Cities and Towns (2010–2012), General Laws (2004–2005), Health, Welfare and Institutions (2004–), Privileges and Elections (2010–), Rules (2013–), and Science and Technology (2004–2009).

Electoral history

Howell first ran for the House of Delegates in 2003, when 90th district Republican Delegate

Winsome Sears Winsome Sears (née Earle; born March 11, 1964) is a Jamaican-born American politician serving as the 42nd lieutenant governor of Virginia. A member of the Republican Party, Sears served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2004. She ...

announced she would not seek a second term. Howell won the Democratic nomination in a May 31, 2003 caucus against 20-year House veteran William P. "Billy" Robinson, Jr., who had lost the seat to Sears in 2001. (paywall) He was unopposed in the November 2003 general election.

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* (campaign finance) * * 1938 births Living people Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates Norfolk State University alumni Hampton University alumni Politicians from Norfolk, Virginia 21st-century American politicians {{Virginia-delegate-stub