Ed Schrock

This article is about the U.S. Representative from Virginia. For the Nebraska State Senator, see Ed Schrock (Nebraska politician).

Ed Schrock
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd district
In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2005
Preceded by	Owen B. Pickett
Succeeded by	Thelma Drake
Member of the Virginia Senate from the 7th district
In office January 10, 1996 – January 3, 2001
Preceded by	Clancy Holland
Succeeded by	Frank Wagner
Personal details
Born	Edward Lee Schrock (1941-04-06) April 6, 1941 Middletown, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	Alderson Broaddus University (BA) American University (MA)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Navy
Years of service	1964–1988
Battles/wars	Vietnam War

Edward Lee Schrock (born April 6, 1941) is a retired naval officer (1964–1988) and American Republican politician who served as a member of the Senate of Virginia from 1996 to 2001. He also served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 2001 to January 2005, representing the Second Congressional District of Virginia.

Early life and career

Born in Middletown, Ohio, Schrock earned a bachelor's degree from Alderson-Broaddus College in 1964 and a master's degree in Public Relations from American University in 1975. His 24-year career as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy (1964 to 1988) included two tours of duty in Vietnam. After retiring from active military service, Schrock worked as an investment broker and then served in the Virginia State Senate, from 1996 to 2001.

Tenure in Congress

In 2000, he was elected to the U.S. House seat for Virginia's 2nd District, defeating the Democratic Party nominee, Jody Wagner, a Norfolk attorney who later became state treasurer.

In his first term, Schrock was elected president of the Republican freshman class. During his four years in Congress, Schrock served on the Armed Services Committee, Budget Committee, Small Business Committee and Government Reform Committee.

In 2002 in his second term, Schrock defeated Green Party candidate D.C. Amarasinghe, winning 83.15% of the vote.

Controversy

In 2004, Michael Rogers' blogACTIVE.com had said that Schrock is gay — or at least bisexual — despite having aggressively opposed various gay-rights issues in Congress, such as same-sex marriage and gays serving in the military. Schrock, who is married, announced on August 30, 2004, that he would abort his 2004 attempt for a third term in Congress.

On November 2, in the general election, fellow Republican Thelma Drake was elected to replace Schrock. Drake took office in January 2005.

After Congress

In December 2004, Representative Tom Davis, another Virginia Republican, hired Schrock to serve as the top staff person for one of the subcommittees of the Government Reform Committee which Davis chaired and on which Schrock had served.

Schrock was briefly covered in the 2009 documentary Outrage, which profiles allegedly closeted gay public officials who have endorsed anti-gay legislation.

Electoral history

Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward L. Schrock	97,856	51.96%
	Democratic	Jody M. Wagner	90,328	47.96%
	Write-in		145	0.08%
Total votes			188,329	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward L. Schrock (Incumbent)	103,807	83.15%
	Green	D. C. Amarasinghe	20,589	16.49%
	Write-in		450	0.36%
Total votes			124,846	100%
	Republican hold

See also

• List of federal political sex scandals in the United States

External links

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Appearances on C-SPAN