Since 2003, Northern Virginians have trusted Delegate Adam Ebbin to be their effective, respected voice in Richmond. 

As a leader in the General Assembly, Adam has fought to advance progressive priorities, including incentives for cleaner energy, funding for mass transit improvements, an end to discrimination in state employment, and justice for exploited workers and victims of human trafficking.

“When he takes the House floor to speak, his colleagues listen.”
— Richmond Times-Dispatch

A member of the Alexandria Democratic Committee for more than 20 years, Adam also served on the State Central Democratic Committee, and in 1992 was a co-founder of the Virginia Partisans Gay & Lesbian Democratic Club. He served as campaign manager for Arlington County Board member Jay Fisette in 1993, and as an Alexandria coordinator for U.S. Senator Chuck Robb in 1994. Adam served as both secretary and vice chair of the Eighth Congressional District Democratic Committee. Time and again, Adam was willing to give of his time and talents to further progressive causes.

His leadership skills were recognized by Governor Mark Warner, who in 2002 appointed Adam to serve as Chief Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry.

In 2003, Adam Ebbin stepped forward to run for the House of Delegates from the 49th District, including parts of South Arlington, Alexandria, and Fairfax. Coming in first in a crowded primary contest, Adam immediately set to work, putting into action in Richmond the values and priorities of Northern Virginia. 

As a state delegate, Adam has distinguished himself as a a voice for the easily exploited. He has won approval of legislation to enable lower interest rates on deferred property taxes for seniors (HB 2635, 2005), to create a solar resource fund to increase production of clean energy (HB 2919, 2011), to create a Public Defender office in Arlington County (HB 1500, 2004), and to provide support to victims of human trafficking (HB 2190, 2011). He also led a bipartisan effort that provided access to life insurance benefits to domestic partners (HB 865, 2008 and HB 352, 2010).

While effectively advancing progressive legislation, Adam has continued to push the envelope on issues such as employment nondiscrimination and environmental protection. He filed the first legislation in the Virginia House to address waterway pollution caused by throwaway grocery bags.

On November 8, 2011, Adam was elected to the Virginia Senate, where he will represent parts of Alexandria, Arlington and Fairfax County. Adam will begin serving his first four-year term in the Senate in January 2012.

A native of Commack, New York, Adam has resided in Alexandria since 1989 and is a 1985 graduate of the American University in Washington, DC and was a Fellow at the University of Virginia’s Sorenson Institute of Political Leadership in 2000.