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Mamie Locke, D-Hampton, has been a member of the Senate of Virginia since 2004. She served on the Hampton City Council from 1996 to 2004, spending the last four years as mayor. Locke received a Ph.D. in political science from Atlanta University in 1984. She is a professor of poitical science at Hampton University.
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