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Government | Politics | Lobbying 2025: RYAN MCDOUGLE
MINORITY LEADER, SENATE OF VIRGINIA, HANOVER COUNTY
Virginia Business //September 1, 2025//
Government | Politics | Lobbying 2025: RYAN MCDOUGLE
MINORITY LEADER, SENATE OF VIRGINIA, HANOVER COUNTY
Virginia Business //September 1, 2025//
A 23-year veteran legislator, McDougle was tapped as minority leader after Republicans failed to regain control of the state Senate in the November 2023 elections. He’s served as an ally to Gov. Glenn Youngkin, pushing for tax cuts and to return Virginia to federal vehicle emissions standards rather than the California rules the state has followed since a Democratic-backed law passed in 2021.
He also backed a cap on college tuition in the 2025 session, a measure that failed. In January, during the Richmond water crisis that delayed the start of the General Assembly’s session, McDougle said he wanted to look into the city’s spending of state funds to make sure they “were spent responsibly.”
McDougle, an attorney in private practice, previously worked as a prosecutor for Hanover County, specializing in domestic violence cases and co-founding the county’s Child Advocate Response Team.
McDougle serves on the Senate Commerce and Labor, Courts of Justice, Finance and Appropriations, Rehabilitation and Social Services, and Rules committees. He is a graduate of James Madison University and William & Mary.
