Kate Obenshain Biography
Kate Obenshain is a journalist and politician from the United States. She is a conservative political analyst who previously held the position of Vice President of the Young America Foundation.
Kate Obenshain Age
Kate was born in 1969, in Richmond, Virginia, United States of America. She is 54 years old as of 2023.
Kate Obenshain Education
Obenshain earned her degree from the University of Virginia.
Kate Obenshain Family
Obenshain was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, she is the daughter of former party chair and 1978 U.S. Senate candidate Richard D. Obenshain. She has a brother, Mark Obenshain, who is a member of the Virginia State Senate.
Kate Obenshain Married- Husdand
She was married to her husband Phillip, till 2006 when she filed for divorce. Kate currently resides in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Kate Obenshain Career
She was the editor of The Virginia Advocate, the school’s conservative newspaper. Obenshain served on the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia as an appointee of Governors George Allen and Jim Gilmore from 1995 to 2000, executing each governor’s ideas for fiscal reform and program accountability. From 2004 to 2006, she was the Republican Party of Virginia’s first female chairperson. Following the Senator’s loss in the 2006 midterm elections, she stepped down from that position on November 15, 2006, to work as Senator George Allen’s Chief of Staff for the remainder of his tenure in the United States Senate.
She gained national recognition as state GOP chair for her outspoken opposition to tax increases and the rising role of government at the local and national levels. During her term, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution referred to her as one of the GOP’s rising stars. Obenshain has spoken on campus for the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute and the Young America Foundation. For the past eighteen years, she has lectured on college campuses on issues such as “The New Face of Feminism: It’s Wearing Lipstick,” “Our Descent into Liberalism,” and “America’s Noble Heritage: Hope from the Founding Fathers.” Kate travels the country speaking on a wide range of topics, including
Obenshain is a member of the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute’s Board of Directors. She is one of the co-founders of the James 1:27 Foundation, a conservative non-profit. Obenshain has been in the Great American Conservative Women Calendars in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 Great American Conservative Women is a book that features her work.
Kate Obenshain’s Net Worth
Kate has an estimated net worth of 15 million dollars.