Jim Webb

James Henry Webb Jr born February 9 1946 is an American politician and author He has served as a United States senator from Virginia Secretary of the Navy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Counsel for the United States House Committee on Veterans Affairs2 and is a retired Marine Corps officer Webb has been a member of the Democratic Party since 2006 having initially been a Republican He was the first Democratic US senator to be elected in Virginia since 1994 and most recently elected who did not serve as Governor of Virginia