Meet JJ SINGH

Delegate JJ Singh is a two-term member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 26th District in Loudoun County. His district includes Brambleton, Aldie, and South Riding.

JJ serves on the Labor and Commerce Committee, the Privileges and Elections Committee, and the Communications, Technology and Innovation Committee. He has authored 15 laws, which principally address the cost of college tuition, gun violence, and data center sprawl.

As the son of Indian immigrants and the first turbaned Sikh to serve in a state legislature in the history of the United States, JJ believes that the principal way to achieve the American dream is through education. As a result, he sponsored legislation to make higher education more affordable. He secured $55 million to reduce the cost of college tuition, and he authored a law to unlock millions more in unused federal Pell Grants.

Further, he believes in keeping our families safe, which is why he authored legislation to protect kids from fentanyl in our schools and co-patroned legislation to ban the sale of assault weapons.

Finally, JJ is focused on preventing the negative impacts of data center growth. He has authored laws that make it easier to place transmission lines underground, while also pushing power lines away from homes, houses of worship, and daycares.

JJ’s career in public service began as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bolivia, where he helped indigent single mothers and farmers grow their incomes. He later served in the White House Office of Management and Budget during the Obama Administration, and he was the Economic Policy Advisor to US Senator Chris Coons from Delaware.

A citizen-legislator, JJ is the President of Retreat Hotels & Resorts, a hotel development and management company. The company has a portfolio of Marriott- and Hilton-affiliated hotels, with properties in Georgia, Delaware, and Massachusetts.

JJ holds a BA in Economics from the University of Virginia, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He lives in Loudoun County with his wife, Jessica, and their two daughters, who attend Loudoun County Public Schools.