Bobby Orrock

Robert Dickson Orrock Sr. (born November 13, 1955)^[1] is an American politician. Since 1990, he has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 66th district in the east-central part of the state, including (since 2002) parts of Caroline and Spotsylvania counties; the former county is included in the Greater Richmond Region and the latter county is included in the Washington metropolitan area. From 1990–1991, the District encompassed all of Spotsylvania County, part of Caroline County, and part of the Fredericksburg City. From 1992–2001, the District encompassed part of Spotsylvania County and all of Fredericksburg City. He is a member of the Republican Party.^[2]

Bobby Orrock
Orrock in 2025
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Incumbent
Assumed office January 10, 1990
Preceded by	Robert W. Ackerman
Constituency	54th district (1990–2024) 66th district (2024–present)
Personal details
Born	Robert Dickson Orrock (1955-11-13) November 13, 1955 (age 69) Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Betsy Malinda Massey (deceased), Debra Shelton
Children	Robert Jr., Lila, Welford
Residence(s)	Woodford, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	Virginia Tech (BS) Virginia State University (MEd)
Profession	High school agriculture education teacher
Committees	Health, Welfare and Institutions (chair) Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Finance Rules
Website	www.bobbyorrock.net

Early life and education

Orrock was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He attended Ladysmith High School in Caroline County, graduating in 1974. After one year at Germanna Community College, he transferred to Virginia Tech, receiving a B.S. degree in agriculture education in 1978. He received an M.Ed. degree in the same subject from Virginia State University in 1988.^[2]

Career

Orrock is a semi-retired teacher of agricultural education at Spotsylvania High School. In 2017, the widower remarried to Debra Orrock, née Shelton. Since 1973, Delegate Orrock has served on the Ladysmith, Virginia Volunteer Rescue Squad and has since gone on to become a trustee of both the Ladysmith and Spotsylvania County, Virginia Volunteer Rescue Squad. Orrock is also a certified hunter safety instructor with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. He is also a longtime part-time emcee of a Sunday morning radio gospel show on WFLS-FM broadcasting from Fredericksburg, Virginia.^[3]

Positions and appointments

Orrock served as the Co-Chairman of the Agriculture Committee (2000–2001) and has been the Chairman of the Health, Welfare, and Institutions Committee continually since 2010.

He has served as a member on the following committees since joining the House of Delegates:^[2]

• Agriculture (1990–1993 and 1995–2001)
• Chesapeake and Its Tributaries (1990–1994)
• Agriculture, Chesapeake, and Natural Resources (2002–)
• Health, Welfare, and Institutions (1990–2003 and 2006–)
• Counties, Cities, and Towns (1994–2009)
• Finance (1998–2005 and 2010–)
• Mining and Mineral Resources (2000–2001)
• Rules (2012–)

Electoral history

Date	Election	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Virginia House of Delegates, 54th district
November 7, 1989[4]	General	Robert Dickson Orrock Sr.	Republican	10,383	54.50
		Robert W. Ackerman	Democratic	8,665	45.49
		Write Ins		2	0.01
		Incumbent lost; seat switched from Democratic to Republican
November 5, 1991[4]	General	Robert Dickson Orrock Sr.	Republican	8,071	56.22
		Layton R. Fairchild Jr.	Democratic	6,286	43.78
November 2, 1993[4]	General	Robert Dickson Orrock Sr.	Republican	11,397	68.85
		James B. Smith	Democratic	5,149	31.11
		Write Ins		7	0.04
November 7, 1995[5]	General	R D Orrock	Republican	13,153	82.30
		S L Shelton	Independent	2,828	17.69
		Write Ins		1	0.01
November 4, 1997[6]	General	Robert D. "Bobby" Orrock	Republican	14,948	99.59
		Write Ins		61	0.41
November 2, 1999[7]	General	R D Orrock	Republican	13,006	99.30
		Write Ins		92	0.70
November 6, 2001[8]	General	R D Orrock	Republican	13,930	98.11
		Write Ins		268	1.89
November 4, 2003[9]	General	R D Orrock	Republican	10,745	98.33
		Write Ins		183	1.67
June 14, 2005[10]	Republican primary	Robert D. "Bobby" Orrock		2,009	55.3
		Shaun V Kenney		1,626	44.7
November 8, 2005[11]	General	R D Orrock	Republican	15,549	96.33
		Write Ins		592	3.67
November 6, 2007[12]	General	R. D. "Bobby" Orrock	Republican	11,451	73.70
		Kimbra L. Kincheloe	Independent	4,067	26.17
		Write Ins		18	0.11
November 3, 2009[13]	General	Robert D. "Bobby" Orrock	Republican	17,560	97.93
		Write Ins		371	2.06
November 8, 2011[14]	General	Robert D. "Bobby" Orrock	Republican	11,338	73.15
		Matthew D. Simpson	Independent	3,874	24.99
		Write Ins		286	1.84
June 11, 2013[15]	Republican primary	Robert D. "Bobby" Orrock		1,277	56.03
		Dustin R. Curtis		1,002	43.97
November 7, 2013[16]	General	Robert D. "Bobby" Orrock	Republican	15,649	90.6
		Write Ins		1,625	9.4
November 3, 2015[17]	General	Robert D. "Bobby" Orrock	Republican	11,829	96.40
		Write Ins		442	3.60
June 13, 2017[18]	Republican primary	Robert D. "Bobby" Orrock		4,254	81.2
		Nicholas Gregory Ignacio		987	18.8
November 7, 2017[19]	General	Robert Dickson Orrock Sr.	Republican	13,782	57.9
		Alfred Durante	Democratic	9,982	41.9
		Write Ins		50	0.2
November 5, 2019[20]	General	Robert Dickson Orrock Sr.	Republican	13,614	57.9
		Neri Neftali Canahui-Ortiz	Democratic	9,852	41.9
		Write Ins		27	0.2
November 2, 2021[21]	General	Robert Dickson Orrock Sr.	Republican	21,231	60.9
		Eric Matthew Butterworth	Democratic	13,616	39.0
		Write Ins		42	0.1