Ginny Burdick

Virginia Burdick (born December 3, 1947) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oregon, who served seven terms in the Oregon State Senate.

Early life and education Burdick is a native of Portland, where she graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School. She earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Puget Sound in 1969 and her masters in journalism from the University of Oregon in 1973.

Career She was a member of the Land Conservation and Development Commission from 1987 to 1993. In the May 2006 primary election, she narrowly missed qualifying for a runoff election.

Burdick is also a communications consultant, specializing in crisis communications. – Oregon's ERPO allows a process for keeping deadly weapons away from a person found by the court finds to be at risk of suicide or being a danger to others.

In the 2018 Legislative Session, Burdick supported the passage of House Bill 4145, which strengthened Oregon's gun control laws by aligning the definition of a domestic violence conviction under Oregon's Unlawful Possession of Firearms statute with the definitions of domestic violence found elsewhere in Oregon law, effectively closing the loophole for when there is a dating relationship. It also adds a stalking misdemeanor as a qualifying offense, subject to firearm dispossession.

Personal life Burdick has two daughters.