Biography:

Rick Boucher was born in Abingdon, Va., and resides there. He graduated from Abingdon High School in 1964. He received a bachelor's degree in 1968 from Roanoke College and a law degree from the University of Virginia in 1971. He practiced law.

He was elected to the Virginia Senate in 1975 and served until 1982. He was first elected to the U.S. House in 1982.

Boucher is single.

Past Campaigns:

Rick Boucher was elected to the U.S. House in 1982 with 50 percent of the vote, ousting Republican Rep. William C. Wampler. Boucher was re-elected to three consecutive terms and faced no Republican opposition in 1990.

He defeated Republican L. Garrett Weddle in 1992 with 63 percent of the vote, and defeated Republican Steve Fast in 1994 with 59 percent. In 1996, he was re-elected with 65 percent of the vote against Republican Patrick Muldoon.

Boucher was re-elected in 1998, defeating Republican Joe Barta with 61 percent of the vote.

In 2000, he was re-elected with 68 percent of the vote over Republican Michael D. Osborne, a former preacher and teacher who now owns a Christian bookstore in Chilhowie.

In 2002, Boucher defeated Republican Jay Katzen, another ardent conservative who moved into the far southwestern Virginia district from the northern Virginia suburbs of Fauquier County after losing a bid for lieutenant governor in 2001. Boucher received 66 percent of the vote.

Boucher served in the Virginia Senate from 1976 to 1982.

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