Jagdmann To Resign, Leaving State Corporation Commission With Only One Seat Filled

By Charlie Paullin, Virginia Mercury

November 18, 2022

The State Corporation Commission will be down to one judge in the new year with the resignation of Judith W. Jagdmann, which was announced Friday afternoon.

Jagdmann has been serving since February 2006 on the three-member commission, one of the state’s most powerful regulatory bodies overseeing utilities, business, insurance and more, alongside Chairman Jehmal T. Hudson.

Jagdmann had no additional comment on her resignation outside of her resignation letter, which thanked the General Assembly for appointing her to the State Corporation Commission.

“It has been my honor and privilege,” Jagdmann said.

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The vacancy adds to pressure on the General Assembly over appointments to the commission following its failure in a one-day special session in September to appoint a judge to fill the seat previously held by Commissioner Angela Navarro, despite months of negotiations.

Complicating matters is the different approach both chambers took to ending the 2022 special session.

House Republicans adjourned from the special session sine die, which would put the power of filling vacancies into the hands of Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. But Senate Democrats did not adjourn from the special session in an effort to prevent Youngkin from appointing replacements.

Jagdmann’s resignation is effective Dec. 31.

This is a breaking story that will be updated as information becomes available.

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