What is Charles L. Waddell?
[[File:Senator Waddell 1988.jpg|right|200px]] '''Charles Lindy Waddell''' (May 13, 1932 – July 19, 2022) was an American [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politician. He was a member of the [[Virginia Senate]] from 1972 to 1998. He was deputy [[Virginia Secretary of Transportation|transportation secretary]] to Governor [[Jim Gilmore]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Laura|last=Vozzella|first2=Michael|last2=Laris|title=After outcry over resignation, former Virginia senator won't take tobacco board job|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=June 9, 2014|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/sns-virginia-senator-wont-take-tobacco-board-job-20140609-story.html|accessdate=March 20, 2020}}</ref> He was the step-father of former Virginia Attorney General [[Mark Herring]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graham |first=Karen |date=July 26, 2022 |title=Local political leader Charlie Waddell dies at the age of 90 |url=https://www.loudountimes.com/news/local-political-leader-charlie-waddell-dies-at-the-age-of-90/article_dff7bc14-0cf7-11ed-88ad-03f96c83540d.html |access-date= |website=Loudoun Times-Mirror |language=en}}</ref> He was born in [[Braselton, Georgia]]. Waddell died on July 19, 2022 in [[Leesburg, Virginia]] at the age of 90.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Loudoun Now Staff |date=July 21, 2022 |title=Long-time Loudoun Senator Charlie Waddell Dies |url=https://www.loudounnow.com/2022/07/21/long-time-loudoun-senator-charlie-waddell-dies/ |website=Loudoun Now |access-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-date=July 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722144506/https://www.loudounnow.com/2022/07/21/long-time-loudoun-senator-charlie-waddell-dies/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Howell |first=Melissa |date=2022-07-24 |title=Loudoun Co. remembers Charlie Waddell, a political giant who served his community |url=https://wtop.com/loudoun-county/2022/07/loudoun-county-remembers-charlie-waddell-a-political-giant-gone-after-34-years-of-service/ |access-date= |website=WTOP News |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{ref