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{{Short description|American politician (born 1941)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name          = Ed Schrock
|image         = Ed Schrock.jpg
|state         = [[Virginia]]
|district      = {{ushr|VA|2|2nd}}
|term_start    = January 3, 2001
|term_end      = January 3, 2005
|predecessor   = [[Owen B. Pickett]]
|successor     = [[Thelma Drake]]
|state_senate1 = Virginia
|district1     = [[Virginia's 7th Senate district|7th]]
|term_start1   = January 10, 1996
|term_end1     = January 3, 2001
|predecessor1  = [[Clarence A. Holland|Clancy Holland]]
|successor1    = [[Frank Wagner (politician)|Frank Wagner]]
|birth_name    = Edward Lee Schrock
|birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1941|4|6}}
|birth_place   = [[Middletown, Ohio|Middletown]], [[Ohio]], U.S.
|death_date    = 
|death_place   = 
|party         = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|education     = {{ubil|[[Alderson Broaddus University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])|[[American University]] ([[Masters of Arts|MA]])}}
|allegiance    =
|branch        = [[United States Navy]]
|serviceyears  = 1964–1988
|battles       = [[Vietnam War]]
}}
'''Edward Lee Schrock''' (born April 6, 1941) is a retired naval officer (1964–1988) and American [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician who served as a member of the [[Senate of Virginia]] from 1996 to 2001.  He also served in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from January 2001 to January 2005, representing the Second Congressional District of [[Virginia]].

==Early life and career==
Born in [[Middletown, Ohio|Middletown]], [[Ohio]], Schrock earned a bachelor's degree from [[Alderson-Broaddus College]] in 1964 and a master's degree in Public Relations from [[American University]] in 1975. His 24-year career as a [[commissioned officer]] in the [[U.S. Navy]] (1964 to 1988) included two tours of duty in [[Vietnam]]. After retiring from active military service, Schrock worked as an investment broker and then served in the [[Virginia State Senate]], from 1996 to 2001.

==Tenure in Congress==
In 2000, he was elected to the U.S. House seat for Virginia's 2nd District, defeating the Democratic Party nominee, [[Jody Wagner]], a Norfolk attorney who later became state treasurer.

In his first term, Schrock was elected president of the Republican freshman class. During his four years in Congress, Schrock served on the [[United States House Committee on Armed Services|Armed Services Committee]], [[United States House Committee on the Budget|Budget Committee]], [[United States House Committee on Small Business|Small Business Committee]] and [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform|Government Reform Committee]].

In 2002 in his second term, Schrock defeated Green Party candidate D.C. Amarasinghe, winning 83.15% of the vote.

=== Controversy ===
In 2004, [[Michael Rogers (blogger)|Michael Rogers]]'s blogACTIVE.com had said that Schrock is [[gay]] — or at least [[bisexuality|bisexual]] — despite having aggressively opposed various [[LGBT social movements|gay-rights]] issues in Congress, such as [[same-sex marriage]] and [[Sexual orientation and the United States military|gays serving in the military]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47194-2004Aug30.html|title=Va. Legislator Ends Bid for 3rd Term|first1=Michael D.|last1=Shear|first2=Chris L.|last2=Jenkins|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=August 31, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=August 31, 2004 | title=GOP scrambles to replace retiring Virginia lawmaker | publisher=Associated Press | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5870077}}</ref> Schrock, who is married, announced on August 30, 2004, that he would not seek a third term in Congress.<ref>{{cite news |title=GOP scrambles to replace retiring Virginia lawmaker |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5870077 |access-date=December 28, 2024 |work=NBC News |agency=The Associated Press |date=August 30, 2004 |language=en}}</ref>

On November 2, in the [[2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia|general election]], fellow Republican [[Thelma Drake]] was elected to replace Schrock. Drake took office in January 2005.

==After Congress==
In December 2004, Representative [[Thomas M. Davis|Tom Davis]], another Virginia Republican, hired Schrock to serve as the top staff person for one of the subcommittees of the Government Reform Committee which Davis chaired and on which Schrock had served.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-126500743.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116152819/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-126500743.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 16, 2018|title=Schrock takes job as aide for House subcommittee|work=[[The Virginian-Pilot]]|date=December 18, 2004|first=Dale|last=Eisman}}</ref>

Schrock was briefly covered in the 2009 documentary ''[[Outrage (documentary)|Outrage]]'', which profiles allegedly closeted gay public officials who have endorsed anti-gay legislation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2009/04/outraged-kirby-dick-kicks-open-washingtons-closet-door-.html|title=The Big Picture|first1=Patrick|last1=Goldstein|first2=James|last2=Rainey|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 23, 2009}}</ref>

== Electoral history ==
{{Election box begin no change
 | title      = Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 2000 }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate  = [[Edward L. Schrock]]
 | votes      = 97,856
 | percentage = 51.96% }}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = [[Jody M. Wagner]]
 | votes      = 90,328
 | percentage = 47.96% }}
{{Election box candidate no change
 | party      = Write-in
 | candidate  = 
 | votes      = 145
 | percentage = 0.08% }}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 188,329
 | percentage = 100% }}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing
 | winner     = Republican Party (United States)
 | loser      = Democratic Party (United States) }}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
 | title      = Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 2002 }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate  = [[Edward L. Schrock]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 103,807
 | percentage = 83.15% }}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Green Party (United States)
 | candidate  = D. C. Amarasinghe
 | votes      = 20,589
 | percentage = 16.49% }}
{{Election box candidate no change
 | party      = Write-in
 | candidate  = 
 | votes      = 450
 | percentage = 0.36% }}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 124,846
 | percentage = 100% }}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
 | winner     = Republican Party (United States) }}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
*[[List of federal political sex scandals in the United States]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Ed Schrock}}
{{CongLinks |congbio=S001151}}
*{{C-SPAN|86609}}

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