ABOUT RUSSET

Russet Perry is a practicing attorney and the current State Senator for Virginia's 31st District, representing parts of Loudoun and Fauquier Counties. 

Russet has lived and worked in Loudoun County since 2006, when she took a full time job at the Georgetown University Law Center to help fund her schooling. There, she focused on issues surrounding criminal justice, women, and minorities. She ultimately secured a spot in the Georgetown Law Domestic Violence Clinic where she represented indigent D.C. residents in D.C. Superior Court in mediation and in seeking protective orders from abusive relationships.

After graduating with her JD from Georgetown, Russet sought a career in public service and helping the most vulnerable among us as a prosecutor in the Loudoun County Commonwealth's Attorney's office. In her role as a prosecutor, she successfully prosecuted a host of heinous crimes, including domestic assault, stalking, elder abuse, rape, child exploitation, child abuse, felony assault and murder. While serving as a prosecutor, Russet was also intricately involved in setting up and serving on the Mental Health and Drug Court Dockets in Loudoun County. She left her role as a prosecutor to serve her country as an Officer in the Central Intelligence Agency, where she received multiple awards for her work. While much of her work remains highly classified, Russet worked every day at the CIA to protect American citizens and our democracy.

In 2023, Russet was called to serve in a different capacity, and she made the decision to run for elected office. She ran one of the most-watched state races in the country, vowing to make sure that her children did not grow up with fewer rights than she did. She won, and now represents the people of Loudoun and Fauquier counties in Richmond where she sits on the following Committees:

● Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources

● Rural Affairs Subcommittee (Chair)

● Privileges & Elections

● Rehabilitation and Social Services

● Courts of Justice

She is also the Vice-Chair of the bipartisan Aviation Caucus and sits on the bipartisan Military and Veterans Caucus. 

Additionally, she was appointed to sit on the following Boards and Commissions:

● Behavioral Health Commission

● Board of Trustees, Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia

● Board of Veterans Services

● Code Commission (Vice Chair)

● Committee on District Courts

● Forensic Sciences Board

● State Water Commission

● Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission

Russet lives with her husband, two children, two dogs, and three cats in Round Hill. In her spare time she particularly enjoys international and domestic travel, visiting state parks across the country with her family and exploring locations of historical and cultural significance.