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Ryan Todd McDougle (born November 9, 1971) is an American politician. A Republican, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 until 2006.

He was elected to the Senate of Virginia. Since 2006, he has represented the 4th district, representing six counties and part of a seventh.^[1][2]

McDougle was born in Hanover, Virginia, on November 9, 1971.^[1]

Over the course of 13 years between 2006 and 2019, Mcdougle proposed approximately 487 bills and passed 58.3% of the bills in 2019.^[3] McDougle was a leading critic of the 2011 redistricting of the Virginia Senate.^[4]

Following the Virginia Tech shooting, McDougle, along with delegate Bill Janis, proposed several gun control bills in the state Senate.

McDougle successfully sponsored Senate Bill 226, which enforced a new law which required firearm purchasers to be asked whether they ever have been invo