Twenty-five state legislators – about one of every six – attended U.Va. They include House Speaker Bill Howell, 17 other delegates and seven senators, both Republicans and Democrats.

U.Va. has a bigger delegation at the Capitol than any other college or university, according to a Capital News Service analysis of legislators’ alma maters. The Cavaliers easily outdistanced the two runners-up – Virginia Tech (with 17 legislators) and the University of Richmond (16).

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