Dr. Roxann Robinson, a Chesterfield County optometrist, will run for the vacant House of Delegates seat held for 16 years by former Del. Samuel A. Nixon Jr., R-Chesterfield.

Nixon recently was appointed chief information officer of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency.

Robinson, a Republican, is the first of what may become several candidates to seek the seat, said Sen. Stephen H. Martin, R-Chesterfield, who announced her candidacy.

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