House Republican Caucus
Virginia House of Delegates Republican Caucus
Ron Villanueva on Governor’s Supplier Diversity Advisory Board
Aug 17th
Del. (R-Virgiia Beach) will support Governor efforts to increase state contracts with small, woman, and minority-owned businesses as part of the newly-appointed Governor's Supplier Diversity Advisory Board.
In addition to serving in the House, Del. Villanueva is executive vice president at , a growing small business headquartered in Virginia Beach. He brings private sector and government experience to the work of the advisory board's work in support of expanding jobs and growing the economy.
Learn more from and the .
Danny Marshall Helps Bring Jobs to Southside
Aug 6th
(R-Danville), was featured in The News Leader for his role in bringing jobs to Southside Virginia. Marshall, a member of the (or TICR, as its commonly called), detailed the plans for a National Tire Research Center, which will bring $12M in research and testing expenditures and 183 new jobs to Southside:
One of the Tobacco Commission’s main goals is to bring prosperity back to our region. This is why the commission invested $5 million into a tire research facility that will be located at VIR. The goal is to develop a new passenger tire that will increase car mileage by three to five miles per gallon.
The new center will be located adjacent to the in .
Check out the in The News Leader.
Marshall knows something about tires—a former professional race car driver, in both 1999 and 2000, he finished 3rd at the , the pre-eminent sports car endurance race in the U.S.
Del. Terry Kilgore chairs TICR and several other Caucus Members serve as commissioners—Wat Abbitt, , and Tommy Wright.
Wilt, Robinson Win Special Elections; Caucus Back to Full Strength
Jun 15th
In today's special elections, and were elected to fill the two vacancies in the House of Delegates, returning the Caucus to 61 members.
The State Board of Elections has the unofficial returns at its website:
Delegate-elect Wilt will represent the , which includes the and part of . Wilt succeeds former delegate , who resigned to become Commissioner of the .
Delegate-elect Robinson will represent the , which covers a portion of . Robinson succeeds former delegate , who resigned to become Virginia's Chief Information Officer and head of the .
Biographical information on the two delegates-elect is available on their respective websites:
Republicans Add Another $35K to $1.1M in Leg Branch Savings
May 21st
announced another $35K in savings in the House of Delegates budget for Fiscal Year 2010. That's on top of the $1.1 million already eliminated from the House operating budget during Fiscal Year 2010.
During his tenure as Speaker, Howell has led the way in reducing Virginia's per capita expenditures in the legislature from 40th in the Nation to 46th. And, with Senate Democrats running up a tab on the other side of the Capital, you can't expect much better than that.
See the at the Speaker's website.
GOP Line Up for June 15 Special Elections Set
May 11th
With Republicans' selection of as their nominee, the GOP line up for the two June 15 special elections is set.
Robinson, who will run in Chesterfield's HD 27, joins , nominee in , as the Republican ticket for June 15. The special elections were called to fill vacancies caused by the resignation of two valuable members of the Caucus to join the McDonnell Administration— to become Virginia's CIO and to become commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.