Delegate Bud Phillips (D-Castlewood)

Party Democratic Photo of Bud Phillips
District 2: Counties of Dickenson, Russell (part), and Wise (part); City of Norton [map]
Took Office January 1990
Next Election November 2009
Committees Appropriations, General Laws, Privileges and Elections
Fundraising $5,063 cash on hand (From VPAP)
Copatroning Habits 61% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 85% of them are Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 50% of them are Democrats.
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Donor Sector Total
Virginia Wine Wholesalers Assoc Liquor wholesalers $2,750
Dominion Energy production & distribution $1,500
Virginia Dental Assoc Dentists $1,500
Troutman Sanders Attorneys & law firms $1,311
Alpha Services Coal mining $1,000
Kwikway Markets Uncoded $1,000
Virginia Health Care Assoc Nursing homes $1,000
American Electric Power Gas & electric utilities $1,000
Virginia Bankers Assoc Commercial banks & bank holding companies $1,000
Virginia Government Employees Assoc State & local government employee unions $1,000

Data provided by The National Institute on Money in State Politics.

Recent Mentions on Blogs

Waldo Jaquith: The legislature?s most prolific copatrons.

June 10, 2009
The more time that I spend mapping the social relationships of legislators via their copatroning habits, the more fascinated that I am by this mechanism of exploring the General Assembly. It really is a powerful tool. (To see one of the ways I?m using it on Richmond Sunlight now, check out HB1721 , SB1436 , or HB2482 , where you can see a graph indicating the average partisan position of each bill?s cosponsors.) Here?s a less thoughtful usage of this data, but no less interesting: a listi...

Ox Road South: I Was There When Payday Lending Was Legalized

May 22, 2009
When I was a kid, there was a series of books called "I Was There."  It was all about onlookers, usually small children, who were there when famous events occurred, like the battle of Lexington or Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg.  My mom bought the books and I read them all. Fast forward to summer 2009.  One of the biggest topics during the Democratic primary has been "payday lending" and who will do the most to stamp it out.  Of course, payday lending was legalized in Virginia only a few year...

Left of the Hill: Steve Shannon Gets Support From Appropriations Committee Members

February 17, 2009
Del. Steve Shannon, who is running for Attorney General, has been picking up the endorsements of more and more elected officials. Today he announced that he is being supported by the majority of Democratic members of the House Appropriations Committee. These committee members are important because they are the ones who have made considerable effort to make sure that Virginia's budget emphasizes programs that will truly make our Commonwealth a better place to live. ?Over the last several years, I...

Democracy Now Tri-Cities: Campaign to Build Regional Rail Infrastructure Building Steam

February 7, 2009
RAIL Solution?s campaign to get Congress to grant the money to build a "Steel Interstate" rail infrastructure and service in the 5-state I-81 Corridor is building up a head of steam. On January 27, the City of Bristol, Virginia, and Washington County supervisors joined those in Staunton and Rockbridge County by unanimously endorsing the RAIL Solution Resolution. The Resolution is on the agenda in a growing number of counties, cities, and towns. The following senators and delegates signed our E...

Appomattox Area News: McDonnell Awards OxyContin Civil Settlement Funds

February 1, 2009
Attorney General Bob McDonnell traveled to Abingdon last week to award more than $650,000 in OxyContin civil settlement grants to three agencies for use in Southwest Virginia. The Attorney General held a press conference at the Virginia Highlands Airport at which he was joined by Senator Phillip Puckett (D-Russell), Senator William Wampler (R-Bristol), and Delegate Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City).The grant funds are the result of the civil settlement by 26 states and the District of Columbia with Pu...
Recent Mentions in the Media

Southwest Virginia Today: Residents say 'No' to rate hikes

July 3, 2009
?Everybody in this room is trying to tighten their belts,? said state Del. Bud Phillips, D-Dickenson County. In lieu of AEP rescinding its requests, ...and more »

Martinsville Bulletin: Rate hike hearing draws a crowd

July 2, 2009
Another legislator, Del. Clarence E. ?Bud? Phillips, D-Castlewood, asked that the rate increase request be withdrawn until the economy improves, ...and more »

TriCities.com: UVa-Wise Holds Groundbreaking for Convocation Center

July 2, 2009
Delegate Bud Phillips, D-Sandy Ridge, said the region was once considered a frontier, but Southwest Virginia is now ?the new frontier in education, ...and more »

Kingsport Times News: Ground broken for $30 million UVa-Wise Convocation Center

July 1, 2009
Delegate Bud Phillips, D-Clintwood, said Virginia had long considered Southwest Virginia a ?frontier? unworthy of consideration for such projects, ...and more »

istockAnalyst.com (press release): Attorney General Says Gas-Rights Pooling Is Legal

June 16, 2009
"We need to know what the law is, and we need to know very quickly what the law is," Delegate Bud Phillips, D-Castlewood, said at the board's March 17 ...and more »

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