Delegate Clay Athey (R-Front Royal)

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District 18: Counties of Fauquier (part), Frederick (part), and Warren [map]
Took Office January 2002
Left Office January 2012
Copatroning Habits 93% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 78% of them are Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 75% of them are Republicans.
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Recent Mentions on Blogs

Incumbent judges reelected today

January 26, 2012
Former Front Royal delegate Clay Athey, a Republican, was up for a seat on the 26th Judicial Circuit in Harrisonburg and former delegate Bud Phillips of Castlewood, a Democrat, was nominated for the 30th General District ...

Virginia Senate Stumbles Over Judge Elections | WAMU 88.5 ...

January 25, 2012
The House had approved the judges without dissent, including the new ones -- former Democratic Delegate Bud Phillips and former GOP Delegate Clay Athey. When Senate Republicans could not get a motion approved to ...

Lawmakers Postpone Judicial Elections « Virginia Public Radio

January 24, 2012
The House had approved the judges without dissent—including the new ones, former Democratic Delegate Bud Phillips and former GOP Delegate Clay Athey. When Senate Republicans could not get a motion approved to ...

Senate standoff puts judge elections on hold

January 24, 2012
The two new judge candidates are former Del. Bud Phillips of Castlewood and former Del. Clay Athey of Front Royal. Phillips is a Democrat and Athey a Republican. Both are nominated for circuit court seats. No legislator has ...

Athey nominated for judgeship

November 23, 2011
Del. Clay Athey has been nominated by fellow legislators for a seat on the 26th Judicial Circuit bench. Athey, a Front Royal attorney, did not seek re-election to the House this year. He is being nominated for the vacancy left by ...
Recent Mentions in the Media

Culpeper Star Exponent: PERSPECTIVE: Va.'s big-government governor

February 5, 2012
PERSPECTIVE: Va.'s big-government governorSometimes, he hires a delegate or senator. Sometimes, a board he controls does it. Either way, the legislator gets a big raise. This comes amid economic uncertainty that augurs more layoffs of classified employees ? career types whose salaries have ...and more »

Northern Virginia Daily: Gilbert: Athey's confirmation coming 'very soon'

January 27, 2012
Gilbert: Athey's confirmation coming 'very soon'By Joe Beck -- jbeck@nvdaily.com A snag in former Del. Clifford L. "Clay" Athey Jr.'s appointment as circuit judge in the General Assembly is likely to prove only temporary, a local House of Delegates member said Thursday. Del.and more »

Washington Post (blog): Democrats win Va. judicial standoff

January 26, 2012
The two nominees at the center of the dispute had recently served as delegates: CL ?Clay? Athey Jr., a Republican from Warren, and former delegate Clarence E. ?Bud? Phillips, a Democrat from Dickenson. Democrats said they did not question the nominees' ...and more »

Washington Post (blog): Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling: Impasse shows Va. should change way it selects judges

January 26, 2012
Bolling attributed this week's problem to ?a lot of miscommunication? but he blamed Democrats, and said he hopes they will elect two new judges Thursday? former delegate CL ?Clay? Athey Jr., a Republican from Warren, and former delegate Clarence E.

WAMU: Virginia Senate Stumbles Over Judge Elections

January 25, 2012
The House had approved the judges without dissent, including the new ones -- former Democratic Delegate Bud Phillips and former GOP Delegate Clay Athey. When Senate Republicans could not get a motion approved to vote on the measure, Majority Leader ...and more »

Below is a randomly assembled series of clips of some of Clay Athey’s briefer remarks on the floor of the house.

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