Delegate Don Merricks (R-Danville)

Party Republican Photo of Don Merricks
District 16: Counties of Henry (part) and Pittsylvania (part); City of Martinsville (part) [map]
Took Office January 2008
Next Election November 2009
Committees Counties, Cities and Towns, Health, Welfare and Institutions, Militia, Police and Public Safety
Website donmerricks.org
Fundraising $20,156 cash on hand (From VPAP)
Copatroning Habits 81% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 90% of them are Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 65% of them are Republicans.
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Bio

A former banker, he now runs a building supply company, J.W. Squire Company. Holds degrees from Danville Community College and Averett University. Born and raised in Pittsylvania's Mount Hermon. Married with two grown children.
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Donor Sector Total
House Republican Campaign Cmte Republican Party committees $3,850
Cassada Jr, Edward B Uncoded $2,500
Virginia Dental Assoc Dentists $2,500
D & W Properties Of Danville Llc Uncoded $2,248
Virginia Beer Wholesalers Assoc Liquor wholesalers $2,000
Virginia Wine Wholesalers Assoc Liquor wholesalers $2,000
Home Builders Assoc Of Virginia Residential construction $2,000
Fifth District Republican Cmte Republican Party committees $1,767
Virignia Automobile & Truck Dealers Assoc Auto dealers, new & used $1,759
Hurt, Citizens For Robert Republican candidate committees $1,685

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...

Hunting News: Pittsylvania County delegate aims for uniform hunting rules

January 25, 2009
Pittsylvania County delegate aims for uniform hunting rules January 25th, 2009 Delegate Don Merricks aims to close Pittsylvania County?s three-week gap between its respective deer-hunting seasons on each side of the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks. Read More Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments » ...

Nuclear and Indigenous Items of Interest: Local lawmakers speak out on uranium mining study

December 14, 2008
Please read article, cited after the quote. Articles open in a new window. A study to determine the safety of uranium mining in Pittsylvania County must be extensive and transparent, answer concerns from area residents and include a public hearing, local legislators told a uranium mining subcommittee Friday in Richmond. Delegate Danny Marshall, R-Danville, and Delegate Don Merricks, R-Pittsylvania County, attended a meeting of the Virginia Coal and Energy Commission?s Uranium Mining Subcommi...

The Contemporary Conservative: Bill Bolling CARPET BOMBS Patrick Muldoon's campaign with masterful show of grassroots support

November 30, 2008
Bill Bolling CARPET BOMBS Patrick Muldoon's campaign with masterful show of grassroots support Posted by MAXIMUS Incumbent Lt. Governor Bill Bolling just started carpet bombing Patrick Muldoon's misguided candidacy to challenge him for the Republican nomination for the office of Lt. Governor. In a press release sent out yesterday, Bolling indicates he has locked down the support of the conservative grassroots movement and elected officals throughout the state. The carpet bombing of Patric...
Recent Mentions in the Media

WSLS.com: Customers complain APCO picked the wrong time to ask for an increase

July 2, 2009
Delegate Don Merricks, R- Henry County, says it's not fair for Appalachian Power to pass last year's coal price hike off to the customers now, ...and more »

Martinsville Bulletin: Rate hike hearing draws a crowd

July 2, 2009
Danny Marshall, R-Danville, and Don Merricks, R-Pittsylvania County, and state Sen. Roscoe Reynolds, D-Ridgeway ? were present and spoke, Armstrong said.and more »

Martinsville Bulletin: apco hikes opposed by legislators

July 1, 2009
Roscoe Reynolds, D-Ridgeway, and Del. Don Merricks, R-Pittsylvania County, urged commission members not to approve the increases, which together would raise ...and more »

Trading Markets (press release): EDITORIAL: Smart change to a rather puzzling rule

June 22, 2009
On one side of the tracks, the season was four weeks long; on the other, it was seven. "It's been that way for umpteen years," Del. Don Merricks said.and more »

Madison Messenger: Pittsylvania county deer season gets streamlined

June 9, 2009
?It's been that way for umpteen years,? Delegate Don Merricks, R-Pittsylvania County, said. ?But no one could ever tell me why.and more »

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