Senator Fred Quayle (R-Suffolk)

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District 13: Chesapeake City (Part), Franklin City (Part), Hopewell City (Part), Isle of Wight County (Part), Portsmouth City (Part), Prince George County (Part), Southampton County (Part), Suffolk City (Part), Su [map]
Took Office January 1992
Left Office January 2012
Copatroning Habits 57% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 61% of them are Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 54% of them are Republicans.
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Bills Passed 51.6% in 2011
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Donor Sector Total
Virginia Senate Republican Leadership Trust Republican Party committees $29,266
Leadership For Virginia Republican-based groups (but not official party committees) and generic conservative ones $10,000
Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association Hospitals $9,680
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Attorneys & law firms $8,500
Virginia Dental Association Dentists $6,500
Virginia Optometric Association Optometrists & ophthalmologists $6,000
Virginia Professional Fire Fighters Police & fire fighters unions and associations $6,000
Medical Society Of Virginia Physicians $5,500
Garcia Development Llc Uncoded $5,500
Dominion Energy production & distribution $5,239

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

Recent Mentions on Blogs

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

February 5, 2012
Bob McDonnell keeps alive this tradition. Sometimes, he hires a delegate or senator. Sometimes, a board ... At least seven former GOP legislators — Bill Janis, William Wampler, Glenn Oder, Terrie Suit, Fred Quayle, Matt Lohr and Sam Nixon — are now executive branch employees, and all, save one, are paid between $100000 and $170000 (Quayle gets $52000 as a part-time member of the Parole Board). That's a lot more than the $18000 they received as part-time ...

McDonnell names ex-Sen. Quayle to Va. Parole Board | Virginia ...

February 1, 2012
It turns out Fred Quayle's- separation from state government service will be short-lived. Gov. Bob McDonnell has named the former state senator from Suffolk to the Virginia Parole Board, an appointment with a four-year term ...

Virginia Shooting Sports Association: Virginia Senate Majority ...

November 9, 2011
In the past, Senator Tommy Norment has been a question mark on key firearm related votes. He will remain on Senate Courts of Justice. Senator Fred Quayle however, another so-so vote, retired and will likely be replaced by ...

After 20 years of crossing aisles, Quayle is drawn out | Election 2010

October 25, 2011
Oct. 24–SUFFOLK — For the first time in two decades, state Sen. Fred Quayle is sitting out the General Assembly election this fall, and it's not by choice. The Suffolk Republican was drawn out of his 13th District seat in the ...

Fred Quayle and the “ravenous beasts of prey” – Bearing Drift ...

October 24, 2011
Sen. Fred Quayle is retiring. Not by choice, but by the sometimes fickle, sometimes vengeful, hand of redistricting. In an exit interview, of sorts, with Quayle, the Pilot manages to unearth a gem that bears additional scrutiny.

Recent Mentions in the Media

Suffolk News-Herald: Scurrilous charges by the NAACP

February 8, 2012
Ask Fred Quayle how painful it can be. While Virginia's General Assembly meets in Richmond this month, the former state senator from Suffolk sits at home for the first time in nearly two decades ? not because he couldn't get re-elected, ...and more »

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 »

Below is a randomly assembled series of clips of some of Fred Quayle’s briefer remarks on the floor of the senate.

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