Senator Harry Blevins (R-Chesapeake)

Party Republican Photo of Harry Blevins
District 14: Chesapeake City (Part), Virginia Beach City (Part), Isle of Wight County (Part), Southampton County (Part), Franklin City (Part), Portsmouth City (Part), Suffolk City (Part) [map]
Took Office January 2001
Next Election November 2015
Committees Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, Education and Health, Local Government, Transportation
Website harryblevins.com
Fundraising $15,418 cash on hand (From VPAP)
Copatroning Habits 64% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 55% of them are Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 56% of them are Republicans.
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Bills Passed 7.1% in 2011
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Donor Sector Total
Virginia Dental Association Dentists $3,000
Virginia Bankers Association Commercial banks & bank holding companies $3,000
Virginia Hospital & Health Care Association Hospitals $3,000
Dominion Energy production & distribution $2,500
Virginia Optometric Association Optometrists & ophthalmologists $2,500
Anthem Health Plans Of Virginia Accident & health insurance $2,000
Bank Of Hampton Roads Commercial banks & bank holding companies $2,000
Virginia Automobile & Truck Dealers Association Auto dealers, new & used $1,500
Virginia Health Care Association Nursing homes $1,500
Virginia Society Of Anesthesiologists Other physician specialists $1,500

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

Recent Mentions on Blogs

SWAC Girl: Voter registration by Party has been killed in state senate

February 10, 2012
We are hearing from sources that four Republicans defected: Harry Blevins, Walter Stosch, Frank Wagner, and my parents' own senator John Watkins. With Democrats voting right down the Party line, any Republicans ...

Legislator gifts: kudos to Blevins, Purkey « VIVIAN J. PAIGE | All ...

February 8, 2012
So kudos to Senator Harry Blevins and Delegate Bob Purkey for being among the 15 legislators who reported no gifts. By the way – this is the second time in the last few days that Sen. Blevins gets my kudos. His vote last ...

CathiefromCanada: A red letter day

February 4, 2012
“I don't feel like I have the ability to make a decision as difficult as the one that young woman made,” said Republican Sen. Harry Blevins of Chesapeake, whose abstention resulted in the GOP-backed bill dying on a 7-7 ...

ontd_political: Fetal "pain" bill fails in VA

February 3, 2012
After passionate testimony from both sides of the issue, senators deadlocked 7-7 on the bill from Sen. Mark D. Obenshain, Harrisonburg Republican, and it failed to get out of the Education and Health Committee. Sen. Harry B.

When women stand up, women win! « Nuestra Vida, Nuestra Voz

February 3, 2012
Republican Sen. Harry Blevins of Chesapeake, whose abstention made the bill unsuccessful and who had just previously voted for an ultrasound law, stated, “I don't feel like I have the ability to make a decision as difficult as ...

Recent Mentions in the Media

Suffolk News-Herald: Quayle to serve on parole board

February 11, 2012
During the redistricting process, the 13th District was moved to Northern Virginia and is now represented by Sen. Richard Black, R-Sterling. Quayle was shifted into the 14th Senate District, represented by a fellow Republican, Harry Blevins of ...

The Virginian-Pilot: Lawmaker: Trip to France dissuaded him on uranium mining

February 7, 2012
Barry Knight, R-Virginia Beach; Sen. Mamie Locke, D-Hampton; and Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth - went to France on Virginia Uranium's dime. Dominion, the Richmond-based utility, was the second-biggest source of gifts and trips to legislators, ...and more »

Roanoke Times: Abortion bills gain traction this session

February 3, 2012
It failed to advance out of the Senate Education and Health Committee on a 7-7 vote, with Republican Chesapeake Sen. Harry Blevins abstaining. Blevins, who supported the ultrasound legislation, told reporters he was swayed by the tearful testimony of a ...and more »

Staunton News Leader: Virginia Senate panel rejects abortion restrictions

February 3, 2012
Republican Sen. Mark Obenshain of Harrisonburg cited the much-debated ability of a fetus to feel pain as justification for banning abortion at that stage unless it is necessary to save the mother's life or avert the serious risk of an irreversible ...and more »

MyFox Washington DC: Virginia Senate Panel Rejects Abortion Restriction

February 2, 2012
Republican Sen. Mark Obenshain of Harrisonburg cited the much-debated ability of a fetus to feel pain as justification for banning abortion at that stage unless it is necessary to save the mother's life or avert the serious risk of an irreversible ...and more »

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

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