Delegate Morgan Griffith (R-Salem)

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District 8: County of Roanoke (part); City of Salem [map]
Took Office January 1994
Next Election November 2009
Committees Courts of Justice, Militia, Police and Public Safety, Rules (Vice Chair)
Fundraising $21,714 cash on hand (From VPAP)
Copatroning Habits 67% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 75% of them are Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 63% of them are Republicans.
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Donor Sector Total
Virginia Assoc Of Realtors Real estate $25,500
Virginia Trial Lawyers Assoc Attorneys & law firms $21,000
Virginia Bankers Assoc Commercial banks & bank holding companies $13,000
Home Builders Assoc Of Virginia Residential construction $11,556
Sprint Nextel Telecommunications $10,500
Allen Allen Allen & Allen Attorneys & law firms $10,000
Alpha Services Coal mining $6,000
Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Assoc Hospitals $6,000
Leadership Pac PACs operated by Republican state politicians $5,000
Wachovia Commercial banks & bank holding companies $5,000

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

Recent Mentions on Blogs

Waldo Jaquith: From the department of mixed metaphors.

July 1, 2009
Del. Morgan Griffith on Northrop Grumman?s lousy IT work for the state : Frankly, there needs to be a stick. I don?t want to pull away the carrot yet. But there definitely needs to be a stick in the process? Right now, it?s a pig in a poke. Everybody working for the state who has to deal with IT seems to despise Northrop Grumman. In January I went to a town hall-style meeting held by then-CTO Aneesh Chopra, which basically consisted of two hours of people explaining all of the reasons that...

From On High: A Call To Action

June 28, 2009
It's time: Nationwide Protest against Obama?s Cap and Trade By Sher Zieve, Canada Free Press We have now reached the time for Nationwide Protests against a government that no longer works for us but is now almost fully positioned to move against us. If we do not affect them now, there will never be a time in the future that we can do so. If we do not take National Days of Protest against this increasingly tyrannical government now, we will not be able to do so in the future. I would sugge...

FamilyFoundationBlog.com: Virginia News Stand: June 22, 2009

June 22, 2009
How about this? The first day back after a week off, and we lead the news. Actually, it?s an editorial, and a surprising one at that. The Roanoke Times agrees with us on something! (Okay, try to ignore the sarcastic comment at the end and the misspelling of  Delegate Bill Janis?  name.) But the Times says we and our coalition are spot on in our contention  that  Governor Tim Kaine?s poverty commission should emphasize a solution to  family breakup as the primary way to combat poverty .  ...

Bionic Teaching: Laugh or cry

June 20, 2009
?Because I want to share the voices in my head with others Footnotes, italics, scare quotes and a few minor deletions by me . . . Original Article By Tyler Whitley _________________________________________________________________ Published: June 20, 2009 Bowing to pressure, the state superintendent of public instruction has abandoned her proposal to end the third-grade history and social studies Standards of Learning test. The proposal drew a bipartisan outcry from legislators and ...

From On High: Griffith Has a Challenger

June 19, 2009
Well, I guess she falls under the heading of "challenger." Though, after reading her qualifications, as provided by the Roanoke Times, she may be more aptly described as a pimple on Morgan Griffith's butt: Democrat announces bid to challenge Morgan Griffith By Pete Dybdahl, Roanoke Times With a familiar call for change, Ginny Weisz formally announced her candidacy for the House of Delegates on Thursday near the steps of the Roanoke County Courthouse in Salem. The Democrat from Bent Mountai...

Recent Mentions in the Media

Richmond Times Dispatch: State accuses Northrop Grumman of breach

July 1, 2009
"Frankly, there needs to be a stick," said House Majority Leader H. Morgan Griffith, R-Salem, urging a remedy. "I don't want to pull away the carrot yet.and more »

The Virginian-Pilot: Closed doors open up questions about Va.'s IT deal

June 30, 2009
I didn't know there was going to be a forest fire," House Majority Leader Morgan Griffith, a Salem Republican who chairs the council, said after listening ...and more »

Washington Post: Va. Lawmakers Question System Upgrade Contract

June 29, 2009
"Certainly these are questions we want to know the answers to,'' said Del. Paula Miller (D-Norfolk). House Majority Leader H. Morgan Griffith (R-Salem), ...and more »

Washington Post Blogs: Experts Weigh in on Keys to November Victory

June 27, 2009
Republican Del. H. Morgan Griffith says both candidates should master the policy details because voters are itching for substance.and more »

Richmond Times Dispatch: Va. to keep third-grade history SOL

June 20, 2009
Wright's action was praised by Del. H. Morgan Griffith, R-Salem, the House of Delegates majority leader, who joined many of his colleagues in opposition to ...and more »

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