Delegate Harry Purkey (R-Virginia Beach)

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District 82: City of Virginia Beach (part) [map]
Took Office January 1986
Next Election November 2011
Committees Commerce and Labor, Finance (Chair), Science and Technology
Fundraising $53,445 cash on hand (From VPAP)
Daily Activity
Copatroning Habits 77% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 77% of them are Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 64% of them are Republicans.
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Bills Passed 33.3% in 2009
Top Recent Contributors
Donor Sector Total
Dominion Energy production & distribution $5,500
Virginia Dental Association Dentists $4,000
Stolle, Friends Of Ken Republican candidate committees $3,684
Retail Merchants Association Retail trade $2,000
Medical Society Of Virginia Physicians $2,000
Virginia Automobile & Truck Dealers Association Auto dealers, new & used $2,000
Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association Telecommunications $2,000
Virginia Health Care Association Nursing homes $2,000
Us Smokeless Tobacco Tobacco companies & tobacco product sales $2,000
Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance Builders associations $2,000

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

Recent Mentions on Blogs

Tertium Quids: The corporate income tax repeal appears to be dead

February 16, 2010
HB 119, Del. Harry Purkey's bill to eliminate the corporate income tax appears to have died in the House Appropriations committee. This note from the boss, John Taylor, gives you a sense of what happened, and what the ramifications ...

Tertium Quids: Corporate income tax elimination advances

February 11, 2010
Del. Harry Purkey's bill to do away with the state's corporate income tax passed the House Finance committee 14-2, with just Dels. Vivian Watts and Lynwood Lewis in opposition. But rather than go the the House floor, ...

Not the time to kill corporate tax – Fairfax Times

February 2, 2010
Given the dire budget discussions being held in every county across Virginia, we were more than a little surprised to hear that some state lawmakers are still pushing for 10-figure tax cuts. The latest gem comes from Del. Harry Purkey ...

Bill Introduced Banning VA Govs. From Serving As RNC / DNC ...

January 26, 2010
Del. Harry Purkey has introduced a bill that would ban Virginia governors from serving as the chairman of either the Republican National Cmte. or Democrat-ick National Cmte. During the past decade, a VA Gov. has held each post with Jim ...

Shining some light on local government debt

January 15, 2010
An interesting bill from Del Harry Purkey that would require local governments to include "a statement of the locality's current and proposed total debt, exclusive of public utility bonds, given on a per capita basis" as a part of their ...
Recent Mentions in the Media

GoDanRiver.com: Backers push bill for Internet sales tax

February 24, 2010
The committee chairman, Del. Harry Purkey, R-Virginia Beach, has said he opposes the bill. So does Gov. Bob McDonnell. The Northern Virginia Technology ...and more »

Progress Index: Many 'hot' bills move from House to Senate

February 21, 2010
Many 'hot' bills move from House to SenateHB 613: Personal property tax; machinery and tools; chief patroned by Del. Harry Purkey. This bill would classify new investments in machinery and tools for ...

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