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 2009
Committees Commerce and Labor, Finance (Chair), Science and Technology
Fundraising $56,585 cash on hand (From VPAP)
Copatroning Habits 76% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 79% 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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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

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 ...

Tertium Quids: 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 ...

Want Jobs, Virginia? Scrap Corporate Income Tax!

January 13, 2010
To strengthen the Commonwealth's competitive economic edge, Del. Harry Purkey (R-Virginia Beach) chairman of the House Finance committee, has submitted House Bill 119 to the 2010 General Assembly. HB 119 would eliminate “Virginia's ...

Legislators slow to file proposals of new laws

January 12, 2010
Environmental groups say the new rules are needed to protect water quality, but some business groups contend the rules would be too expensive to implement and kill jobs. * House Bill 119 from Del. Harry Purkey, R-Virginia Beach. ...

Recent Mentions in the Media

Fairfaxtimes.com: Not the time to kill corporate tax

February 2, 2010
The latest gem comes from Del. Harry Purkey (R-Virginia Beach), who seems to believe eliminating Virginia's corporate income tax will solve many of our ...

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