Delegate Shannon Valentine (D-Lynchburg)

Party Democratic Photo of Shannon Valentine
District 23: County of Amherst (part); City of Lynchburg [map]
Took Office January 2006
Next Election November 2009
Committees Courts of Justice, Transportation
Fundraising $109,730 cash on hand (From VPAP)
Copatroning Habits 58% of bills she copatroned were introduced by Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of her bills, 74% of them are Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that she also copatroned, 55% of them are Democrats.
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Donor Sector Total
House Democratic Caucus Democratic Party committees $90,000
Kaine Inaugural 2006 Democratic candidate committees $75,000
One Virginia PACs operated by Democratic state politicians $40,000
Fletcher Rowley Chao Political consultants & advisers $16,570
Foster, Robert L Uncoded $16,570
Moving Virginia Forward Democratic-based groups (but not official party committees) and generic liberal/progressive ones $10,000
Valentine, Mike Uncoded $10,000
Valentine, Shannon Democratic candidate contributions to own campaign $9,135
Matthews, Suzann W Uncoded $5,500
Meriwethers Inc Uncoded $5,000

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

Recent Mentions on Blogs

Waldo Jaquith: The legislature?s most prolific copatrons.

June 10, 2009
The more time that I spend mapping the social relationships of legislators via their copatroning habits, the more fascinated that I am by this mechanism of exploring the General Assembly. It really is a powerful tool. (To see one of the ways I?m using it on Richmond Sunlight now, check out HB1721 , SB1436 , or HB2482 , where you can see a graph indicating the average partisan position of each bill?s cosponsors.) Here?s a less thoughtful usage of this data, but no less interesting: a listi...

Crystal Clear Conservative: And then there were three

June 9, 2009
Tonight brought some surprises with the results from the Democratic primary, as Creigh Deeds received the nomination for Governor, Jody ?Jody in Wonderland? Wagner received the Lieutenant Governor nomination, and Steve Shannon (who was unopposed) received the Attorney General nomination. This will also be a rematch between Bob McDonnell and Deeds once again. McDonnell defeated Deeds by 360 votes in 2005 for Attorney General.Additionally, there were some interesting House of Delegates upsets: ...

Bearing Drift :: Virginia Politics On-Demand: Two key GOP primaries tomorrow

June 8, 2009
In Roanoke, five Republicans are scrambling to fill the vacant seat left by retiring Del. William Fralin. They will face Democrat Gwen Mason. The candidates: Bill Cleavleand, Chris Head, Josh Johnson, Melvin Williams and Mike Wray are all making last-ditch efforts to get voters of the 17th District to recognize them in time for tomorrow?s sure to be low-turnout primary. In Chesterfield Hanover, three Republicans are battling to fill the vacant seat left by retiring Del. Frank Hargrove. Rus...

FamilyFoundationBlog.com: Virginia News Stand: April 17, 2009

April 17, 2009
Welcome to the end of the week. But the news is only beginning. Leading off, we have a Virginia-based pro-life organization, Life & Liberty Ministries , which says it?s been put on a domestic terrorist watch list by the Virginia State Police. Very curious, to say the least. Also of note, Americans For Tax Reform took notice of the work we did on spending transparency and this blog?s comment on how it all played out , especially with Governor Tim Kaine?s nice veto session surprise (maki...

Rick Howell Speaks: House races in Roanoke, Lynchburg shaping up

March 8, 2009
Lots of news and movement lately in two key House districts in the Roanoke and Lynchburg area. In Roanoke, in the 17th House District, things were rattled loose by Republican Delegate William Fralin's sudden retirement from politics. This opened a possibility for Democrats they didn't expect to have. On Monday, Roanoke City Council member Gwen Mason will announce her candidacy. Her colleague on council, Dr. David Trinkle , is still thinking about running. Yet another council member, ...

Recent Mentions in the Media

Lynchburg News and Advance: Incumbent Valentine gears up for tough campaign fight

June 27, 2009
Del. Shannon Valentine formally opened her re-election campaign Saturday morning as about 150 supporters in downtown Lynchburg crowded under a ...and more »

WSET: Valentine Kicks off Campaign

June 27, 2009
Lynchburg, VA - Delegate Shannon Valentine has officially announced she'll be seeking re-election in the 23rd district. More than 200 supporters gathered at ...and more »

WSET: Garrett, Valentine Discuss Win

June 10, 2009
Delegate Shannon Valentine says she's also been taking her fair share of phone calls. The incumbent says she paid attention to the Republican Primary, ...and more »

WKRG-TV: 2 Va. House incumbents hold on to nominations

June 10, 2009
T. Scott Garrett beat out fellow Lynchburg City Council member Jeff Helgeson to take on Del. Shannon Valentine, a Democrat, this fall.and more »

Lynchburg News and Advance: Scott Garrett takes Republican nomination

June 10, 2009
Shannon Valentine. Garrett defeated fellow councilman Jeff Helgeson by a 55-45 percent margin in the 23rd House District, which includes Madison Heights.and more »

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