Delegate Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg)

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District 28: County of Stafford (part); City of Fredericksburg [map]
Took Office January 1988
Next Election November 2009
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Website williamjhowell.org
Fundraising $135,492 cash on hand (From VPAP)
Copatroning Habits 77% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 66% of them are Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 61% of them are Republicans.
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Bio

Howell holds bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Richmond and a law degree from the University of Virginia. He's an attorney, practicing trust and estate law. Howell is married, with two sons and seven grandchildren. He has served as Speaker of the House since 2003.
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Donor Sector Total
Virginia Assoc Of Realtors Real estate $52,500
Virginia Medical Society Health professionals $25,160
Virginia Hospital Assoc Hospitals $20,000
Virginia Bankers Assoc Commercial banks & bank holding companies $17,500
Virginia Dental Assoc Dentists $15,826
Virginia Beer Wholesalers Assoc Liquor wholesalers $15,000
Virginia Wine Wholesalers Assoc Liquor wholesalers $15,000
Verizon Telecommunications $10,000
Wardrup For Delegate, Leo Republican candidate committees $10,000
Service Distributing Liquor wholesalers $9,000

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

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FamilyFoundationBlog.com: Virginia News Stand: June 29, 2009

June 29, 2009
Welcome to the last Monday in June and we have some very interesting articles below for your daily info intake. First, check out the Virginian-Pilot?s article on how Virginia sorely lags behind in charter schools. While Virginia has allowed charter schools for more than 10 years, a whopping four exist in the entire commonwealth! That?s embarrassing. It?s often said, if you don?t want something in Virginia, pass a law allowing it ? a technique that creates more hurdles for the intended new opti...

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...

I'm Surrounded By Idiots: Republican campaign kickoff event at Stafford Regional Airport: Pictures.

June 5, 2009
Beside the usual suspects of Bob McDonnell, Bill Bolling, Ken Cuccinelli, and newly elected Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Pat Mullins, Senator Janet Vogel made the introductions and Speaker of the House of Delegates Bill Howell and Delegate Mark Cole were also in attendance. Fellow blogger and Stafford County GOP member Scott Hirons was there recording video too. He thinks he?s cool with his HD Camcorder while I only have a lowly MiniDV camcorder?bah! Spotsylvania County GOP Chairman B...

too conservative: House of Delegates Q2 Reports

June 2, 2009
This is actually half of Q2, due to the 15-day requirement before the June 9 primary, so the dates covered are between April 1 and May 27, 2009. Like last time, I?ve included races in Fairfax, Alexandria, Arlington, Loudoun, and PWC. Much, much more below the fold. Total raised is taken from total receipts, which includes contributions, in-kind, and loans. Candidate: Q2 Raised  | Cash on Hand | # of Individual Donors Fairfax Districts: HD 34 Margi Vanderhye (i): $61K | $9...

GOP 12: McDonnell's "Winning Week" ad campaign will run on Drudge

April 30, 2009
#fullpost{display:inline;}Via a reader, the Virginia Virtucon reports on the big push (ea) :GOP Gov. nominee-in-waiting Bob McDonnell?s campaign today launched a weeklong online campaign on The Drudge Report, sites across the web being accessed in Virginia via Google Ads, and their campaign website in which they are collecting supporters? e-mail address and cell numbers. The drive is being dubbed ?Winning Week? and will spotlight state and national leaders supporting Bob.Expect to see online th...
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The Free Lance-Star: Troop 1717 Scout earns Eagle rank

June 21, 2009
... of Stafford County that was flown over the courthouse. He also received a Virginia flag flown over the capitol in Richmond on behalf of Del. Bill Howell.and more »

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