Delegate Ward Armstrong (D-Martinsville)

Party Democratic Photo of Ward Armstrong
District 10: Counties of Carroll (part), Henry (part), and Patrick; City of Martinsville (part) [map]
Took Office January 1992
Next Election November 2011
Committees Courts of Justice, Finance, Health, Welfare and Institutions, Rules
Website wardarmstrong.com
Fundraising $111,527 cash on hand (From VPAP)
Copatroning Habits 60% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 62% of them are Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 52% of them are Democrats.
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Bills Passed 11.9% in 2010
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Donor Sector Total
A Strong Majority PACs operated by Democratic state politicians $115,000
Ac Furniture Co Furniture & appliance stores $45,000
Virginia Automobile & Truck Dealers Association Auto dealers, new & used $21,970
Dominion Energy production & distribution $21,500
Virginia Association Of Realtors Real estate $16,500
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Attorneys & law firms $10,500
Virginia Bankers Association Commercial banks & bank holding companies $10,244
Virginia Beer Wholesalers Association Liquor wholesalers $8,562
Home Builders Association Of Virginia Residential construction $7,750
Lawrence Distributing Co Liquor wholesalers $7,750

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

Recent Mentions on Blogs

[WaPo] Virginia Politics Blog – McAuliffe lends the Farm Team a ...

September 1, 2010
Others who are interested or being recruited: House Minority Leader Ward Armstrong, U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, Sen. Chap Petersen of Fairfax County and former Del. Shannon Valentine, who lost her Lynchburg-area seat in November ...

Legislators plan to redraw state's districts | The Cavalier Daily

August 26, 2010
Del. Ward Armstrong, D-10th district, agreed that the redistricting will be largely affected by the continued growth in urban areas. “You will see delegate seats leaving South and Southwest Virginia,” he said. ...

Not Larry Sabato: Redistricting in the House of Delegates

August 23, 2010
What is likely to happen is a district running from Blacksburg to Martinsville to combine up Shuler with Ward Armstrong. Blacksburg itself is only about 1/5-1/4 of a Delegate district's population, so expect the new district to be ...

Del. Ward Armstrong statement on APCo base rate hike

July 15, 2010
Current Virginia law severely limits the discretionary power of the SCC when determining what constitutes a fair and reasonable rate of return for electric utilities and fails to adequately account... Jul 16th, 2010, at 1:51am GMT.

INTERVIEW: Del. Ward Armstrong on Cuccinelli's decision

June 2, 2010
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has decided to stay out of a United States Supreme Court case that pits the family of a fallen US soldier against the controversial Westboro ...

Recent Mentions in the Media

Washington Post (blog): Senator McEachin for governor in 2013?

August 26, 2010
House Minority Leader Ward Armstrong is considering a run for statewide office, perhaps governor. We recently told you some are trying to recruit Sen.

University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily: Legislators plan to redraw state's districts

August 26, 2010
Legislators plan to redraw state's districtsDel. Ward Armstrong, D-10th district, agreed that the redistricting will be largely affected by the continued growth in urban areas. ?You will see delegate ...and more »

Martinsville Bulletin: Politics in season at festival

August 22, 2010
Del. Ward Armstrong, D-Collinsville, also attended the Peach festival and campaigned for Boucher, who has ?been a great congressman? and had many ...and more »

Martinsville Bulletin: Water, sewer project launched in Patrick Springs

August 18, 2010
Roscoe Reynolds, D-Ridgeway; Del. Ward Armstrong, D-Collinsville; Ellen Davis, state director, and Art Powers and Anne EE Herring, area directors, ...and more »

Martinsville Bulletin: New Fieldale bridge opens

August 18, 2010
Del. Ward Armstrong, D-Collinsville, said ?it was music to my ears? to learn the bridge project was on time and on budget, and he hopes it ?will carry ...and more »

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