Shannon Valentine

Shannon Valentine
Virginia House of Delegates District 23
Former member
Assumed office 2006
Current term ends January 13, 2010
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Wife, mother, and community leader
Website	Shannon Valentine Campaign site

Shannon Valentine was a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 23 from 2006-2010.

She lost her bid for re-election to Republican T. Scott Garrett in the November 3, 2009 general election.

Valentine is the former president of Habitat for Humanity and the Women's Resource Center. She has also sat on the Holy Cross School Board, Lynchburg Housing Partnership, and the Sorensen Institute for Public Policy.

Delegate Valentine re-election speech

Issue positions

Valentine's campaign website lists her priority issues as:

• Economic development - Valentine has focused on legislative policies which "focus on economic opportunity for our community, and will create jobs and advance long-term economic growth." Including new rail service, international trade, and clean energy.
• Education - Investments in pre-school education, supported raising teacher salaries, broader vocational training, and tuition assistance grants.
• Energy & environment - "one of my priorities has been the increased production of clean energy in Virginia, including solar, wind, water, biomass and nuclear energy."
• Health care - "I support increasing access, reducing costs and improving the quality of care for all of our citizens."
• Open government - support for a Bipartisan Redistricting Commission

Elections

2009

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2009

In 2009, Valentine lost his bid for re-election to the Virginia House of Delegates.

Committee assignments

• Courts of Justice Committee, Virginia House
• Subcommittee on Criminal Justice
• Subcommittee on Judicial Systems
• Transportation Committee, Virginia House

Sponsored legislation

• HB 1685 Bipartisan Redistricting Commission; created.
• HB 1735 Arts and cultural districts; grants statewide authority for creation thereof.
• HB 2235 Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Fund; created.

Campaign donors

The top 5 donors to Valentine's 2007 campaign:

• 1. House Democratic Caucus $90,000
• 2. Kaine Inaugural 2006 $75,000
• 3. One Virginia $40,000
• 4. Fletcher Rowley Chao $16,570
• 5. Foster, Robert L $16,320

External links

• Delegate Valentine official website
• Official campaign website
• Virginia House of Delegates - Rep. Valentine
• Project Vote Smart profile
• Campaign Contributions:2007
• Virginia Public Access Project profile
• Delegate Valentine Facebook profile
• Richmond Sunlight profile
• Sorensen Institute profile

References

Political offices
Preceded by NA	Virginia House of Delegates District 23 2006-2010	Succeeded by T. Scott Garrett