Bill Fleming (Virginia)
Bill Fleming (independent) is a member of the Virginia Dare Soil and Water Conservation District. Fleming assumed office on January 1, 2020. Fleming's current term ends on January 1, 2028.
Fleming (independent) ran for re-election to the Virginia Dare Soil and Water Conservation District. Fleming won in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Biography
Fleming earned a B.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from North Carolina State University. He was the Vice President of MILCOM Systems Corporation until 2007. Fleming is a small business investor.[1]
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Virginia Beach, Virginia (2023)
General election
General election for Virginia Dare Soil and Water Conservation District (2 seats)
Incumbent Leslie Jones and incumbent Bill Fleming won election in the general election for Virginia Dare Soil and Water Conservation District on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Leslie Jones (Independent) | 53.2 | 74,949 | |
| ✔ |  | Bill Fleming (Independent) | 45.4 | 63,980 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.4 | 2,004 | ||
| Total votes: 140,933 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Fleming in this election.
2019
See also: City elections in Virginia Beach, Virginia (2019)
General election
General election for Virginia Dare Soil and Water Conservation District (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Virginia Dare Soil and Water Conservation District on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Leslie Jones (Independent) | 26.4 | 39,302 | |
| ✔ | | Bill Fleming (Independent) | 20.8 | 30,930 |
| Francis Drumm Jr. (Independent) | 16.9 | 25,230 | ||
| Russell Malbone (Independent) | 10.9 | 16,182 | ||
 | Marsella Sanders (Independent) | 9.4 | 13,973 | |
| Doreen Bender Jackson (Independent) | 8.6 | 12,845 | ||
| John Dickie (Independent) | 6.3 | 9,340 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 1,243 | ||
| Total votes: 149,045 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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2015
Elections for the Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 9, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 26, 2015.[2] Bill Fleming was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Jason Miyares was unopposed in the Republican primary. Miyares defeated Fleming in the general election.[3][4]
| Virginia House of Delegates, District 82 General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Jason Miyares |
65.3% | 10,046 | |
| Democratic | Bill Fleming | 34.7% | 5,335 | |
| Total Votes | 15,381 | |||
2013
Fleming ran in the 2013 election for Virginia House of Delegates District 82. Fleming ran unopposed in the June 11 Democratic primary. He was defeated by Bill R. DeSteph, Jr (R) in the general election on November 5, 2013.[5]
| Virginia House of Delegates, District 82 General Election, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Bill R. DeSteph, Jr |
59.8% | 13,995 | |
| Democratic | Bill Fleming | 40% | 9,372 | |
| Other | Write-in | 0.2% | 43 | |
| Total Votes | 23,410 | |||
Race snapshot
Incumbent Bob Purkey (R) did not seek re-election in 2013. In this Republican-leaning open seat in Virginia Beach, Fleming, a physicist and a small business investor, was selected by Democracy for America to run. Both candidates started the campaign as new to state legislative races, but Republican candidate Bill R. DeSteph, Jr was elected to the Virginia Beach City Council in 2006. This seat was on the radar of having a chance to change party hands but stayed in Republican control following the 2013 election.[6][7][8]
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2019
Bill Fleming did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
2013
Fleming's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[9]
- Education
- Excerpt: "If at least some of the existing tax revenue was not being handed over to corporate special interests, there would be enough money to provide higher salaries to teachers while establishing a program that will weed out poor and ineffective teachers."
- Energy
- Excerpt: "The United States in general and Virginia in particular has made relatively little progress with the adoption of solar electricity production. Virginia should become a leader in the incorporation of solar energy production, not the laggard that it is right now."
- Environment
- Excerpt: "Currently over 75% of seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported. Clean creeks, rivers, and our Chesapeake Bay means thousands of additional jobs, millions of dollars in additional revenue, and a better Virginia for our future generations."
- Governance
- Excerpt: "I support the establishment of term limits for members of the Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia State Senate. This should also be accompanied by a fair method by which leadership within the General Assembly is determined."
- Transportation
- Excerpt: "I am against tolls on our roads, bridges, and tunnels. Tolls have been pushed on Virginians because the General Assembly has failed to address transportation funding for twenty-five years. In the current form of tolls, Virginia's roads are being handed over to private companies who take money as profits that should be going to our treasury."
Endorsements
2013
In 2013, Fleming's endorsements included the following:[10]
- Creigh Deeds
- Virginia Education Association
- Democracy for America
- Virginia AFL-CIO
- The Sierra Club
Personal
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Fleming has two children. He resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ About, Bill Fleming for Virginia House of Delegates," accessed May 17, 2013
- ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "2015 November Election Calendar," accessed January 2, 2015
- ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, "2015 Primary election results," accessed September 1, 2015
- ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, "2015 General election candidates," accessed September 1, 2015
- ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, “Official Results - 2013 General Election," accessed December 2, 2013
- ↑ VPAP, "House of Delegates District 75," accessed October 3, 2013
- ↑ Daily Kos, "A look at the 2013 Virginia House of Delegates Elections," April 11, 2013
- ↑ Democracy for America, "Bill Fleming for VA House of Delegates," accessed October 3, 2013
- ↑ Issues, Bill Fleming for Virginia House of Delegates," accessed May 17, 2013
- ↑ Endorsements, Bill Fleming for Virginia House of Delegates," accessed May 17, 2013
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