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Dianne Blais
Dianne Blais was a 2014 Green party candidate seeking election to the U.S. House to represent the 10th Congressional District of Virginia.[1] Dianne Blais lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
She was a 2011 independent candidate for District 40 of the Virginia House of Delegates.
Biography
Blais' professional experience includes working as the vice-president of a privately held company. She earned her B.A. in economics from Mary Washington.
Elections
2014
Blais ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Virginia's 10th District.[1] Dianne Blais lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John Foust | 40.4% | 89,957 | |
| Republican |  Barbara Comstock |
56.5% | 125,914 | |
| Libertarian | Bill Redpath | 1.5% | 3,393 | |
| Green | Dianne Blais | 0.4% | 946 | |
| Independent | Brad Eickholt | 1.1% | 2,442 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.1% | 258 | |
| Total Votes | 222,910 | |||
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections | ||||
2011
Blais ran in the 2011 election for Virginia House of Delegates District 40. She was defeated by incumbent Tim Hugo in the November 8 general election.[2]
| Virginia House of Delegates, District 40 General Election, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Tim Hugo Incumbent |
74.2% | 11,565 | |
| Independent | Dianne Blais | 25.8% | 4,021 | |
| Total Votes | 15,586 | |||
Campaign themes
2011
Blais' website highlighted the following campaign themes:
- Transportation
Excerpt: "Piecemeal measures, such as adding a lane to highways for limited stretches, are being paid for with debt by the current legislature and are not the long-term traffic management solutions we need as a growing state. Light-rail from Haymarket to the Vienna Metro will reduce traffic without adding to the already constant delays and closures that plague our roads"
- Education
Excerpt: "We need to keep the funding we have in schools, not cutting it like the House of Delegates voted to do last year. Education of our children is the number-one way to expand our economy and make the state more attractive to outsiders looking for a place to live and to do business."
- Making Your Votes Count
Excerpt: "Currently the state legislatures choose their constituents – they draw their own districts... Redistricting should be done by a nonpartisan commission. If a commission had redistricted the state districts, an estimated $10M would have been saved, and we would have relatively compact, competitive districts."
- Honest Government
Excerpt: "The average campaign spends hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to win election to a position that pays $17,000 a year. After spending so much more than a legislator is paid, it is little wonder that these legislators have difficulty sticking to a budget. This is why Dianne has decided to run a low-budget campaign focused on issues and voters, not dollars and donors."
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Dianne + Blais + Virginia + Congress"
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Virginia's 10th Congressional District elections, 2014
- Virginia's 10th Congressional District
Personal
Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update.
Blais and her husband have four children and have fostered over one hundred children. Blais has been active in the League of Women Voters and was co-president of Virginia AAUW from 2008-10.
External links
- Blais on Independent Green Party of Virginia's website
- Campaign website for Virginia House of Delegates election
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Dianne Blais on Facebook
- Dianne Blais on Twitter
- Dianne Blais on Blogger
Footnotes
