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Glenn Davis
Republican Party
Prior offices:
Virginia House of Delegates District 84
Years in office: 2014 - 2023
Successor: Nadarius Clark (D)
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 2, 2021
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Green Run High School
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Glenn Davis (Republican Party) was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 84. He assumed office in 2014. He left office on April 24, 2023.

Davis (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 84. He won in the general election on November 2, 2021.

Davis also ran for election for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. He lost in the Republican convention on May 8, 2021.

Davis resigned from the Virginia House of Delegates to accept a job as the director of the Virginia Department of Energy.[1]

Biography

Davis graduated from Green Run High School. He started his own telecommunications management firm in 1999, merging with another company to create Comverge Inc. in 2002. His business acquired the national IT company Geeks on Call. Davis has also worked to mentor and consult other businesses.[2]

Davis was elected to the Virginia Beach City Council in 2008.[2]

Committee assignments

2020-2021

Davis was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Davis was assigned to the following committees:

2016 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2016 legislative session, Davis served on the following committees:

Virginia committee assignments, 2016
• Education
• Militia, Police and Public Safety
• Transportation

2015 legislative session

In the 2015 legislative session, Davis served on the following committees:

2014 legislative session

In the 2014 legislative session, Davis served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2023

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2023

Glenn Davis did not file to run for re-election.

2021

State house

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2021

General election

General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 84

Incumbent Glenn Davis defeated Kimberly Melnyk in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 84 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Glenn Davis
Glenn Davis (R)
 
55.6
 
15,400
Image of Kimberly Melnyk
Kimberly Melnyk (D)
 
44.2
 
12,232
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
53

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 27,685
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 84

Kimberly Melnyk defeated Tracie Liguid in the Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 84 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kimberly Melnyk
Kimberly Melnyk
 
52.6
 
1,888
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Tracie Liguid
 
47.4
 
1,704

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,592
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Glenn Davis advanced from the Republican primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 84.

Lieutenant governor

See also: Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2021

Virginia gubernatorial election, 2021 (June 8 Democratic primary)

Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2021 (May 8 Republican convention)

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia

Winsome Earle-Sears defeated Hala Ayala in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Winsome Earle-Sears
Winsome Earle-Sears (R)
 
50.7
 
1,658,767
Image of Hala Ayala
Hala Ayala (D)
 
49.2
 
1,608,691
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
3,808

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,271,266
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Hala Ayala
Hala Ayala
 
37.6
 
181,168
Image of Sam Rasoul
Sam Rasoul
 
24.3
 
116,816
Image of Mark Levine
Mark Levine
 
11.2
 
53,735
Image of Andria McClellan
Andria McClellan
 
10.6
 
51,015
Image of Sean Perryman
Sean Perryman Candidate Connection
 
8.1
 
38,925
Image of Xavier Warren
Xavier Warren
 
4.1
 
19,903
Image of Elizabeth Guzman
Elizabeth Guzman (Unofficially withdrew)
 
4.1
 
19,803

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 481,365
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican convention

Republican Convention for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Winsome Earle-Sears in round 5 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 12,555
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance

2019

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2019

General election

General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 84

Incumbent Glenn Davis defeated Karen Mallard in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 84 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Glenn Davis
Glenn Davis (R)
 
51.2
 
10,582
Image of Karen Mallard
Karen Mallard (D)
 
48.7
 
10,082
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
21

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 20,685
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2017

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2017

General election

Elections for the Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2017. All 100 house seats were up for election. The general election took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on June 13, 2017. The filing deadline for primary election candidates was March 30, 2017. The filing deadline for non-party candidates and candidates nominated by methods other than a primary was June 13, 2017.[3] Incumbent Glenn Davis (R) defeated Veronica Coleman (D) in the Virginia House of Delegates District 84 general election.[4]

Virginia House of Delegates, District 84 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Glenn Davis Incumbent 51.77% 10,835
     Democratic Veronica Coleman 48.23% 10,093
Total Votes 20,928
Source: Virginia Department of Elections

Democratic primary election

Veronica Coleman ran unopposed in the Virginia House of Delegates District 84 Democratic primary.[5]

Ballotpedia will publish vote totals here after they become available.
Virginia House of Delegates, District 84 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png Veronica Coleman

Republican primary election

Incumbent Glenn Davis ran unopposed in the Virginia House of Delegates District 84 Republican primary.[6]

Ballotpedia will publish vote totals here after they become available.
Virginia House of Delegates, District 84 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png Glenn Davis Incumbent

Lieutenant governor

See also: Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2017

Virginia held an election for lieutenant governor on November 7, 2017. Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam (D) was running for governor, leaving the lieutenant governor election an open race.

The general election took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election was held on June 13, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in the primary election was March 30, 2017.

Justin Fairfax (D) defeated Jill Holtzman Vogel (R) in the election for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.[7]

Virginia Lieutenant Gubernatorial Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Justin Fairfax 52.77% 1,368,261
     Republican Jill Holtzman Vogel 47.23% 1,224,519
Total Votes 2,592,780
Source: Virginia Department of Elections


Justin Fairfax defeated Susan Platt and Gene Rossi in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.[8]

Virginia Democratic Lieutenant Gubernatorial Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Justin Fairfax 49.13% 252,400
Susan Platt 39.19% 201,316
Gene Rossi 11.69% 60,041
Total Votes 513,757
Source: The New York Times


Jill Holtzman Vogel defeated Bryce Reeves and Glenn Davis in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.[8]

Virginia Republican Lieutenant Gubernatorial Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jill Holtzman Vogel 42.73% 151,998
Bryce Reeves 39.98% 142,218
Glenn Davis 17.29% 61,517
Total Votes 355,733
Source: The New York Times

2015

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 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.[9] Incumbent Glenn Davis was unopposed in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[10][11]

2013

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2013

Davis won the 2013 election for Virginia House of Delegates District 84. Davis ran unopposed in the June 11th Republican Primary. He defeated Brent McKenzie (D) in the general election on November 5, 2013.[12]

Virginia House of Delegates, District 84 General Election, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngGlenn Davis 57.3% 10,101
     Democratic Brent McKenzie 42.4% 7,476
     Other Write-in 0.2% 38
Total Votes 17,615

Race snapshot

See also: 2013 Elections Preview: Some seats may switch parties in the Virginia House of Delegates

A Virginia Beach-area seat left open by the departure of Salvatore Iaquinto (R), this district gave Governor Bob McDonnell (R) 64 percent of the vote in 2009. In 2012, President Barack Obama (D) fought presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R) to a near draw in this district. Davis was elected to the Virginia Beach City Council in 2008, and Brent McKenzie (D) served on the Virginia Beach School Board from 2008 to 2012. The district's Republican leanings suggested that this seat would not change parties, but if the Democrats found themselves having a very good election night, the seat could have been contestable.[13][14]

Campaign themes

2021

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2019

Glenn Davis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

2017

The following issues were found on Davis' campaign website. As of August 2017, a full list of Davis' positions could be found here.

“

#1 for jobs
Virginia used be be #1 in the nation for business and job growth. Now Virginia is #13 and has the 30th worst tax policies in the nation. Glenn is the only entrepreneur in the race and the only one with the history and experience to eliminate the tax and regulatory burdens that are holding back economic opportunities for Virginians.

Stop Medicaid expansion
Medicaid has been expanding in Virginia for over a decade. From 2006 to 2016 Medicaid has grown from 875,000 participants and a cost of $4.7 billion to over 1.4 million participants and a cost of over $8.8 billion. Glenn is the only candidate in the race that has voted against expanding Medicaid and also worked on reforms to lower the burden placed on the taxpayers.

Expand school choice
Glenn is the only candidate in the race that has helped start a charter school, sits on the board of a local charter school, and has created legislation to open up school choice in Virginia. Competition is what drives innovation and service quality, and it should be allowed in our education system.[15]

”
—Glenn Davis[16]

2013

Davis’s website highlighted the following campaign themes:[17]

“
  • Virginia Job Creation
Excerpt: "In the House of Delegates, Glenn Davis will continue to help small businesses succeed by limiting regulations, making it easier to expand and hire while attracting new businesses to relocate here. Today, investing in new business technology means higher annual property taxes for a business. Glenn Davis believes that encouraging businesses to reinvest in technology will increase their productivity and lead to a more skilled workforce trained on the newest technology. By making a property tax category specific to technology equipment and allowing cities and counties the option to exempt business property taxes on that equipment, we will attract higher paying jobs and make Virginian’s the most skilled workforce in the country."
  • Energy Independence
Excerpt: "Glenn Davis supports environmentally responsible exploration and drilling for oil and natural gas as well as expanding our capacity for nuclear power in Virginia."
  • 21st Century Education
Excerpt: "Glenn knows that education funding can get lost in bureaucratic budgets and red tape. Glenn’s focus is on making sure education dollars reach the teachers and classrooms where it can make a difference. Glenn supports the idea that Virginia classrooms be the focus of education investment. Glenn also supports using the communication tools of the 21st century to help make learning more effective."
  • Protecting the Second Amendment
Excerpt: "While recent events are tragic, our response should not be an all-out attack on the Second Amendment, but rather a focused effort on changes that would actually prevent events like those from happening again."
  • Life & Family
Excerpt: "Glenn recognizes that good and reasonable people may disagree on this issue, but he believes in the sanctity of human life. More importantly, Glenn believes that we should make more easily available the ability for a woman to place a child into a warm, loving home with parents that have been looking to welcome a baby into their family. By making the adoption process more streamlined, women can be more confident that their babies will not end up lost, growing up inside a governmental system, but rather in a loving home, allowing not only their child to live their dreams, but also allowing loving couples to reach theirs."[15]
 ”

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2023

In 2023, the Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 11 to February 25.

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Endorsements


Glenn Davis speaking at a campaign event

2013

In 2013, Davis’s endorsements included the following:[18]

Personal

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Davis and his wife, Chelle, live in Virginia Beach, Virginia.[19]


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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ The Virginian-Pilot, "Del. Glenn Davis to take on new role leading Virginia Department of Energy," accessed April 27, 2023
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Glenn Davis, "About Glenn," accessed September 18, 2013
    3. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Candidacy Requirements for the November 7, 2017 General Election," accessed March 21, 2017
    4. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 November General Unofficial Results," accessed November 7, 2017
    5. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 June Democratic Primary," accessed July 6, 2017
    6. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 June Republican Primary," accessed July 6, 2017
    7. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "List of Statewide Candidates," October 17, 2017
    8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 Primary Filing," accessed May 12, 2017
    9. ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "2015 November Election Calendar," accessed January 2, 2015
    10. ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, "2015 Primary election results," accessed September 1, 2015
    11. ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, "2015 General election candidates," accessed September 1, 2015
    12. ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, “Official Results - 2013 General Election," accessed December 2, 2013
    13. ↑ VPAP, "House of Delegates District 84," accessed October 3, 2013
    14. ↑ Daily Kos, "A look at the 2013 Virginia House of Delegates Elections," April 11, 2013
    15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    16. ↑ Glenn Davis for Lt. Governor, "Glenn Davis for Lt. Governor," accessed June 9, 2017
    17. ↑ Glenn Davis, "Issues," accessed September 18, 2013
    18. ↑ Glenn Davis, "Endorsements and Testimonials," accessed September 18, 2013
    19. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Glenn Davis - Biography," accessed September 9, 2013

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    2014-2023    		 Succeeded by
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