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Jeffrey Engle
Jeffrey Engle was a 2013 Independent candidate for District 45 of the Virginia House of Delegates.[1]
Biography
Engle earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in political science, as well as a graduate certificate in political analysis, from Virginia Tech. He works as a senior analyst and task lead for Defense Modernization Division of Cubic Applications, Inc. He served in the United States Army with the Special Operations Forces, where he earned two Bronze Star Medals, the Purple Heart, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal for Valor, the Combat Action Badge, and the Military Freefall Parachutists Badge, among others.[2]
Campaign themes
2013
Engle’s website highlighted the following campaign themes:[3]
- My goals for the 45th District
- Excerpt: "1. To provide for the security, protection, and common benefit for the citizens of the Commonwealth by supporting local government and buffering the state from burdensome legislation, regulation, and taxation imposed by the Federal Government"
- Excerpt: "2. Address the existing onerous legislation present within the laws and codes of the Commonwealth, in partnership with localities and businesses, to ensure that no other state is better positioned for innovation and economic growth"
- Excerpt: "3. Follow through on the obligations we have to our children, disabled, Veterans, elderly, and other protected populations to stand as an example for the rest of the country in efficiency and effectiveness in our execution of earned entitlement programs"
- Excerpt: "4. Position the Commonwealth for the future by undergoing a paradigm shift and looking to local solutions instead of trying to legislate everything"
- Excerpt: "5. Protect individual liberties by ensuring that constitutional principles provide a filter for policy options, and neither emotion nor individual opinion drive legislation nor regulation that further burden our commonwealth, localities, businesses or individual citizens."
Elections
2013
Engle ran in the 2013 election for Virginia House of Delegates District 45. He was defeated by incumbent Rob Krupicka (D) in the general election on November 5, 2013.[4]
Personal
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Engle is married and has one child.
Additional reading
- Delray Patch, "Alexandria Resident Jeffrey Engle Announces Run for 45th District House of Delegates Seat," March 9, 2013
- Alexandria News, "Engle Launches Candidacy For 45th Virginia House Of Delegates Seat," March 4, 2013 (dead link)
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Jeffrey + Engle + Virginia + House"
External links
- Jeffrey Engle for House Deleagte campaign website
- Virginia Public Access Project profile
- Project Vote Smart profile
- Candidate Facebook page
- Candidate Twitter feed
Footnotes
- ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "2013 Official Candidates List for House of Delegates by District," accessed July 11, 2013
- ↑ Jeffrey Engle, "About Jeff," accessed September 4, 2013
- ↑ Jeffrey Engle, "Principles," accessed September 4, 2013
- ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, “Official Results - 2013 General Election," accessed December 2, 2013