Jerome Delvin
Jerome Delvin is a former Republican member of the Washington State Senate, representing District 8 from his appointment in 2004 to December 2012. He resigned to serve as Benton County Commissioner.[1] From 2007 to 2013, he was the Deputy Minority Whip. Delvin served in the Washington State House of Representatives from 1994 to 2004. He was the Assistant Majority Leader from 1997 to 1999. He was then the Assistant Republican Floor Leader from 1999 to 2000.[2]
Delvin was a potential 2014 Republican candidate seeking election to the U.S. House to represent the 4th Congressional District of Washington. He announced his decision not to run for the seat on February 25, 2014.[3]
Delvin has 27 years of police work experience. Delvin was in the Military Police for the United States Army from 1974 to 1977. He was a security patrol officer for Rockwell Hanford Company from 1978 to 1979. He then worked as a police officer for the Richland Police Department from 1979 to 2007.
Delvin earned his AS in Criminal Justice from Columbia Basin College. He went on to receive his AA in Literature from Columbia Basin College in 1981.[4]
Committee assignments
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Delvin served on the following committees:
| Washington committee assignments, 2011 |
|---|
| • Agriculture and Rural Economic Development |
| • Environment, Water & Energy |
| • Transportation |
Elections
2014
Delvin was a potential 2014 Republican candidate seeking election to the U.S. House to represent the 4th Congressional District of Washington. He announced his decision not to run for the seat on February 25, 2014.[5]
2010
- See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2010
Jerome Delvin defeated Brad Anderson (R) in the general election on November 2, 2010. He ran for re-election to the Washington State Senate District 8. He ran against Brad Anderson in the Republican Primary on August 17, 2010.[6][7]
| Washington State Senate, District 8 General Election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
 Jerome Delvin (R)
|
31,083 | 63.92% | ||
| Brad Anderson (R) | 17,546 | 36.08% | ||
| Washington State Senate, District 8 Primary (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Jerome Delvin (R)
|
19,018 | 68.17% | ||
| Brad Anderson (R)
|
8,878 | 31.83% | ||
2006
In November 2006, Delvin ran unopposed and was re-elected for the Eighth District of the Washington State Senate receiving 32,963 votes.
Morton raised $96,308 for his campaign.[8]
| Washington State Senate, District 8 (2006) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Jerome Delvin (R)
|
32,963 | |||
Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Delvin is married to his wife, Josie. They have 5 children and eleven grandchildren.
Scorecards
Missed Votes Report
- See also: Washington House of Representatives and Washington State Senate
In March 2014, Washington Votes, a legislative information website, released its annual Missed Votes Report, which provides detailed missed roll call votes on bills for every state legislator during the 2014 legislative session.[9] The 2014 regular session included a total of 515 votes in the State House and 396 in the State Senate, as well as 1,372 bills introduced total in the legislature and 237 bills passed. Out of all roll call votes, 90 individual legislators did not miss any votes. Three individual legislators missed more than 50 votes.[9] Delvin missed 0 votes in a total of 8 roll calls.
Freedom Foundation
The Freedom Foundation releases its Big Spender List annually. The Institute ranks all Washington legislators based on their total proposed tax and fee increases. To find each legislator’s total, the Institute adds up the 10-year tax increases or decreases, as estimated by Washington’s Office of Financial Management, of all bills sponsored or co-sponsored by that legislator.[10]
2012
Delvin proposed a 10-year increase in state taxes and fees of $295.8 million, the 17th highest amount of proposed new taxes and fees of the 46 Washington state senators on the Freedom Foundation’s 2012 Big Spender List.[11]
- See also: Washington Freedom Foundation Legislative Scorecard (2012)
The Freedom Foundation also issued its 2012 Informed Voter Guide for Washington State voters, including a legislative score card documenting how Washington State legislators voted upon bills the Foundation deemed important legislation. The legislation analyzed covered budget, taxation, and pension issues.[12] A 
sign indicates a bill more in line with the Foundation's stated goals, and a 
sign indicates a bill out of step with the Foundation's values. Here's how Delvin voted on the specific pieces of legislation:
| 2012 Senate Scorecard - Jerome Delvin | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill #6636 (Balanced budget requirement)
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Bill #5967 (Senate Republicans budget)
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Bill #6582 (Local transportation tax increases)
|
Bill #6378 (Pension reforms)
| ||||||||
| Y | Y | N | Y | ||||||||
Recent news
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External links
- General election results, 2010
- Jerome Delvin on the Washington State Senate website (dead link)
- Delvin's state-sponsored website
- Legislative profile of Delvin on Project Vote Smart
- Biographical profile of Delvin on Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996, 1994
- Senate Republican Campaign Committee
- Washington Votes profile for Delvin
Footnotes
- ↑ KVEWTV.com, "Kennewick Mayor Pro-Tem Sharon Brown to replace Sen. Delvin," January 28, 2013
- ↑ 8th Legislative District Map
- ↑ Yakima Herald, " Benton official says he’s not running for Congress," accessed February 26, 2014
- ↑ Project Vote Smart - Sen. Delvin
- ↑ Yakima Herald, " Benton official says he’s not running for Congress," accessed February 26, 2014
- ↑ Washington Legislature Official primary results SOS
- ↑ Washington Legislature Official General Election Results (dead link)
- ↑ Follow the Money's report on Delvin's 2006 campaign contributions
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Washington Policy Center, "2014 Missed Votes Report for Legislators Released," March 18, 2014
- ↑ Freedom Foundation's 2012 Big Spender List
- ↑ Freedom Foundation's 2012 list of Washington state senators by proposed new taxes and fees
- ↑ My Freedom Foundation, "Home," accessed June 18, 2014
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| Preceded by - |
Washington Senate District 8 2004-2012 |
Succeeded by Sharon Brown (R) |
