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Kim Howard (Virginia)
Kim Howard (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Virginia State Senate to represent District 7. Howard lost in the Democratic primary on June 11, 2019.
Howard completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2019
See also: Virginia State Senate elections, 2019
General election
General election for Virginia State Senate District 7
Jennifer Kiggans defeated Cheryl Turpin in the general election for Virginia State Senate District 7 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jennifer Kiggans (R)  | 50.4 | 29,609 |
 | Cheryl Turpin (D) | 49.5 | 29,098 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 91 | ||
| Total votes: 58,798 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Virginia State Senate District 7
Cheryl Turpin defeated Susan Bates Hippen and Kim Howard in the Democratic primary for Virginia State Senate District 7 on June 11, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cheryl Turpin | 58.7 | 3,268 |
| Susan Bates Hippen | 27.5 | 1,531 | ||
 | Kim Howard | 13.7 | 761 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 5,566 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Virginia State Senate District 7
Jennifer Kiggans defeated Carolyn Weems in the Republican primary for Virginia State Senate District 7 on June 11, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jennifer Kiggans | 51.6 | 4,045 |
 | Carolyn Weems | 48.4 | 3,789 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 7,836 | |||
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Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kim Howard completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Howard's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
My top priority in the General Assembly will be to work with Governor Northam for the betterment of Virginia. I will ensure the education of our children will be a top priority. We need to hire the best and brightest and provide compensation commensurate for a world-class public education system. I will fight to protect the right for women to control their healthcare. Their health care choices should not be legislated, but be private between a woman and her physician. Lastly I believe sea-level rise and neighborhood flooding is not a partisan issue. We must aggressively address sea-level rise and mitigate neighborhood flooding if we want our cities to flourish.
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
My first bill will be to restore state funding of local school systems to pre-recession levels. I have worked extensively on government budgets and policy. I was an instructor in the Navy and was responsible for significant portions of a training enterprise and am familiar with what it takes to provide curriculum and facilities that enhance learning.
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
My father served 29 years in the Navy and has been an inspiration entire life.
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
Integrity
What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?
Percipience
What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?
I remember watching the Vietnam War POWs returning home and greeting them at the tarmac at NAS Millington when I was 6 years old.
What was your very first job? How long did you have it?
My first job was life guarding, a job I held for 7 summers.
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See also
2019 Elections
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