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Michele Joyce
Michele Joyce (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 84. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 20, 2023.
Biography
Joyce completed her undergraduate study at the College of William & Mary in May 1993. She has a background in physics. At the time of her 2019 campaign, Joyce had worked at Jefferson Lab as a computer scientist in Newport News, Virginia, for 20 years.[1]
Elections
2023
See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2023
General election
General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 84
Nadarius Clark defeated Michael Dillender in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 84 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nadarius Clark (D) | 53.0 | 15,899 |
| Michael Dillender (R) | 46.8 | 14,046 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 58 | ||
| Total votes: 30,003 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 84
Nadarius Clark defeated Michele Joyce in the Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 84 on June 20, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nadarius Clark | 81.7 | 4,176 |
 | Michele Joyce | 18.3 | 934 | |
| Total votes: 5,110 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 84
Michael Dillender defeated Rod Thompson in the Republican primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 84 on June 20, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Dillender | 67.3 | 3,741 | |
| Rod Thompson | 32.7 | 1,815 | ||
| Total votes: 5,556 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Joyce in this election.
2021
See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2021
General election
General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 64
Incumbent Emily Jordan defeated Michael Drewry in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 64 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Emily Jordan (R) | 65.0 | 24,903 |
 | Michael Drewry (D) | 34.9 | 13,398 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 40 | ||
| Total votes: 38,341 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Michael Drewry advanced from the Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 64.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James Taylor (D)
- Michele Joyce (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Emily Jordan advanced from the Republican primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 64.
Campaign finance
2019
See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2019
General election
General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 64
Incumbent Emily Jordan defeated Michele Joyce in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 64 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Emily Jordan (R) | 60.1 | 16,181 |
| Michele Joyce (D) | 39.8 | 10,704 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 30 | ||
| Total votes: 26,915 | |||
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Candidate profile
Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "A longtime resident of Smithfield where she raises her family, Michele is best described as a "problem solver." She has a background in physics and has worked at Jefferson Lab as a computer scientist in Newport News, Virginia, for 20 years, writing software for the Lab's particle accelerator. For the last decade, Michele has been a volunteer community leader and advocate, helping hundreds of residents in rural areas of HD-64 to find affordable access to health care."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for Virginia House of Delegates District 64 in 2019.
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michele Joyce did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Michele Joyce did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Michele Joyce completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Joyce's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- As a longtime community advocate and 10-year certified health care navigator, I will prioritize rural Virginians' access to affordable health insurance.
- Partisan politics from Richmond and DC distract us with divisive issues furthering outsider agendas. When they do that, the everyday concerns facing rural Virginians get overlooked and underrepresented. Together we can find solutions that measurably improve lives in our rural communities like: affordable access to health care, eliminating food and internet deserts and securing the future of the family farm.
- No rubber stamping for Party: I'm an experienced problem solver both professionally and as an advocate. I will continue to give a voice to rural Virginians without being a rubber stamp for a party agenda, instead using my background to examine legislation, only supporting that which benefits the hard-working voters of HD-64.
When elected, Michele will make it a top priority to defend the Medicaid expansion she advocated for when working as a community organizer. Republicans use Medicaid as a bad word, but the truth is when we expanded Medicaid in 2018, it provided health care to over 2,000 residents right here in HD-64 (overall 300,000 across the Commonwealth) who didn't previously have coverage, and at zero additional cost to our state budget. This is just one of the ways we can measurably improve lives in rural communities.
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 31, 2019
