Michele Joyce

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Michele Joyce
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Elections and appointments
Last election

June 20, 2023

Education

Bachelor's

William & Mary University

Graduate

May, 1993

Contact

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
Image of Nadarius Clark
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
Image of Nadarius Clark
Nadarius Clark
 
81.7
 
4,176
Image of Michele Joyce
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
Image of Emily Jordan
Emily Jordan (R)
 
65.0
 
24,903
Image of Michael Drewry
Michael Drewry (D) Candidate Connection
 
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

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
Image of Emily Jordan
Emily Jordan (R)
 
60.1
 
16,181
Image of Michele Joyce
Michele Joyce (D) Candidate Connection
 
39.8
 
10,704
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
30

Total votes: 26,915
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Candidate profile

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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."


Key Messages

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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.

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

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2021

Michele Joyce did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

Candidate Connection

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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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.
  • 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.
Michele believes affordable access to health care is a human right and has advocated for rural Virginians as a certified health care navigator for the last decade. HD-64 needs a delegate who is smart like Michele, who has been in the trenches securing health care for families.

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.

Partisan politics from Richmond and D.C. distract us with scandals and 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 31, 2019


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