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Mike Dickinson
Mike Dickinson (Republican Party) ran for election to the Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 68. He lost in the Republican primary on June 8, 2021.
Dickinson (independent) also ran for election for Richmond City Sheriff in Virginia. He lost in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Biography
Dickinson grew up in Richmond, Virginia. He earned his B.S. in criminal justice from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2002 and his Ph.D. in public policy from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2007. His professional experience includes owning a business.[1]
Organizations
As of his 2020 campaign, Dickinson was affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- Richmond Crusade for Voters
Elections
2021
Richmond City Sheriff election
See also: City elections in Richmond, Virginia (2021)
General election
General election for Richmond City Sheriff
Incumbent Antionette Irving defeated Mike Dickinson in the general election for Richmond City Sheriff on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Antionette Irving (D) | 76.0 | 54,732 |
 | Mike Dickinson (Independent) | 22.8 | 16,452 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 831 | ||
| Total votes: 72,015 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Richmond City Sheriff
Incumbent Antionette Irving defeated William Burnett in the Democratic primary for Richmond City Sheriff on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Antionette Irving | 55.3 | 13,080 |
| William Burnett | 44.7 | 10,553 | ||
| Total votes: 23,633 | |||
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Virginia House of Delegates election
See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2021
General election
General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 68
Incumbent Dawn Adams defeated Mark Earley Jr. in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 68 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dawn Adams (D) | 53.1 | 24,624 |
 | Mark Earley Jr. (R) | 46.8 | 21,693 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 54 | ||
| Total votes: 46,371 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 68
Incumbent Dawn Adams defeated Kyle Elliott in the Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 68 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dawn Adams | 61.9 | 5,756 |
 | Kyle Elliott | 38.1 | 3,536 | |
| Total votes: 9,292 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 68
Mark Earley Jr. defeated Mike Dickinson in the Republican primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 68 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Earley Jr. | 91.5 | 2,056 |
| Mike Dickinson | 8.5 | 192 | |
| Total votes: 2,248 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
City council
See also: City elections in Richmond, Virginia (2020)
General election
General election for Richmond City Council 1st Voter District
Incumbent Andreas D. Addison defeated Michael Gray and Mike Dickinson in the general election for Richmond City Council 1st Voter District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andreas D. Addison (Nonpartisan) | 48.3 | 7,001 |
 | Michael Gray (Nonpartisan) | 38.2 | 5,538 | |
| Mike Dickinson (Nonpartisan) | 12.7 | 1,842 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 115 | ||
| Total votes: 14,496 | |||
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U.S. House
See also: Virginia's 7th Congressional District election, 2020
Virginia's 7th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)
Virginia's 7th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 18 Republican convention)
General election
General election for U.S. House Virginia District 7
Incumbent Abigail Spanberger defeated Nick Freitas in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 7 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Abigail Spanberger (D) | 50.8 | 230,893 |
 | Nick Freitas (R) | 49.0 | 222,623 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 823 | ||
| Total votes: 454,339 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Abigail Spanberger advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 7.
Republican convention
Republican convention for U.S. House Virginia District 7
The following candidates ran in the Republican convention for U.S. House Virginia District 7 on July 18, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Nick Freitas (R) |
 | Pete Greenwald (R) | |
 | Andrew Knaggs (R) | |
 | John McGuire (R) | |
 | Tina Ramirez (R) | |
 | Jason Alexander Roberge (R) | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Craig Ennis (R)
- Bridgette Williams (R)
- Mike Dickinson (R)
Candidate profile
2015
Elections for the Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 9, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 26, 2015.[2] Bill Grogan was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Manoli Loupassi was unopposed in the Republican primary. Mike Dickinson ran as an independent candidate. Loupassi defeated Grogan and Dickinson in the general election.[3][4]
| Virginia House of Delegates, District 68 General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Manoli Loupassi Incumbent |
61.3% | 15,715 | |
| Democratic | Bill Grogan | 36.8% | 9,417 | |
| Independent | Mike Dickinson | 1.9% | 484 | |
| Total Votes | 25,616 | |||
2014
Dickinson ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Virginia's 7th District.[5] He failed to file before the deadline.
Nominating process
On June 9, 2014, Trammell announced his campaign for Congress on his Facebook page. He wrote, "We kicked off our campaign today after receiving a unanimous nomination from the 7th District Committee. I want to thank all of those who supported my nomination and endorsed me as a candidate. We are excited about the next few months on the campaign trail."[6]
Nomination timeline
As of Monday, June 9, the media was reporting that there was no Democratic nominee.[7] Many believed that active Twitter-user Mike Dickinson, who had appeared on Fox News and declared that he was the Democratic candidate in the 7th District, was indeed the nominee. The District's Democrats vehemently denied that Dickinson was running as an official Democrat.
Confusion continued until the 7th District Democratic Party nominee, Dr. Jack Trammell announced on social media that he was the new nominee. The announcement came on primary election night, June 10.
Although the road to the nomination seems strange compared to the typical Democratic primary process, in Virginia this process is fairly common. After speaking with Abbi Easter, Chairwoman of the 7th Congressional District Democratic Party, Ballotpedia was told the steps that the party took in nominating Trammell.
- December 2013: Each party in Virginia's 11 congressional districts decides the method by which they want to nominate their candidate. The 7th District Democrats opted for the caucus convention.
| “ | The duly constituted authorities of the state political party, as stated in a party's rules and bylaws, shall have the right to determine the method by which a party nomination for a member of the United States Senate or for any statewide office shall be made.[8] | ” |
- April 10, 2014: Mike Dickinson appeared on Fox News' "On The Record w/ Greta Van Susteren," announcing that he was an official candidate for the 7th District; however, the filing deadline was at 5PM that day, at which point Dickinson was in the studio at Fox News and never filed to be an official candidate.[9] Despite this, Dickinson continued to use social media as though he was a filed candidate.
- May 2, 2014: This was the date for the 7th District Democratic convention; however, because nobody filed to be considered at the convention, no convention was held. The party bylaws dictate that if this situation arises, the nomination is left up to the individual district party committees.
- June 8, 2014: After officially calling a meeting a week prior, as required by party bylaws, the 7th District Democratic committee met. Dr. Jack Trammell had filled out all the necessary paperwork to file. At the meeting, the party committee unanimously voted to nominate Trammell. The deadline for nomination by convention was June 10, 2014.
- June 9, 2014: Trammell officially filed his paperwork with the Virginia Board of Elections.
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mike Dickinson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Mike Dickinson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Dickinson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Protect Small Business. Eliminate the god awful EEOC and other excessive government agencies.
- Protect the Second Amendment. If Democrats are going to entitle criminals w relaxed laws, We need to be protected from them.
- Deport illegal citizens. Come legally, pay taxes; if not you need to be deported.
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Campaign finance summary
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Noteworthy events
Tweet about Texas Tech student
On July 9, 2014, Dickinson offered a $100,000 reward for a photo of Kendall Jones, a student at Texas Tech who received attention for photos she posted on Facebook of a hunting trip.
Tweets about Ebola
Dickinson posted the following tweets about infecting members of the NRA with Ebola:
See also
2021 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 20, 2020.
- ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "2015 November Election Calendar," accessed January 2, 2015
- ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, "2015 Primary election results," accessed September 1, 2015
- ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, "2015 General election candidates," accessed September 1, 2015
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedrun - ↑ Facebook, "Jack Trammell for Congress," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ WUSA9, "VOTER'S GUIDE: Va. voters go to polls in 3 US House districts," June 9, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Huffington Post, "Eric Cantor's Unofficial Rival Dukes It Out With Fox News (UPDATE)," June 11, 2014
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