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Mike Makee
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Education

Bachelor's

United States Naval Academy

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Naval Postgraduate School

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U.S. Navy

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Mike Makee was a 2017 Republican candidate for District 2 of the Virginia House of Delegates. Makee entered the 2017 election for District 2 on August 15, 2017, after Republican primary winner Laquan Austion withdrew from the race when it was reported that he had falsified his education credentials.[1]

Biography

Makee received his bachelor's degree from the United States Naval Academy and his master's degree from the Naval Postgraduate School. He served in the U.S. Navy and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. His professional experience includes serving as a member of the Stafford County Utilities Commission.[2]

Campaign themes

2017

Makee's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Transportation
A community cannot thrive without a proper transportation system. Our current system is neither efficient nor effective. We waste fuel, money, and the most precious thing of all, time, each and every day. We are past the point of transportation being merely a nuisance. Our daily decisions and even our lives and livelihood are directly influenced by the status of the roads. How many of us base our decisions of when to leave, where to go, or how to get there on the back ups and traffic jams on I-95 and Route 1? Commerce, commuting, daily errands, and family outings are all impacted. Freedom of movement is essential to a healthy community! My plan is to breakdown the transportation issue into the three main reasons people need to travel and identify who has the authority, resources, and experience to ease our burden. There is no one big solution to solve our problems. I will lead a multi-pronged effort which leverages resources, technology, and creative ideas to get our district moving again.

Education
As the son of educators and a father of six children, I understand that education is the foundation of the future. Our schools are some of the best in the state – but teachers are in my view underpaid and have at times, too many kids in the classroom. My children attend public schools and will for years to come. We, as a society, owe our children an education that arms them with the skills required to leave home and become happy and productive citizens. If an eighteen-year-old is a legal adult, then we need to foster school systems that produces graduates who have marketable skills. Graduates should have two options after high school; finding good jobs or attending college. It is our responsibility to ensure they are prepared for BOTH! My priorities will be aimed at retaining and rewarding good teachers, reducing “administrative jobs” within the educational bureaucracy so more money goes into the classroom, and reducing class size.

Jobs
Our district is quickly becoming a commuter community. Many of us drive everyday to DC because that is where the good jobs are. This is the twenty-first century, why with all of our technology and communication networks do we travel to far away buildings when we can virtually bring the buildings to us? We need to embrace technology and create new working environments that allow us to work in ways that weren’t possible even ten years ago. Bringing good jobs to our district will have second and third order effects of reducing traffic, expanding our small business base, and supporting our local businesses.

Guns
I fully support the Second Amendment and the right of the people to keep and bear Arms. We have the inherent right and obligation to defend ourselves, our families, and our property. I enjoy hunting and shooting and have taught my children how to properly handle guns. Criminals don’t follow laws, so restrictive regulations and rules only burden law abiding citizens and put the general population greater risk. I have an AQ rating from the NRA.

Transportation
I fully support legal immigration and after living and traveling all over the world, I know that there are good people whose dream it is to come to America and live the American dream. We, as a nation and a Commonwealth, would benefit and be blessed to incorporate them into our society. I do not support illegal immigration. My house has a front door that I lock at night. This door allows my family to decide who and when someone enters our home and protects us from those who would do us harm. Illegal immigration is like someone who enters through a window instead of the front door. They aren’t invited and you can’t be sure who they are and what their true intent is.

  • Violent illegal immigrants should be deported immediately. This includes gang members and any illegal who has committed a felony. Send them home!
  • Illegal immigrants live and work among us. Many are law abiding, hard working neighbors who came here illegally out of desperation. This does not excuse the fact that they broke our laws, but I believe we must solve this situation with firm fairness and compassion. I don’t believe that we, as citizens, need to bear their burden nor are illegals entitled to the same economic rights and benefits that we provide to our citizens. Illegal immigrants should not receive state drivers licenses. A state driver’s license is an official acknowledgement by the government that you are a citizen of the Commonwealth which they aren’t. I fully support an international drivers license for illegals because it properly reflects their status.
  • I do not support sanctuary cities. Cities do not have the authority to ignore lawful state and federal laws.[3]
 ”
—Mike Makee, [4]

Elections

2017

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2017

General election

Elections for the Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2017. All 100 house seats were up for election. The general election took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on June 13, 2017. The filing deadline for primary election candidates was March 30, 2017. The filing deadline for non-party candidates and candidates nominated by methods other than a primary was June 13, 2017.[5] Jennifer Carroll Foy (D) defeated Mike Makee (R) in the Virginia House of Delegates District 2 general election.  Republican primary winner Laquan Austion dropped out of the general election on August 11, 2017, after it was reported that he had falsified his education credentials.[6] He was replaced by Makee.[7]

Virginia House of Delegates, District 2 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jennifer Carroll Foy 63.14% 13,366
     Republican Mike Makee 36.86% 7,803
Total Votes 21,169
Source: Virginia Department of Elections
Races we watched
Races to Watch-2017-badge.png

Ballotpedia identified 13 races to watch in the Virginia House of Delegates 2017 elections: four Democratic seats and nine Republican seats. Based on analysis of these districts' electoral histories, these races had the potential to be more competitive than other races and could possibly have led to shifts in a chamber's partisan balance.

This district was a Race to Watch because the incumbent won less than 55 percent of the vote in 2015 and did not file to run in 2017. Moreover, the presidential candidate of the opposite party won the district in 2016 by more than 20 points. Incumbent Mark Dudenhefer (R) was first elected in 2011, but was defeated by Democrat Michael Futrell in 2013. Dudenhefer won the seat back in 2015 by 1.1 points and opted not to run for re-election in 2017. District 2 was one of 51 Virginia House districts that Democrat Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 presidential election. Clinton carried District 2 by 20.4 points. Democrat Barack Obama won District 2 in the 2012 presidential election by 19.2 points. As of 2017, District 2 covered parts of Prince William County and parts of Stafford County. In August 2017, Republican primary winner Laquan Austion dropped out of the general election after it was reported that he had falsified his education credentials. He was replaced by Mike Makee.[8]

Democratic primary election

Jennifer Carroll Foy defeated Joshua King in the Virginia House of Delegates District 2 Democratic primary.[9]

Virginia House of Delegates, District 2 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jennifer Carroll Foy 50.14% 2,182
Joshua King 49.86% 2,170
Total Votes 4,352

Republican primary election

Laquan Austion ran unopposed in the Virginia House of Delegates District 2 Republican primary.[10]

Ballotpedia will publish vote totals here after they become available.
Virginia House of Delegates, District 2 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png Laquan Austion

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ insidenova.com, "New candidate picked for 2nd District delegate race," August 15, 2017
  2. ↑ Virginia House GOP, "Mike Makee is named the Republican nominee for HD-02," August 15, 2017
  3. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  4. ↑ makeefordelegate.com, "Issues," accessed October 31, 2017
  5. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Candidacy Requirements for the November 7, 2017 General Election," accessed March 21, 2017
  6. ↑ insidenova.com, "New candidate picked for 2nd District delegate race," August 15, 2017
  7. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 November General Unofficial Results," accessed November 7, 2017
  8. ↑ insidenova.com, "New candidate picked for 2nd District delegate race," August 15, 2017
  9. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 June Democratic Primary," accessed July 6, 2017
  10. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 June Republican Primary," accessed July 6, 2017


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