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| |Name =Glenda Gail Parker
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| |Profile picture = Glenda Gail Parker.jpg
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| |Position =Virginia House of Delegates, District 43
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| |Status = Candidate
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| |Political party = Green Party
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| |Profession = Retired Air Force Officer, Reservist
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| |Military = Air Force Officer
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| |Years of service = 22 years
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| |Place of birth =Athens, Arkansas
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| |Campaign website =http://www.gailparker.us/
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| }}{{tnr}}'''Glenda Gail Parker''' {{2013is}} a [[State legislative elections, 2013|2013]] [[Green Party]] candidate for [[Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2013|District 43]] of the [[Virginia House of Delegates]].<ref>[http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/Files/Cast%20Your%20Ballot/Candidate%20List/Official%20List%20of%2011_5_13%20House%20of%20Delegates%20Candidates%20by%20District.pdf ''Virginia State Board of Elections'', "2013 Official Candidates List for House of Delegates by District", Accessed July 11, 2013]</ref>
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| ==Biography==
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| Parker holds an undergraduate degree is in Business Management and a graduate degree in Business Administration. She also holds a Software Engineering Administration certificate and an Information System Security Professional certification. Parker worked as a financial manager for the U.S. Air Force's Research and Development operations. She has also worked as an elections official.<ref>[http://www.gailparker.us/html/about_us.html ''Elect Gail Parker'', "About Gail “for Rail” Parker," accessed September 4, 2013]</ref>
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| ==Issues==
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| ===Campaign themes===
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| ====2013====
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| Parker’s website highlighted the following campaign themes: <ref>[http://www.gailparker.us/html/program.html ''Elect Gail Parker'', "Platform Making Virginia Safer for Families," accessed September 4, 2013]</ref>
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| *'''Mass Transit
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| Excerpt: "Build Rail, All types of rail: high-speed, light-rail, passenger and freight"
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| *'''Adhering to the Arms Export Control Act
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| Excerpt: "Installing an auditable accounting system at the Pentagon; Eliminate the Foreign Military Sales program"
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| *'''The Federal Debt
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| Excerpt: "Stopping those no-bid, uncontested contract awards"
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| *'''The Economy
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| ==Elections==
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| ===2013===
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| :: ''See also: [[Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2013]]''
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| Parker is running in the [[State legislative elections, 2013|2013 election]] for [[Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2013|Virginia House of Delegates]] District 43. The general election takes place on November 5, 2013.
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| ===2009===
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| :: ''See also: [[Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2009]]''
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| Parker received 2% of the vote in the general election on November 3, 2009, losing to [[Democrat]] [[Scott Surovell]]. [[Republican]] [[James McConville]] also ran, receiving 45%.<ref>[http://wtop.com/?nid=605 ''WTOP'' 2009 Election Results]</ref>
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| ==Recent news==
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| This section displays the most recent stories in a Google news search for the term "'''Gail + Parker + Virginia + House'''"
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| :''All stories may not be relevant to this page due to the nature of the search engine.''
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| <rss>http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&gl=us&q=Gail+Parker+Virginia+House&um=1&ie=UTF-8&output=rss|template=slpfeed|max=10|title=Gail Parker News Feed</rss>
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.gailparker.us/ Official campaign site]
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| *[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=57155 ''Project Vote Smart'' profile]
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| *[http://www.vpap.org/candidates/profile/home/69272 ''Virginia Public Access Project'' profile]
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| ==References==
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| {{Virginia House of Delegates}}
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| {{Virginia}}
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| [[Category:Virginia]]
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| [[Category:2009 defeated]]
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| [[Category:Green Party]]
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| [[Category:Third Party]]
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