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Lobbyist Registrations
The nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project has posted 11 lobbyist registrations received from the Secretary of the Commonwealth since February 13. The latest batch contained the following:
11 NEW LOBBYIST-CLIENT REGISTRATIONS
VPAP will continue to provide updates as the SOC makes the information available.
02/21/2013
New House Candidates
Three new candidates -- all Democrats -- have filed candidacy paperwork for the House of Delegates with the State Board of Elections. Their first campaign finance reports will be due April 15.
- Robert Farinholt is challenging Republican incumbent David Yancey in House District 94, which encompasses part of Newport News City.
- Reed Heddleston is challenging Republican incumbent Rich Anderson in House District 51, which encompasses part of Prince William County.
- Jeremy McPike is challenging Republican incumbent Scott Lingamfelter in House District 31, which straddles the Prince William/Fauquier line.
02/15/2013
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02/15/2013
Legislators' Personal Finances
The Virginia Public Access Project has posted the 2012 Statement of Economic Interests submitted by members of the General Assembly.
VPAP has aggregated the information to provide greater insight into the makeup of the 140 men and women who represent the state's 8 million residents.
Occupation
How many lawmakers make a living from agriculture? How many work in government affairs? How many are lawyers? VPAP has the answers at a glance.
Note: While the SEI forms do not include a space to list occupation, VPAP compiled this information from the General Assembly website and the SEI coversheet (listing sources of salary and wages) and Schedule A (officers and directors).Stocks/Investments
The financial disclosures are not detailed enough to calculate the net worth of lawmakers. There's no requirement, for instance, to list the assessed value of real estate minus any mortgages. The disclosures provide a somewhat more clear view of wealth in the form of stocks and investments. Legislators must tag each holding with a value range: $10,001-$50,000; $50,001-$250,000" and "$251,000 and up."
Using the lower value of each range, VPAP calculated the minimum value of each legislators' stock holdings.
Caveat: This conservative approach -- using the minimum amount of each range -- likely under-values the stock holdings of most legislators. The calculation is more certain for the 35 legislators who reported owning no stocks, securities or investments worth more than $10,000.Real Estate
The disclosures require legislators to list any real property (other than their primary residence) in which they have an ownership interest. VPAP has crossed the real estate schedule (H) with the business income schedule (F-1) to create three groups of legislators who:
- Own real property used to generate rental income (or to operate a business)
- Own real property but report no income
- Own no real property other than their primary residence.
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02/14/2013
Trending Topics
During the first two weeks of the 2013 General Assembly, there was not a single newspaper story published about redistricting. The issue exploded out of nowhere in week three, momentarily eclipsing the two main planks of Governor McDonnell's agenda -- transportation funding and education.
The chart above shows the number of articles on three select topics that appeared during the first five weeks of the legislature session in VaNews, the newspaper compilation service provided by the Virginia Public Access Project.
As redistricting receded in the headlines, transportation and education have trended back toward the top of the news food chain.
VaNews is a free service that available online and via an email subscription. VaNews also includes an aggregator that tracks trending issues02/11/2013
$10K Donations to PACs
Virginia's campaign finance laws require non-candidate political committees to report any single donation of $10,000 or more within three business days of receipt. Here are PACs that have reported large donations since January 21:
Democratic Party - Virginia House Caucus- $50,000 - Democratic Party - Commonwealth Victory Fund
- $15,000 - Sickles for Delegate - Mark
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02/07/2013
Lobbyist Registrations
The nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project has posted 24 lobbyist registrations received from the Secretary of the Commonwealth since January 31. The latest batch contained the following:
21 NEW LOBBYIST-CLIENT REGISTRATIONS
3 RENEWALS OF 2011-2012 REGISTRATIONS
VPAP will continue to provide updates as the SOC makes the information available.
02/06/2013
