Glenn Ray Davis, Jr. (born October 19, 1973) is an American politician from Virginia. Davis is a member of the Republican Party and is currently representing the Virginia House of Delegates 84th district.
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Personal life
Glenn and his wife, Chelle Davis, live in Virginia Beach and are both active in community and charitable efforts throughout Hampton Roads.
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Political career
Davis was elected to City of Virginia Beach City Council - Rose Hall District on November 4, 2008 defeating an incumbent first elected 28 years prior. Davis was re-elected to the city council on November 6, 2012.
Davis was elected to the House of Delegates in the November 2013 elections. Davis serves on the Education, Transportation, Militia, Police and Public Safety Committees. Davis was also Chairman of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science (JCOTS) Sub Committee on Cybersecurity, and is a member of the Business Development, and Virginia Tourism Caucuses.
In 2014, the Virginia Chamber of Commerce named Glenn "Freshman Legislator of the Year" for his leadership promoting private sector job growth during his first session in the General Assembly.
In 2015, the Virginia Chamber awarded Glenn their Economic Competitiveness Award and Small Business Advocate Award for his legislation protecting small businesses from costly mandates and helping entrepreneurs attract equity investments.
In March 2016, Davis announced that he was joining the race for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. Davis began travelling the state of Virginia campaigning on the message of "Make Virginia #1 Again for Business and Job Growth". His platform was on tax reform, easing regulations on small businesses, modernizing education and creating 21st century jobs. During the campaign for Lt. Governor Davis traveled to Estonia to help look at bringing technology jobs to Virginia and traveled to Academic Institutions to look at broader uses for Virginia coal. Davis lost the Republican Primary for Virginia Lt. Governor taking 3rd place on June 13, 2017.
Davis ran again to be re-elected to his delegate seat and won on November 7, 2017.
Davis interjected himself on June 28, 2018 into the U.S. Senate race in Virginia when he defended GOP candidate Corey Stewart against charges of racism. The defense came in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, including examples cited by Nick Freitas, whom Stewart defeated in the GOP primary June 12. It was an odd about-face for Davis, who had previously called Stewart a charlatan and a demagogue. Davis said he did not follow the primary campaign closely. He said he felt compelled to speak on Stewart's behalf because he had seen social media posts that trivialized racism.
References
External links
- Profile at Vote Smart
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