The National Federation of Independent Business, Virginia’s leading small-business association, has endorsed candidates in 46 legislative races. The endorsements were made by the Virginia SAFE (Save America’s Free Enterprise) Trust, which is comprised exclusively of NFIB members.
“NFIB supports the candidates who support small business,” said Nicole Riley, state director of NFIB/Virginia. “These endorsed candidates have consistently voted to reduce burdens on small businesses or have pledged to support them on key issues impacting their operations.”
The NFIB/Virginia SAFE Trust’s endorsement is critical to the candidates’ campaigns. Small-business owners and their employees vote in high numbers and are known for actively recruiting friends, family members and acquaintances to go to the polls. NFIB has pledged it will activate its grassroots network on behalf of the campaign. NFIB’s political support is based on the candidates’ positions and records on small-business issues.
The deadline to register to vote in this year’s general election is Oct. 13. The dealine to vote by absentee ballot is Oct. 27 by mail or Oct. 31 in person. Election day is Nov. 3.
Here is a list of endorsed candidates. Incumbents are noted with an asterisk.
Senate
Candidate (District)
Tommy Norment* (3)
Lynwood Lewis* (6)
Frank Wagner* (7)
Bill DeSteph (8)
Glen Sturtevant (10)
Amanda Chase (11)
Siobhan Dunnavant (12)
Dick Black* (13)
Bryce Reeves* (17)
David Suetterlein (19)
Bill Stanley* (20)
Nancy Dye (21)
Mark Obenshain* (26)
Hal Parrish (29)
Stephen Hollingshead (33)
Jerry Foreman (36)
House
Mark Dudenhefer (2)
Randy Minchew* (10)
Joseph Yost* (12)
Bob Marshall* (13)
Dickie Bell* (20)
Ron Villanueva* (21)
Ben Cline* (24)
Steve Landes* (25)
Roxann Robinson* (27)
Bill Howell* (28)
Scott Lingamfelter* (31)
Tag Greason* (32)
Dave LaRock* (33)
Craig Parisot (34)
Tim Hugo* (40)
Dave Albo* (42)
Jackson Miller* (50)
Buddy Fowler* (55)
Tommy Wright* (61)
Riley Ingram* (62)
Manoli Loupassi* (68)
Barry Knight* (81)
Jason Miyares (82)
Danny Vargas (86)
Chuong Nguyen (87)
Lara Overy (93)
David Yancey* (94)
Brenda Pogge* (96)
Chris Peace* (97)
Rob Bloxom* (100)
