From the Board Chair

We have reached the halfway point of our three- year strategic plan, which has provided tremendous momentum to our efforts to make politics The Virginia Public Access Project more accessible.

MISSION Here are some of our successes in 2015: VPAP connects Virginians to nonpartisan • We diversified and increasedVPAP’s donor base to increase programs information about Virginia politics in easily and enhance our independence. understood ways. • We broadened the audience for our website through a new tool – Staff All Politics Is Local – that provides users with a list of their elected David M. Poole representatives, upcoming elections, and news about their community. Executive Director • We expanded the audience for VaNews, our daily compilation of Ric Arenstein Director of Development newspaper articles about state politics and government. Katy Johnstone Hurtz • On Election Night, we delivered more than two million page requests Marketing & Outreach Director for live election results. Rarione Maniece Director of Programs & Digital Outreach In the year ahead, we will remain fiercely nonpartisan. We are dedicated Shelly Poole to connecting Virginians to trusted information so they can make informed Office Manager decisions. Contact Thank you for your interest in VPAP. Please let me know if you have Phone: (804) 353-4300 suggestions, kudos, or criticism. We hope to continue to earn your trust. Headquarters 501 East Franklin Street, Suite 403 Richmond, VA 23219 Mailing Address P.O. Box 1472, Richmond, VA 23218

The Virginia Public Access Project is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt Larry Roberts corporation. All donations to VPAP are deductible on federal VPAP Board Chair taxes to the full extent of the law. Federal ID 54-1825691.

VPAP Board of Directors

Larry Roberts, Nicole Riley, Margaret Edds, Jeff Britt Leslie Cheek III Aneesh Chopra Tom Cosgrove Cathie France Chair Vice Chair/ Treasurer McGuireWoods Retired Attorney/ Hunch Analytics Newport News Port of Virginia Venable Secretary Retired Journalist Consulting Lobbyist Shipbuilding NFIB

Missy Gould Chuck James Jeff Merriman Kenton Ngo Albert Pollard Ann Rust Ed Scott Jay Smith The Nature Williams Mullen Verizon Progressive Consultant, Retired, Environmental Capital Results Conservancy Change Campaign Sawmill Office of U.S. Services Committee Manufacturer Sen.

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▶ Launched All Politics ▶ Introduced VaMaps, ▶ Doubled the amount ▶ Created a Leadership Is Local, a unique tool which offers visual of money raised in Council consisting of that organizes content insights into political VPAP’s annual fund. business and community around each individual and demographic trends leaders who donate at web visitor. that define Virginia. ▶ Expanded the overall least $5,000 annually. number of VPAP ▶ Began pilot of K-12 ▶ Produced more than donors by more than ▶ Introduced an Initiative, which 50 infographics and 10 percent. annual Board of provides resources visualizations that Directors survey as to students studying illuminate trends in ▶ Increased money part of a continuous government in Virginia’s politics and government. raised during annual improvement process. public high schools. VaNews-a-thon by ▶ In November, more than 60 percent. ▶ Began steps for mid- ▶ Added 1,100 new provided more than course adjustments subscribers to VaNews, 80,000 users with to the strategic plan VPAP’s daily email real-time election adopted in April 2014. compilation of political returns. newspaper stories.

VPAP Appoints New Board Members

In December, the nonprofit Virginia Kenton Ngo Additionally, the board created an ex- Public Access Project appointed four Ngo is the director of analytics for officio director position reserved for the new members to its bipartisan Board of the Progressive Change Campaign volunteer who chaired its most recent Directors. Committee. He has worked as a annual fundraising luncheon, held each Democratic strategist specializing in May. The Board appointed one director Appointed to three-year terms: polling, mapping, and data. Kenton lives to a one-year ex-officio term: in Arlington. Cathie France Tom Cosgrove France is the chief public affairs officer Ed Scott Cosgrove is the manager of corporate, for the Port of Virginia. Her previous Scott is a former GOP legislator who citizenship & government relations at positions have included government represented a mostly rural swath of the Newport News Shipbuilding. He is a relations for Virginia Natural Gas and Piedmont from 2004-16. He is a partner former executive director of the Virginia deputy director for energy policy in the in a business specializing in alternative Senate Republican Caucus. Tom lives in McDonnell administration. Cathie lives septic systems. Ed lives in Madison Williamsburg. in Virginia Beach. County. The board also reappointed Nicole Riley and Ann Rust to three-year terms. ■

3 The Virginia Public Access Project is a nonprofit that relies on support from its users. VPAP would 2015 Supporters like to thank the following financial contributors.

$50,000 $2,500 Dewberry The Mousetrap Foundation Al Dwoskin Jr. Eckert Seamans Gil Minor Genworth Financial $20,000 Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle Edward H. Rice Lewis F. Payne Jr. HCA Virginia Hospitals Verizon Wendy & Tom Rosenthal Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia TowneBank Inova Health System $11,000 Virginia Press Association Frank E. Laughon Jr. John O. Wynne Vince Mastracco Altria Client Services Ed Yates MercerTrigiani Northern Virginia Association of Realtors $10,000 Reynolds American Ronald D. Abramson $2,000 AT&T Sentara Healthcare Alpha Natural Resources Helen Dragas Kenneth O. Thompson Matthew Calkins Hopkins Family Foundation Troutman Sanders Leslie Cheek III Bryan E. Kornblau Virginia Association for Commercial Real Dominion Micron Technology Estate * Steve Nash Virginia Association of Counties Allison Weinstein & Ivan Jecklin Lawrence Roberts Virginia Association of Health Plans Dawn & Stuart Siegel Virginia Cable Telecom Association $6,000 Sterling Charitable Gift Fund Trust* Richmond Times-Dispatch* Virginia Association of Broadcasters $1,000 Virginia Automobile Dealers Association Mark Warner Robert W. Bailie The Virginian-Pilot* Gerald L. & Robin D. Baliles $1,750 Frank B. Bradley III $5,000 Ward R. Scull III* R. Bruce Bradley Comcast Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Breakthru Beverage Virginia Marvin W. Gilliam Jr. Macon F. Brock Jr. Loren W. Hershey J. Stewart Bryan III Tom Hirst $1,500 Charlottesville Tomorrow Anthem Ivor Massey Jr. James Cheng William H. Fralin Jr. W. Sheppard Miller III Aneesh P. Chopra Bittle Porterfield William A. Olson CSX Corporation Virginia AFL-CIO S. Sonjia Smith Tom DePasquale Virginia Bankers Association David G. Speck W. Heywood Fralin Virginia Beer Wholesalers Association John M. Toups Eva Hardy Virginia Dental Association Bobbie & Jim Ukrop Hilton Worldwide Virginia Education Association Earle C. Williams Joan M. Huffer & Robert H. Dugger Virginia Health Care Association M. Dendy Young Bob & Jean Kane Virginia Municipal League Alan Kirshner $3,000 Nick & Mary Lynn Kotz Appalachian Power Company $1,250 Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen Capital Results Harry T. Lester Ed Robinson* E. Scott Kasprowicz Cheryl P. McLeskey John D. Whitlock* LoanMax RJ Narang McGuireWoods Consulting Northern Virginia Building Industry MeadWestvaco $1,200 Association Medical Society of Virginia Anheuser-Busch Northern Virginia Technology Council Mark Ohrstrom* Apartment & Office Building Association Trevor Potter Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Bon Secours Virginia Praxis Foundation The Roanoke Times* Columbia Gas of Virginia Reed Smith Smithfield Foods Consol Energy Riverside Health System Virginia Association of Realtors Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association Want to add your name to the growing list of VPAP supporters? Williams Mullen* P.O. Box 1472 Donate online at vpap.org/donate Mail a check to: Richmond, VA 23218 * Gave more than amount listed 4 Chesapeake Bay Foundation 2015 Financial Results College of William & Mary Community Associations Institute Council of Independent Colleges in Revenues: $615, 877 Virginia Josée G. Covington* 2% EQT Facebook 12% May Event: $178,325 Farmers Insurance Group 3% Grants GEICO 29% Annual Fund: $230,288 May Event 5% VaNews: $57,469 Bill Grogan Media Hefty, Wiley & Gore 3% Candidates: $16,925 Hillbridge Group 9% Media: $31,975 Paul Hirschbiel Jr. VaNews Fee Services: $16,500 Longwood University J. Granger Macfarlane 37% Grants: $70,000 NFIB Annual Fund Other: $14,395 Newport News Shipbuilding Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce Owens-Illinois Jay S. Poole Sprint Expenditures: $569,272 Take Back Our Republic Andrew & Virginia Tilton 4% Universal Leaf Tobacco Company 4% Virginia Farm Bureau Virginia League of Conservation Voters 5% Virginia Natural Gas Personnel: $449,882 8% Virginia Oil & Gas Association Tech. Virginia Society of Anesthesiologists Technology: $46,089 Virginia Society of CPAs Events/Marketing: $29,522 Virginia Society of Eye Physicians & Services/Support: $23,642 Surgeons 79% Virginia Tech Rent, Overhead: $20,137 Personnel Whitehead Consulting

$500 AAA Tidewater Virginia Charles T. Akre Jr. Ric Arenstein All donations to the Virginia Public Access Project are tax-deductible. Audited financial reports are available at the Jeff Britt Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs. Annual Form 990 tax returns available at guidestar.com. Thomas Connally III Jacob Derzon Charlie Diradour $1,000 (cont’d) $750 Elwood Consulting Gilbert Rosenthal Donald S. Beyer Jr.* James W. Hazel Sally & Walter Rugaber Margaret Edds John T. Hazel Jr. Susan B. & Mark B. Sisisky J. Kenneth Klinge Georgia H. Herbert Thomas G. Snead Jr. Jeffrey Merriman Charles James Gary R. Thomson Ann Rust Altruista Health Virginia Transportation Construction & Virginia Beverage Association Alliance Kemper Consulting Virginia Chamber of Commerce Walling Distributing Company Bobbie Kilberg Virginia Wine Wholesalers Association William E. Wilson William Leighty Judy Ford Wason John Matney $600 M. Yaqub Mirza $850 Adams Construction Company Michael Morency Associated Press* Advantus Strategies George L. Ohrstrom II PWHD Consulting Alliance Group Omega Protein David S. Robinson Jr.* Boehringer Ingelheim Nicholas Perrins CenturyLink Scott C. Plein Check Into Cash of Virginia Karen A. Raschke * Gave more than amount listed 5 $500 (cont’d) Catherine S. Read & Tom Greeson Sanofi VPAP Donors At A Glance Jay Smith James R. Smith Todd A. Stottlemyer Unique Donors Per Year Tidewater Builders Association A Historical Perspective Virginia Petroleum Convenience & Grocery Association 1,000 James L. Weinberg Ted Wood 800 $400 600 Regina & Jim Derzon* FutureLaw* Range Resources 400

Nicole A. Riley # OF DONORS 200 $300 AAA Mid-Atlantic 0 Abbitt Consulting 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Albers & Company American College of Radiology – Virginia Chapter Associated General Contractors 2015 Donors: Donor Retention: B2L Consulting New vs. Renewal 2014-15 William Backer Bank of America First-Time Donors 73% Bateman Consulting 2014 Donors Who Betsy & Jim Beamer 18% Gave Again in 2015 James K. Beazley III Terri Cofer Beirne Matt Benedetti & Associates Ralph Byers Colin Campbell Chadwick, Washington, Moriarty, Elmore & Bunn Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Thomas J. Cosgrove David Bailey Associates Craig DiSesa Eldon James & Associates Nancy Finch The Gaston Group Grant Neely Virginia Hospitality & Travel Association Missy Neff Gould Carli Mugford Nelson Virginia Independent Auto Dealers Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce Robert H. Nelson Association Christopher A. Hilbert Will Payne Virginia Manufacturers Association Elizabeth Hooper Law Office of Steven W. Pearson Virginia Poultry Federation Humana Pickral Consulting Virginia Retail Federation Ken Hutcheson David M. Poole Virginia Sheriffs’ Association Betty Jolly Carole Pratt Robert P. Kegley Richmond Association of Realtors $250 Law Office of Christopher LaGow Chris Rivers W. Robert Abbot Philip A. Leone Mark E. Rubin Melanie Rapp Beale Macaulay & Burtch Sands Anderson Burma & Rick Bochner Manufactured Housing Communities of Robert C. Scott L. Preston Bryant Jr. Virginia Southern Environmental Law Center Sandra C. Canada MDB Strategies Spotts Fain Daniel Carey Mercer Levar M. Stoney Carrie Hileman Chenery John G. Milliken Claudia Tucker C. Daniel Clemente Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia Virginia Coalition of Motorcyclists Bill Crump NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia Virginia College of Emergency Physicians Davis Consultants

* Gave more than amount listed 6 $250 (cont’d) $150 David W. Jones Kate Lipper Josephine DeGive Sam Adams Ralston C. King Paul Logan Nancy Dye Robert G. Burnley Sheila Krumholz John L. Lovaas William W. Fleming David V. Evans* Stanard F. Lanford Jr. Russell Lyons John H. Hager Bonnie Girard Debbie Lockett Barbara Bishop Mann Keith Hare* William B. Harvey Jay L. Marts Andria McClellan Cragg Hines Matt Mansell Marilyn Pace Maxwell* Jeremy Moss Leonard L. Hopkins Jr. Nicole L. Pugar Val McWhorter Samuel Penney Robert Johnson Elliot Schewel Bill Millsaps Robert Quicke Steven D. Johnson Sidney Buford Scott Brenda Moorman Reston Limousine Service Forrest M. Landon Mary & Jack Spain Kelley Osborn Megan Rhyne Anna L. Lawson Martha Steger Elizabeth G. Povar Caroline Gary Romano Laura T. Linn Marian A. Van Landingham Fay Slotnick Nanalou Sauder William C. McAllister York County-Williamsburg Susan Swecker Bev Schlotterbeck Gretchen Moss Professional Firefighters* Aubrey D. Tarkington Anna Scholl & Stephen Davis David S. North Margaret E. Vanderhye C. Douglas Smith Jean Perin $100 Hampden H. Smith III David Poisson Bill Ackerman John Tolleris Richard S. Reynolds III Fred L. Adair Grace White Virginia Coalition for Open Margaret & John Richardson Cutch Armstrong Tyler Whitley Government Mr. & Mrs. N. Pendleton Rogers L. Ray Ashworth Justin Wilson Patricia VonOhlen John H. Rust Gary H. Baise David White Shentel Nancy & Don Baker Other James Shuler Robert S. Bloxom Connie Bedell * Gave more than amount listed S. Bruce Smart Jr. Matt Bruning Katherine A. Courain Shannon R. Valentine Walter Carlson Jr. Donal Day Vectre Corporation Patricia Carroll Andrew Dickinson Thomas Walls Beau Cribbs Rachel Edds John J. Davies III Frank H. Fannon IV $200 Barbara D. Davis Megan Gallagher Alcalde & Fay James H. Dillard II Deirdre & Robert Goldsmith Richard F. Barry III Stewart Gamage Laura & Bill Greenleaf Glenn Fiscella Ray L. Garland J. Edward Grimsley Col. J. Jack Hilgers Ben Greenberg Michael Gropman Frank Kilgore Lawrence Gross* Joshua Heslinga New Dominion PAC Stephen G. Hardy Carrie Johnson James Rich Natalie Hart Bruce C. Keener Mark C. Williams Edward Holland Charles M. Kelley VPAP Leadership Council

The Leadership Council is comprised of business and community leaders who provide invaluable counsel to VPAP and who donate at least $5,000 annually.

Ronald D. Matthew Leslie Marvin W. Loren W. Tom Ivan Ivor W. Sheppard Mark Abramson Calkins Cheek III Gilliam Jr. Hershey Hirst Jecklin Massey Jr. Miller III Ohrstrom Washington, Arlington Warrenton Bristol Oakton Alexandria Henrico Richmond Va. Beach The Plains D.C.

William A. Edward H. S. Sonjia David G. John M. Bobbie & Allison Earle C. M. Dendy Olson Rice Smith Speck Toups Jim Ukrop Weinstein Williams Young Woodbridge Vienna Charlottesville Alexandria McLean Richmond Henrico Springfield McLean 7 VaNews at a Glance

VaNews is a daily compilation of newspaper articles about state politics and government. 1% 5% Total email subscribers: 6,905 Geographic Profile 6% of VaNews Subscribers 6% Readers who donate: 10.7% 36% 8% Email open rate: 77% Greater Richmond Southside Northern Va./D.C. Valley 12% Days published: 276 Hampton Roads Southwest Va. Articles published: 10,456 Piedmont 26%

Driftwoods Consulting H. Lawrence Davidson David V. Evans* Daniel Drummond Michael Flanary* Dulles Area Association of Realtors* Greehan, Taves, Pandak & Stoner* Diana Egozcue* Pierce Homer Eldon James & Associates* Robert Johnson David M. Foster* Robert P. Kegley* The Gaston Group* J. Kenneth Klinge Michele Gillette H. Lane Kneedler Steve Groce League of Women Voters of Virginia* Charles Grymes Lindl Corporation Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle* John G. Milliken Steve Haner* Paul Nardo Bernard Henderson Jr.* Toddy Puller Jim Hoeft* PWHD Consulting William J. Holloran Jr. NEWSBOY CIRCLE – $500 John Rainero Bob Holsworth* John H. Rust Home Builders Association of Virginia* Ric Arenstein Timothy J. Sullivan Margo E. Horner Commonwealth Connections* Richard Swann James River Association Cox Communications* Margaret E. Vanderhye Jim Ross Public Affairs Jeannemarie & Tom Davis Vectre Corporation Richard & Blair Johnstone William Dolan Virginia Beer Wholesalers Association Herschel Kanter Jim Babb Communications Virginia Health Care Association Kirwin Development Strategies* William Leighty Virginia Poultry Federation Chris LaCivita Joe T. May Virginia Poverty Law Center Lecos & Associates Steve Nash* Virginia Transit Association Little, Brown & Company* Deborah Oswalt Wason Center for Public Policy, Debbie Lockett Philip A. Shucet Company Christopher Newport University Laurie MacNamara Catherine S. Read & Tom Greeson* Katharine M. Webb* Ivy L. Main Lawrence Roberts Earle C. Williams Andria McClellan* Virginia Association of Realtors MercerTrigiani* Virginia Hospital & Healthcare DAY SPONSORS – $150 Michael Morency* Association* The Nature Conservancy in Virginia Access Point Public Affairs* Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Albert Pollard Jr.* Ward Armstrong* Association of Electric Cooperatives* Shelly Poole* Bonnie Atwood Martha Pulley David Boling WHIPPLE CIRCLE – $250 Marianne Radcliffe & Ross Grogg* L. Preston Bryant Jr. Caroline H. Rapking Beth Allen Michael & Amanda Cassidy* Runnymede Corporation* B2L Consulting Civil War Preservation Trust John Sherman* Yvonne Callahan* Coalfield Progress* Sierra Club of Virginia* Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Cornerstone Government Affairs* Analysis Council of Independent Colleges in Connie & Ray Sorrell County of Stafford Virginia Jeff South* E.A. Culverhouse* Taxing Authority Consulting Services* Henry Doggett University of Virginia

* Gave more than amount listed 8 DAY SPONSORS – $150 (cont’d) Robert Clarke The ILEX Group* Shannon R. Valentine Whitt Clement* Fran Inge Virginia Association of Counties Becky Coleman Angela Jenkins Virginia Capital Trail Foundation Julia Connally W. Bruce Jennings Virginia Credit Union League* Stanley Corn* Jean Jensen Virginia Farm Bureau* Joe Corrao* Jewish Community Relations Council of VIRGINIAforever* David Cotts* Greater Washington Virginia Network of Private Providers* Jamie Crawford Carrie Johnson Virginia Society of CPAs* CURE Joseph P. Johnson Jr. Louise F. Ware Lamont Curtis Mary Ann Johnson Washington Gas Elizabeth Daley Charles Judd Ann B. Wheeler* Edward Dalrymple* Ann Jurczyk* Williams Mullen* Jason Daniel* Kaine for Virginia L. Karen Darner Sally Kegley* Delmar Group Martin Kent* SUBSCRIBERS – $75 Delmarva Poultry Industry Mary Kimm AARP Virginia Michael J. DeMarco John Knapp Abbitt Consulting Robert E. Denton Jr. R. Paul Lawrence Bill Ackerman Susie Dorsey Thomas Leahy* Kim Adkins Thelma Drake James R. Leaman Albers & Company Diana Dutton* Louis Lerner Kristin Allen Ellen & James Dyke* Linda Lindberg Kris Amundson Michael L. Edwards Jamie Lockhart Apartment & Office Building Association Robert C. Eiffert Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce Kevin Appel* Mimi Elrod Timothy B. Lovain Associated General Contractors* Richard Entsminger* Terri Lynch* Richard Barnes M. Deane B. Eure* Wes MacAdam Richard Barton Lynwood Evans Macaulay & Burtch* Robert Barton Travis Fain* Amanda Macaulay Bateman Consulting* Evan Feinman J. Granger Macfarlane William A. Bell Mary Jo Fields* James Mahone Rosanna L. Bencoach Nancy Finch* Matt Mansell Richard P. Biby* Matt Fitzgerald Joe Marshall Patricia Bishop Michael J. Fox* Christopher Marston Laurie Blackburn Edna N. Frady L. Richard Martin Jr. Donna Blatecky Larry Framme Therese Martin* Carl Boggess* Megan Gallagher Alice-Leigh Mason Bon Secours Virginia Anne Gambardella Karen Maute Chris Bonney Ernie Gates Marilyn Pace Maxwell* Katie Boyle Bob Gibson Bill McAllister Fran Bradford* Kathy Glazer Sandi McNinch Christine O. Bridge* James Gondles Gillian McPhee Bob Brink Missy Neff Gould* Amanda McTyre Padraic Buckley Michelle Gowdy Jeff McWaters Robert G. Burnley* Michael P. Grim* Val McWhorter Bob & Sharon Bushnell* Dick Hammerstrom* Stuart Mendelsohn Mary Caldwell Hampton Roads Military & Federal Neal H. Menkes Jared Calfee Facilities Alliance Leigh Middleditch* Dan Callaghan Don Harris* E.M. Miller Wes Callender* Katherine E. Hayes Eleanor Miller* Carilion Clinic Todd P. Haymore Harris Miller Barbara & Charles Carmichael* Timothy Heaphy Harvey Morgan Patricia Carroll* Georgia H. Herbert Ingrid Morroy* Janet Carver Olga Hernandez Gordon C. Morse* Mary-Margaret Cash Joshua Heslinga Gail Nardi* Bernard J. Caton Dennis Heuer Kirsten Nelson* Linda Chernisky* Col. J. Jack Hilgers* Warren Nelson City of Harrisonburg Susan Hixson Clint Nichols City of Roanoke George Homewood Sam Nixon City of Staunton John Hopkins Jim Nolan Brent Clarke I-95 Business Parks Management Sheila S. Noll

* Gave more than amount listed 9 SUBSCRIBERS – $75 (cont’d) Nanalou Sauder* Virginia Agribusiness Council Jeff Schapiro Virginia Association of Community David S. North* Scott Howell & Company Banks Anne O’Brien Claudia Scott Virginia Cable Telecom Association Kelley Osborn Joshua Scott Virginia Cattlemen’s Association Elizabeth Outka & Trip Pollard Aimee Perron Seibert* Virginia Federation of Republican Erik Pages David Shufflebarger* Women Vivian J. Paige Andrew Sinclair* Virginia Forestry Association Jeffrey Painter Walt Smiley Virginia Hospitality & Travel Kimball Payne* The Smith Group* Association Ginny Peters* Hampden H. Smith III* Virginia Production Alliance L. Chris Petersen Rhonnie Smith Virginia Retired Teachers Association Susan Platt Smithfield Times Virginia Sheriffs’ Association David Poisson* Southwest Virginia Higher Education Virginia State Police Association David M. Poole Center Katherine Waddell Memory Porter Jon Stehle John Walker* Elizabeth G. Povar* William Stewart* August Wallmeyer Katherine Powell Robert Stolle* Joe Walton Sheryl Moody Reddington* Scott Surovell Steve Walz William Ferguson Reid* S.W. Rodgers Company* Mike Watson Georgia Reynard Mary Taylor Jonathan Way* Mike Reynold Rodney Taylor* Wellmont Health System Richard S. Reynolds III* Mary Sue Terry Tom Whipple Daniel Rinzel* Sally Thomas* WHRO Harrison Roday Tim Thornton* Betsey Wildhack* Charles Ronco Virginia & Andrew Tilton* Justin Wilson Court G. Rosen* Guy K. Tower Lilla Wise Danny Rubin Jeff Trammell* Wolf Run Foundation* Mark E. Rubin* John Tuohy E. Linwood Wright Koran Saines Florence Upson Gladys Yates Prue Salasky Marian A. Van Landingham Sherry Zachry Richard Saslaw Nancy Vehrs * Gave more than amount listed

2015 Sunshine Caucus

$1,000 $300 Sen. Richard Stuart $100-$150 Del. Bill Howell Del. Dickie Bell Del. Del. Del. Ken Plum Sen. Bill Carrico Del. Del. Betsy Carr Sen. John Watkins Sen. John Edwards Sen. Jennifer Wexton Del. James Edmunds Del. Gordon Helsel Del. Del. Eileen Filler-Corn Sen. Janet Howell Del. Scott Garrett $600 Del. $200-$250 Del. Del. Del. Sen. Kenny Alexander Sen. Steve Newman Del. Del. Terry Austin Sen. Mark Obenshain $500 Sen. Mamie Locke Del. Del. Del. Peter Farrell Del. Alfonso Lopez Del. Kirk Cox Del. Sen. Sen. Louise Lucas Del. Del. Del. Chris Jones Del. Jimmie Massie Del. Riley Ingram Del. Del. David Toscano Del. Del. Barry Knight Sen. Chap Petersen Del. Other Del. Sam Rasoul Sen. Frank Ruff $400 Sen. Rosalyn Dance Del. Del. Del. Manoli Loupassi Del. Sr. Del. Ed Scott Del. Del. Chris Peace

10 2015 VPAP Events

More than 300 people were on hand in May for the 2015 edition of Lighten Up, It’s Lighten Up, Just Politics. This unique event gives politicians from both sides a chance to make light of themselves – and others. Republican State Sen. Tom Garrett served up jokes as master of ceremonies and Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine was the featured It’s Just Politics stand-up act. The luncheon was held May 28 at the Downtown Richmond Marriott.

After Virginia Votes brought together Jeff Ryer of the Virginia Senate Republican Caucus and Brian Zuzenak from Gov. McAuliffe’s PAC to discuss the 2015 state Senate elections. George Mason University Dean Mark Rozell led the 90-minute discussion, which was held November 9 at the GMU-Arlington Campus. After Virginia Votes

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