Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Abingdon, Virginia

Debate Sponsored by: Virginia’s Ninth Congressional District Republican Committee

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WELCOME! Welcome to the Ninth District Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General Candidates Debate! We hope that you will find the information and ideas shared by the candidates this evening useful as you are deciding on your choice for the Republican nomination for each office.

Tonight’s program will be live streamed on www.va9gop.org and a video/audio recording will also be made available by tomorrow for later viewing on the web site.

Unless otherwise instructed by the debate moderator, please HOLD all APPLAUSE and REACTION. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated as we work to provide the maximum amount of time for our candidates to present their ideas and viewpoints.

VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN CREED We Believe:

. That the free enterprise system is the most productive supplier of human needs and economic justice, . That all individuals are entitled to equal rights, justice, and opportunities and should assume their responsibilities as citizens in a free society, . That fiscal responsibility and budgetary restraints must be exercised at all levels of government, . That the Federal Government must preserve individual liberty by observing Constitutional limitations, . That peace is best preserved through a strong national defense, . That faith in God, as recognized by our Founding Fathers is essential to the moral fiber of the Nation.

NINTH DISTRICT REPUBLICAN GALA Please join us at the next Ninth Congressional District Republican Committee event! The Fifth Annual Jerry W. Kilgore 9th District Republican Gala will be held on Friday, May 3 in Radford at the Pete Dye River Course Clubhouse starting at 6:00pm. Congressman Morgan Griffith will be the keynote speaker.

Buy tickets now at www.va9gop.org. For more details, contact Patty Manthe at (540) 808-9360 or email: [email protected] The event is black-tie optional and sponsorship packages are available.

Page 2 DEBATE PROGRAM Program begins at 6:00pm

Welcome Jack Morgan Chairman, 9th Congressional District Republican Committee Invocation Mike Honaker Senior Pastor, River of Life Church, Dublin, Virginia Pledge of Delegate Israel D. O’Quinn Allegiance Virginia House of Delegates, 5th District Reading of Michelle Jenkins Virginia Member, RPV State Central Committee, 9th District Republican Creed Past Chair, 9th Congressional District Republican Committee Introduction of Richard Macbeth Debate Moderator 9th District Debate Committee Chairman Moderator Steve Hawkins Remarks Radio/Television Personality Special Video Welcome from a Special Guest Welcome AG  Rob Bell Candidates  Mark Obenshain Debate* Intermission There will be a very brief intermission between the debate panels to allow the stage to be reset. LG  Jeannemarie Davis Candidates  E.W. Jackson Debate*  Scott Lingamfelter  Steve Martin  Pete Snyder  Corey Stewart  Susan Stimpson Closing Richard Macbeth Remarks 9th District Debate Committee Chairman

Jack Morgan Chairman, 9th Congressional District Republican Committee

*A random drawing will be conducted immediately prior to the debate to determine candidate seating and the order in which questions will be asked to the candidates.

Page 3 MEET THE MODERATOR Steve Hawkins grew up in Rogersville, Tennessee, and graduated from East Tennessee State University (ETSU). He began working at WCYB-TV during his junior year of college and remained there for 35-years, as News Director and Anchor.

Steve joined Bristol Broadcasting in 2011 and began producing the Steve Hawkins Show on SuperTalk 92.9 WFHG in October 2011. In addition to hosting the morning talk show, he is also News Director for the four Bristol Broadcasting stations--WXBQ, Electric 94.9, Z Rock, and SuperTalk 92.9. Steve Hawkins Radio/Television An adjunct professor at ETSU for more than 25-years, Steve regularly teaches Personality News Reporting and Producing, and Broadcast Management. He co-wrote a textbook with Dr. Teresa Keller from Emory and Henry College in 2001. The Newswriting and Reporting textbook has been used at 40-colleges and universities in 20 states and is currently in the third edition.

MEET THE CANDIDATES* * The following information about the candidates was provided by the respective campaigns for inclusion in this program and/or obtained from the candidate’s official campaign web site. Statements in this section should not be construed to be an endorsement of any candidate by the Ninth Congressional District Republican Committee. Governor of Virginia Ken Cuccinelli is the official 2013 Republican nominee for Governor of Virginia. Ken Cuccinelli was sworn in as Virginia’s Attorney General on January 16, 2010.

As Attorney General, he has become best known for his efforts to preserve liberty and defend the U.S. Constitution.

Prior to assuming this role, he was a leading conservative member of the Virginia Senate from 2002 until 2010. His experience as a small business owner and an attorney had uniquely Ken Cuccinelli prepared him for his role in the General Assembly where he served on the Courts of Justice Committee, Transportation Committee, Local Government Committee, Rehabilitation and Social For More Information: Services Committee, and the Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee.

www.cuccinelli.com As a state senator, Ken led the fight to defend constitutional rights, stop tax increases, protect life and families, and keep Virginia a low-regulation and pro-free market state.

From 2005 up to the present day, Ken has worked tirelessly to pass meaningful eminent domain laws that now prevent local and state governments from taking private homes and businesses for developers’ projects instead of for true public uses. Ken also had a strong record of supporting our police officers as they protect our communities. He passed legislation that stopped local governments from unfairly exploiting our law enforcement officers’ overtime work.

Prior to assuming the office of Attorney General, Ken was a small business owner and partner in the law firm of Cuccinelli & Day, in Fairfax. He was a business law attorney with a particular focus on serving as an outsourced general counsel to small and mid-sized companies. His wide range of experience included litigation, licensing, financing, employment, advertising, branding, corporate formation, business transactions and contracts for both domestic and international clients. Ken also had experience in public interest, constitutional law and property rights cases.

Ken has been married to his wife Teiro for more than 20 years and they have five daughters and two sons. Ken and Teiro are active members of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Gainesville.

Page 4 Lieutenant Governor of Virginia The Republican nominee will be decided by the RPV State Convention on May 18, 2013 in Richmond from among the following seven candidates. The oldest of four children and the daughter of an Air Force civilian, Jeannemarie was born on an American Air Force base in England. After several moves, her family settled in Arlington, Virginia when she was ten years old. A product of the public school system, Jeannemarie graduated from Yorktown High School, in 1974. Jeannemarie attended the University of Virginia, where she earned a degree in Mathematics, in 1978.

In 1997, Jeannemarie was elected to the House of Delegates where she served for three Jeannemarie Davis terms. In 2003, Jeannemarie was elected to the State Senate and served until 2008. Jeannemarie was a partner in a small technology consulting firm from 2003 until January 2010, For More Information: when she accepted a Cabinet level position in the office of Governor Bob McDonnell, Directing the Virginia Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, in Washington, D.C. www.jeannemarie4lg.com

Jeannemarie is the proud mother of four grown daughters. Nichole, a marketing professional and entrepreneur, and Ashley, a graphic designer, are graduates of George Mason University. Cassie, an Air Force officer (Captain), and Alexandra, a professional dancer, are graduates of the University of Virginia.

Jeannemarie and her husband, former Congressman Tom Davis, live in Vienna (Fairfax County) with their two very adorable Maltese dogs, Rory and Duchess.

E.W. Jackson served three years and was honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps. He then graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree (BA), Summa Cum Laude with a Phi Beta Kappa Key from the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Three years later he graduated from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor (JD). While in law school, he was accepted into the Baptist ministry and studied theology at Harvard Divinity School.

Jackson practiced small business law for 15 years in Boston, and taught Regulatory Law as an E.W. Jackson Adjunct Professor at the Graduate level at Northeastern University in Boston. Since returning to his ancestral home of Virginia, he has also taught graduate courses in Business and For More Information: Commercial Law at Strayer University in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake. www.jacksonforlg.com In 1997, he retired from his private law practice in order to devote full time to ministry. In recognition of his national ministry leadership, E.W. Jackson was consecrated a Bishop in 1998. He and his wife, Theodora, have been married for forty-one years, have three children and reside in Chesapeake, Virginia.

Delegate L. Scott Lingamfelter was raised in Richmond, Virginia where he attended public and parochial schools. He then attended the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Virginia where he earned a B.A. in History in 1973. After graduating from VMI as a Distinguished Military Graduate (DMG), he was commissioned in the Regular Army of the United States and began a career as a Field Artilleryman.

In 1979, the United States Army awarded him a full academic scholarship to the University of Scott Lingamfelter Virginia (UVa) where he earned a Master of Arts in Government and Foreign Affairs in 1981. After many assignments around the world during war and peace, he rose to the rank of For More Information: Colonel. He retired after 28 years of active duty service. www.vote4scott.com Elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2001 representing Prince William and Fauquier Counties, Delegate Lingamfelter is an adherent to the Founders’ vision of constitutional and conservative government. He is a member of the House Appropriations Committee, a member of the Education Committee, and Chairman of the Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee.

Delegate Lingamfelter is married to the former Shelley Glick of Bridgewater, Virginia. They have three children. The Lingamfelter family attends Christ Our Lord Anglican Church.

Page 5 Senator Steve Martin represents Virginia's 11th Senate District, which includes a majority of Chesterfield County and all of Amelia County and the city of Colonial Heights. He has served in the Virginia Senate since his special election in 1994. Prior to that, he served in the House of Delegates from his election to that body in 1987. Throughout these years of service, Steve has focused on health, mental health, election law, property rights, economic development, and other issues that help make our Commonwealth a leader among the other states in the nation.

Steve Martin Senator Martin is a senior member on several standing committees in the Senate. He serves as the Chairman of the Education and Health Committee, and also serves on the Local For More Information: Government, General Laws and Technology, Privileges and Elections, Commerce and Labor, www.senatorstevemartin.com and Rules Committees. He is also active in a number of national organizations and serves on several commissions, task forces, and committees dedicated to addressing health care issues.

Steve was born in Chesterfield County and has seven siblings. He enjoys spending time with his sons and his two granddaughters, Olivia and Mckinley, and looks forward to welcoming his third grandchild in the near future. Steve is a member of South Richmond Rotary and Swift Creek Baptist Church, where he is involved in various ministries and efforts to meet the needs of others.

Pete is a successful entrepreneur. In 1999, Pete founded New Media Strategies (NMS) out of his one-bedroom apartment and worked tirelessly to address a real need in the marketplace. In doing so, he founded the world’s first social media marketing agency. That company quickly grew from a tiny, shoe-string operation to creating hundreds of jobs here in Virginia. In 2012, Pete launched a new company called Disruptor Capital – a Virginia-based angel capital investment company focused on funding and growing new and emerging technologies, ideas, and entrepreneurs. Pete Snyder Pete’s no newcomer to the conservative cause. He cut his teeth in grassroots campaigns back For More Information: in ’94 as a foot soldier in Ollie’s Army during Lt. Col. Oliver North’s legendary U.S. Senate www.petesnyder.com campaign in Virginia. Over the years, Pete has been involved in dozens of conservative causes and campaigns and regularly added his ideas and leadership to the movement as a Fox News Contributor.

In 2012, Governor Bob McDonnell asked Pete to chair the Victory efforts in the Commonwealth. Pete is very proud that he had the privilege of working with grassroots leaders across every single part of our Commonwealth.

Pete is both a proud alumnus and member of the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary. Pete and his wife, Burson, reside in Fairfax County.

Corey Stewart was re-elected Chairman At-Large of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors in 2011. Prince William County is the Commonwealth's second-most populated county with a population of approximately 425,000 people. Under Corey’s leadership, the Board has trimmed county spending by more than $143 million resulting in average tax bills being reduced to the lowest level in five years.

During Corey’s time as Chairman, Prince William County has been upgraded to AAA bond Corey Stewart rating status by all three-credit agencies – S&P, Fitch and Moody’s. Also, during Corey’s tenure Prince William County was ranked the #1 locality in job growth in Virginia and the #3 For More Information: locality for job growth in the nation. As Chairman, Corey has received national recognition for www.coreystewart.com implementing the nation’s toughest crackdown on illegal immigration, resulting in the County turning over more than 4500 criminal illegal immigrants to the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. Violent crime has dropped 35 percent since Corey took office, leaving overall crime at a 15-year low.

Corey and his wife of 17 years, Maria, reside in Woodbridge with their two sons Isaac and Luke, who attend Prince William County Schools. The Stewart’s are parishioners St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Woodbridge.

Page 6 Susan Stimpson currently serves as Chairman of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors. A long-time conservative grassroots leader, Susan understands that liberty is the key to our prosperity.

As Chairman of Stafford County, Susan has put grassroots conservatism into action by cutting real estate tax 3 years in a row, eliminating the business tax, reducing government bureaucracy to 2004 levels and, in 2010, passing budgets lower than the previous year. As a Susan Stimpson result, Stafford County has ranked #1 in Virginia in job growth and #4 in business growth. As Lieutenant Governor, Susan will be a fiscally conservative, pro-small business, pro-Second For More Information: Amendment leader who will reject the business-as-usual establishment politics and actually www.susanstimpson.com advance conservative principles.

A graduate of Mary Washington College, Susan has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. Susan lives in Stafford County with her husband Dan, a retired Marine. They have two children.

Attorney General of Virginia The Republican nominee will be decided by the RPV State Convention on May 18, 2013 in Richmond from among the following two candidates.

An honors graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of Virginia Law School, Rob Bell served as a state prosecutor for five years.

In the Virginia General Assembly, Rob has written laws that crack down on drunk driving. As a result, MADD (Virginia) named him the 2005 Outstanding Legislator. He is also interested in school safety. In recent years, he has written laws to ban criminal sex offenders from school property during school hours and to require additional background checks on school personnel. Rob Bell Last year, Rob was the House patron for the Virginia Constitutional amendment, which protects For More Information: property rights and eliminates eminent domain abuses. www.robbellforag.com An Eagle Scout, Rob was an active volunteer with the Boy Scouts and with the public schools prior to his election in 2001. Rob’s wife, Jessica, is a schoolteacher. She is currently staying home to raise their children, Robbie and Evie. The Bells live in Albemarle County.

Mark has been politically active practically his entire life. He has served as the chairman of two Republican committees, has been a delegate to every Republican state convention since 1980, and was a member of Virginia’s delegation to the 1980 Republican National Convention, which nominated Ronald Reagan. Mark has worked on the campaigns of virtually every Republican nominee for state and local office since he began practicing law in Harrisonburg in 1987.

He is the current Chairman of the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee and has become Mark Obenshain one of Virginia’s leading proponents of reform-minded limited government conservatism. Mark has served in the Senate of Virginia since 2004. For More Information: www.markobenshain.com Mark and his wife Suzanne have two children, Anne Tucker, who graduated from James Madison University, and Sam, who is a current student at Virginia Tech. They are active members of Harrisonburg’s First Presbyterian Church.

Page 7 RPV STATE CONVENTION The Republican Party of Virginia will hold a Convention in Richmond on May 17-18. Voting for the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor and for Attorney General will take place on Saturday, May 18. In order to attend and vote as a delegate at the Convention, you must be elected by your local unit’s mass meeting.

For more details on the Convention, visit www.rpvconvention.com or contact your local unit chairman.

SPECIAL THANKS The Ninth Congressional District Republican Committee would like to express its sincerest appreciation and gratitude to the following individuals and organizations for helping to make tonight’s debate a success.

. Dale Yontz / Duke’s Printing . K-VA-T / Food City . Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center . Steve Hawkins . Mike Honaker . Michelle Jenkins . Delegate Israel D. O’Quinn . Sheriff Fred Newman / Washington County Sheriff’s Office . 9th District Debate Planning Committee o Richard Macbeth, Chair o Kevin Corbett o Tucker Davis o Adam Tolbert o Jack Weaver

Paid for & Authorized by Virginia’s Ninth Congressional District Republican Committee

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