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Summary

Representative Donald 'Don' W. Merricks

Full Name: Donald 'Don' W. Merricks
Office: State House (VA) - District 16, Republican
First Elected: 11/06/2007
Last Elected: 11/08/2011
Next Election: 2013
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Patti; 2 Children: Lori, Donald II
Birth Date: 01/13/1952
Birth Place: Danville, VA
Religion: Baptist

Recent Key Votes

HB 1999 - Requires the Development of a School Grading System
Legislation (Yea)

Feb. 4, 2013 - Requires the Board of Education to assign a grade from A to F to individual public schools for the 2013-2014 school year based on ...

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Recent Public Statements

Governor McDonnell Signs Legislation to Encourage Investment in Small Businesses

June 6, 2012 - Governor McDonnell today signed Senate Bill 344 (McDougle) and House Bill 585 (Merricks) to encourage investment in Virginia's small businesses. The legislation creates the Small ...

Issue Position: Jobs

Jan. 1, 2011 - We must take care of our own in Virginia. By that I refer to the businesses and industries currently employing Virginians. The majority of new ...

Issue Position: Cutting Waste amnd Increasing Accountability in State Government

Jan. 1, 2011 - There are many programs in Virginia government. Although most are effective, duplicate programs must be eliminated. I feel Virginia needs to do several things to ...

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Recent Interest Group Ratings

Span Name Rating
2012 Virginia Education Association Positions 14%
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Campaign Finances

Top industry Uncoded ($8,653.00)
Source FollowTheMoney.org
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Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

Donald Merricks refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2011 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.

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Contact Information

Capitol Email
DelDMerricks@house.virginia.gov

District Email
voteformerricks@ymail.com

Capitol Website
http://dela.state.va.us/dela/MemBios.nsf/a7b082ef6ed01eac85256c0d00515644/0f714fc22ae0416385257b64004568df?OpenDocument

District Website
http://www.donmerricks.org/

Capitol
General Assembly Building
Post Office Box 406
Richmond, VA 23218
Phone: 804-698-1016
Fax: 804-698-6716

District
Post Office Box K
Chatham, VA 24531
Phone: 434-432-3370

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