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Lee Ware
File:Photo Delegate Lee Ware 2019.jpg
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 65th District
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 16, 1998
Preceded byJohn Watkins
Personal details
Born
Robert Lee Ware, Jr.

(1952-08-20) August 20, 1952 (age 72)
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseKathleen Annette Nulton
ChildrenKaren, Rob, Thomas, Jeb
ResidencePowhatan County, Virginia
Alma materWheaton College (BA)
Harvard University (MA)
ProfessionEducator and Politician
Signature
Websitewww.delegateleeware.net

Robert Lee Ware, Jr. (born August 20, 1952) is an American politician. Since 1998 he has served in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 65th district west of Richmond, consisting of the entirety of his home county of Powhatan, the precincts of Skinquarter, Tomahawk, Woolridge, Brandermill, Swift Creek, Evergreen West, Edgewater, Midlothian, Roseland, and Midlothian North in Chesterfield County; the precincts of Fife, Three Square, Sandy Hook, and Goochland Court House 2, in Goochland County; and the precincts of Columbia and Fork Union in Fluvanna County.[1] He is a member of the Republican Party.[2]

Life, education, career

Ware was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He received a B.A. degree in history and literature from Wheaton College in 1974, and he has pursued graduate studies in the same subjects at Harvard University, Asbury Seminary, Northeastern University, Longwood College, and Virginia Commonwealth University.[3]

Ware moved to Powhatan, Virginia as editor of the weekly newspaper the Powhatan Gazette, where he worked between 1981-1984.

Starting in 1984, Ware taught history and government at Powhatan High School for 15 years. He later taught at Blessed Sacrament Huguenot Academy. In 2012 he became academic dean of Benedictine College Preparatory School[4] until his retirement in 2014. Ware is a Roman Catholic.

Positions and appointments

Ware has served on the House committees on:[5]

  • Agriculture (1998–2001)
  • Chesapeake and Natural Resources (2002–)
  • Claims (1998–1999)
  • Commerce and Labor (2002–)
  • Conservation and Natural Resources (1998–2001)
  • Corporations
  • Insurance and Banking (1998–2001)
  • Finance (2001–)
  • Militia and Police (2000–2001)
  • Militia
  • Police and Public Safety (2002–2003)
  • Mining and Mineral Resources (1998–2000)
  • Rules (2010–)

His current Committee Membership assignments include:

  • Finance
  • Agriculture Chesapeake and Natural Resource
  • Commerce and Labor
  • Rules

His current Subcommittee Membership assignments include:[6]

  • Agriculture Chesapeake and Natural Resources - Subcommittee #2
  • Finance - Subcommittee #2
  • Finance - Subcommittee #3
  • Commerce and Labor - Subcommittee #1
  • Rules - Subcommittee #1

Ware also serves by appointment on several commissions, including:

  • Small Business
  • Water
  • Health Insurance Reform
  • Coal & Energy
  • Unemployment Compensation
  • Employment Retirement Security and Pension Reform

He is a member of:[7]

  • Governor’s Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates
  • Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Board of Trustees
  • joint subcommittees on Local Government Fiscal Stress and Tax Preferences

Chairman of Finance Committee

Ware is the former Chairman of the House Finance Committee.[8]

Opposition to Selective Ban on Sunday Hunting

Ware has historically opposed efforts to lift Virginia's selective ban on Sunday hunting.[9] [10] In 2014, the General Assembly passed and the Governor signed legislation to permit hunting on Sunday allowing private property owners to choose for their own property, not within 200 yards of church, and no use of hunting deer with hounds.[11] This victory was passed by large margin of 71 in favor and the minority at 27 against.[12]

Electoral history

Ware served two terms on the Powhatan County Board of Supervisors, 1988–1996. He was board chairman for one year.[2][13]

On December 17, 1997, state Senator Joseph B. Benedetti resigned his seat to accept Governor-elect Jim Gilmore's offer to become head of the state Department of Criminal Justice Services. 65th district Delegate John Watkins was chosen to succeed Benedetti in a special election on January 6, 1998. On January 13, the day before the Virginia General Assembly convened, Ware won a special election to replace Watkins. He was sworn in three days later.[14][15]

Date Election Candidate Party Votes %
Virginia House of Delegates, 65th district
Jan 13, 1998[15] Special R. Lee Ware, Jr. Republican 7,479 65.42
Edward B. Barber Democratic 3,550 31.05
Jeffrey M. Keegan Independent 396 3.46
Write Ins 8 0.07
John Watkins was elected to the Senate; seat stayed Republican
Nov 2, 1999[16] General R. Lee Ware, Jr. Republican 10,183 77.07
Timothy R. Belton Independent 3,016 22.83
Write Ins 13 0.10
Nov 6, 2001[17] General R. Lee Ware, Jr. Republican 18,851 74.93
Christine K. Lowrie Democratic 5,802 23.06
John H. Girardeau III Libertarian 498 1.98
Write Ins 7 0.03
Nov 4, 2003[18] General R. Lee Ware, Jr. Republican 10,131 75.12
Robert E. Williams Democratic 3,351 24.85
Write Ins 4 0.03
Nov 8, 2005[19] General R. Lee Ware, Jr. Republican 23,851 96.88
Write Ins 768 3.12
Nov 6, 2007[20] General R. Lee Ware, Jr. Republican 14,944 98.02
Write Ins 301 1.97
Nov 3, 2009[21] General R. Lee Ware, Jr. Republican 21,887 71.46
Gary R. Reinhardt Independent 8,682 28.34
Write Ins 56 0.18
Nov 8, 2011[22] General R. Lee Ware, Jr. Republican 14,991 97.59
Write Ins 369 2.40
Nov 5, 2013[23] General R. Lee Ware, Jr. Republican 19,839 67.60
William E. Quarles, Jr. Democratic 9,431 32.14
Write Ins 76 0.26
Nov 3, 2015[24] General R. Lee Ware, Jr. Republican 19,842 97.31
Write Ins 548 2.69
Nov 7, 2017[25] General R. Lee Ware, Jr. Republican 22,394 64.01
Francis M. Stevens Democratic 12,530 35.82
Write Ins 59 0.17
Nov 5, 2019[26] General R. Lee Ware, Jr. Republican 24,710 65.07
Michael P. "Mike" Asip Democratic 13,247 34.89
Write Ins 16 0.04

Notes

  1. ^ "Delegate Lee Ware - About". Delegate Lee Ware - House of Delegates Virginia. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  2. ^ a b "Bio for R. Lee Ware". Virginia House of Delegates. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  3. ^ "Delegate Lee Ware - About". Delegate Lee Ware - House of Delegates Virginia. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  4. ^ Odor, Ken (2013-04-22). "Former Goochland Board of Supervisors chairman to run against Ware for House of Delegates". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  5. ^ "Legislative Information System". Virginia General Assembly. Archived from the original on 1996-12-19. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  6. ^ "Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings". virginiageneralassembly.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  7. ^ "Delegate Lee Ware - About". Delegate Lee Ware - House of Delegates Virginia. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  8. ^ "House of Delegates Committees". virginiageneralassembly.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  9. ^ "Sunday hunting bills ... proponents speak out".
  10. ^ "Virginia Lawmakers Preserve Ban on Sunday Hunting 2012".
  11. ^ "Hunting on Sundays Law Effective July 1, 2014".
  12. ^ http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+HB1237
  13. ^ "Delegate Lee Ware ... a Biography ..." Virginia Delegate Lee Ware, 65th District. 2009. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2013-06-17. (campaign website)
  14. ^ "Election Results- Jan 6 1998 Special Election". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  15. ^ a b "Election Results- Jan 13 1998 Special Election". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  16. ^ "Election Results - House of Delegates - Nov 1999 Gen Election". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  17. ^ "General Election- November 6, 2001". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on December 29, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  18. ^ "General Election- November 4, 2003". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 2013-06-17.[dead link]
  19. ^ "General Election- November 8, 2005". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  20. ^ "November 6, 2007 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  21. ^ "November 2009 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  22. ^ "November 2011 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  23. ^ "November 2013 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
  24. ^ "November 2015 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  25. ^ "2017 November General". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  26. ^ https://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2019%20November%20General/Site/GeneralAssembly.html
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