Randy Forbes

Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 4th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 19, 2001
Preceded by Norman Sisisky
Member of the
Virginia State Senate
from the 14th district
In office
January 1998 – June 26, 2001
Preceded by Mark L. Earley
Succeeded by Harry Blevins
Member of the
Virginia House of Delegates
from the 78th district
In office
January 1990 – January 1998
Preceded by Frederick H. Creekmore
Succeeded by Harry Blevins
Personal details
Born February 17, 1952 (1952-02-17) (age 59)
Chesapeake, Virginia
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Shirley Forbes
Residence Chesapeake, Virginia
Alma mater Randolph-Macon College, University of Virginia
Occupation Attorney
Religion Baptist

James Randy Forbes (born February 17, 1952) is the U.S. Representative for Virginia's 4th congressional district, serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.

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Early life, education and career

Born in Chesapeake, Virginia, Forbes graduated first in his class from Randolph-Macon College in 1974. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1977. Forbes worked in private practice for Kaufman & Canoles PC.

Virginia Legislature

Forbes served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1989 to 1997 and the Virginia State Senate from 1997 to 2001. Forbes was first elected to the House in 2001 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of ten-term Democratic Congressman Norman Sisisky; defeating Democratic State Senator Louise Lucas 52-48%.[1] After the 4th district was reconfigured as part of redistricting,[2] Forbes has since run unopposed by Democrats in 2002 and 2006; in 2004, he faced Jonathan R. Menefee and won with 65% of the vote.[3] He faced Wynne LeGrow in the 2010 election, and was easily re-elected with 62% of the vote.

Forbes was Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia from 1996 to 2001.

U.S. House of Representatives

Committee assignments

Memberships

Caucuses
  • Army; Navy/Marine Corps; Coast Guard; Special Operations Force Caucuses
  • Children's Caucus
  • Congressional China Caucus
  • Congressional Modeling and Simulation Caucus
  • Congressional Prayer Caucus, founder[4]
  • Congressional Pro-Life Caucus
  • Diabetes Caucus
  • Historic Preservation Caucus
  • House Republican Israel Caucus
  • Immigration Reform Caucus
  • International Conservation Caucus
  • Internet Caucus
  • Military Retiree-Veterans Caucus
  • Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus
Other

Political positions

Culture war

Forbes has made a major issue out of the "culture war," by forming the Push Back Team,[5] basically a fundraising measure for Forbes' campaign. As part of this campaign, Forbes is the founder and chairman of the Congressional Prayer Caucus, formed for the purpose of encouraging prayer through legislation, and opposing laws such as those banning collective prayer led by school officials.[6]

Recent proposed cultural legislation sponsored by Forbes includes the following:

  • To designate the United States as a Judeo-Christian nation.[7]
  • To declare that "the Holy Bible is God’s Word".[8]
  • To declare religion a prerequisite for freedom and reject "the notion that the laws and Constitution of the United States require the exclusion of God from matters of government".[9]
  • To prevent the IRS from assisting the federal government in an "invasion into the health care lives of American citizens".[10]
  • To declare that religion forms "the inseparable foundation for America’s representative processes, legal systems, and societal structures".[7]

Gangs

Forbes sponsored H.R. 1279[11] The Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2005 (The Gangbusters Bill), which intends to increase support for police in going after gangs, re-define violent crime, and sets higher minimum mandatory sentences for gang related activity.[12] Some critics of the bill say that it re-defines violent crime very broadly, allows the death penalty for "any crime resulting in death," and sets overly stringent minimum sentences.[13] This bill passed the House on May 11, 2005, and has been referred to the Senate. Similar legislation was passed again on September 21, 2006, yet to be taken up by the Senate.[14]

Energy Independence

On June 12, 2008 Forbes introduced H.R. 6260 entitled, "New Manhattan Project for Energy Independence." In this bill Forbes outlines a series of prizes, similar to the X-PRIZE, which would be awarded to a private entity, which completed one of seven tasks related to achieving energy independence. The bill includes 14 billion dollars in prizes and 10 billion dollars in grants. It also seeks to establish a summit to discuss the challenge of energy independence and a commission to create a set of recommendations to fulfill the goal of becoming energy independent within 20 years.

Electoral history

Virginia's 4th congressional district: Results 2000–2008[15][16][17]
Year Democrat Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct 3rd Party Party Votes Pct
2000 Norman Sisisky ** 189,787 99% (no candidate) Write-ins 2,108 1%
2001 Louise Lucas 65,190 48% J. Randy Forbes 70,917 52%
2002 (no candidate) J. Randy Forbes 108,733 98% Write-ins 2,308 2%
2004 Jonathan R. Menefee 100,413 35% J. Randy Forbes 182,444 64% *
2006 (no candidate) J. Randy Forbes 150,967 76% Albert P. Burckard, Jr. Independent Green 46,487 23% *
2008 Andrea Miller 135,041 40% J. Randy Forbes 199,075 60% *
2010 Wynne LeGrow 74,209 38% J. Randy Forbes 122,667 62% *
*Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 2004, write-ins received 170 votes. In 2006, write-ins received 886 votes. In 2008, write-ins received 405 votes. In 2010, write-ins received 432 votes.

** Sisisky died on March 29, 2001; Forbes won the 2001 special election to fill out the remainder of his term.

References

  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ Public Interest Guide to Redistricting
  3. ^ "Virginia election results 2004 - washingtonpost.com". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/elections/2004/va/. 
  4. ^ Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation
  5. ^ [2][dead link]
  6. ^ The Congressional Prayer Caucus
  7. ^ a b "Read The Bill: H. Res. 397". GovTrack.us. 2009-05-04. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=hr111-397. Retrieved 2010-08-29. 
  8. ^ "Read The Bill: H. Con. Res. 34". GovTrack.us. 2009-01-28. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=hc111-34. Retrieved 2010-08-29. 
  9. ^ "Read The Bill: H. Con. Res. 274". GovTrack.us. 2010-05-05. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=hc111-274. Retrieved 2010-08-29. 
  10. ^ "Read The Bill: H.R. 5054". GovTrack.us. 2010-04-15. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-5054. Retrieved 2010-08-29. 
  11. ^ Search Results - THOMAS (Library of Congress)
  12. ^ Congressman J. Randy Forbes, Virginia's Fourth District - Gangbusters Bill
  13. ^ Sentencing: House Passes Orwellian "Anti-Gang" Mandatory Minimums
  14. ^ Congressman J. Randy Forbes, Virginia's Fourth District - Press Releases
  15. ^ "Election Statistics". Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html. Retrieved 2008-01-10. 
  16. ^ Our Campaigns - VA District 4 - Special Race
  17. ^ "November 2008 Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2008/07261AFC-9ED3-410F-B07D-84D014AB2C6B/Official/6_s.shtml. 

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Norman Sisisky
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 4th congressional district

2001–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
United States order of precedence
Preceded by
Bill Shuster
R-Pennsylvania
United States Representatives by seniority
190th
Succeeded by
Stephen Lynch
D-Massachusetts

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