Jeff Frederick

Jeffrey M. Frederick (born September 23, 1975) is an American politician, CEO, entrepreneur, and craft beer brewery owner. He served three terms as a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates. Frederick was also chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia and a member of the Republican National Committee.

Jeffrey M. Frederick
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 52nd district
In office January 14, 2004 – January 13, 2010
Preceded by	Jack Rollison
Succeeded by	Luke Torian
Personal details
Born	(1975-09-23) September 23, 1975 (age 48) Fairfax, Virginia
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Amy Noone ​ ​ (m. 2001; div. 2019)​
Children	Grace, Isabel, Michael
Residence	Montclair, Virginia
Alma mater	Emory University
Occupation	Politician, CEO, Entrepreneur, Brewery Owner
Committees	Finance; Health, Welfare and Institutions; Privileges and Elections; Transportation; Education
Website	starboard.us, vafuture.com
Military service
Branch/service	United States Navy
Years of service	1996–1997
Unit	United States Naval Reserve

Personal

Born to an American father and Colombian mother,^[1] Frederick spent his early childhood in Northern Virginia before moving to Florida after his stepfather's retirement from the U.S. Navy. He graduated from Lakewood High School in St. Petersburg following his junior year, having been admitted to Emory University in Atlanta after three years of high school. He received degrees from Oxford (1995) and Emory (1997) colleges in Economics and Political Science.^[2] In 2001, he married Amy Elizabeth Noone and they have two daughters and a son; the couple filed for divorce in September 2018. Frederick's personal interests include sailing, alpine skiing, flying, and cycling.^[3]

Political career

House of Delegates

Frederick was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in November 2003 after defeating John A. "Jack" Rollison III, a 17-year incumbent Republican state legislator^[4] from Northern Virginia, in the June Republican primary with 58% of the vote.^[5][6][7][8] In the general election, he took the position that there was plenty of money in Richmond if adequately prioritized for transportation and pledged to cut waste from the state government, opposing tax increases for transportation improvements, such as funding for adding lanes to Interstate 95 or additional cars for the Virginia Railway Express,^[9] both of which were eventually achieved^[10][11] without an increase in transportation taxes.

Frederick is the first known Hispanic to be elected to any position in Virginia state government.^[12][13] First elected at age 28, he was also the youngest member of the legislature at that time.

He represented Eastern Prince William County in the Virginia General Assembly.

After his first year in the legislature, where he was the only freshmen in his House class to oppose Governor Mark Warner's historic^[14] increase in state taxes, Warner made Frederick a top target for defeat by state Democrats, tapping another long time Prince William politician in Hilda Barg, an 18-year Democratic member of the Prince William Board of Supervisors,^[15] who challenged Frederick.

Frederick was chosen to deliver the House Republican response to Governor Tim Kaine's State of the Commonwealth Address in January 2007.

In 2007, Frederick won re-election to a third term, with 59% of the vote in a strongly Democratic-leaning district. In this race Frederick received the endorsement of locally elected Democrats and unlikely organizations like the Virginia League of Conservation Voters.^[16]

Frederick has served on several boards and commissions, among them the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, and the Virginia Small Business Commission, where he was Chairman.^[17]

On February 13, 2009, Frederick announced^[18] that he would not run for another House term, keeping a promise he had previously made to not run if he became state party chairman, a job he won in May 2008. Frederick encouraged his wife Amy to run to replace him.^[19][20] Amy Frederick issued a statement on April 28 that she would not be a candidate.^[21]

Legislative history

In the legislature, Frederick had a conservative voting record yet worked frequently with Democrats. He had a number of significant legislative accomplishments, including major land-use reforms such as requiring traffic impact studies^[22] (Gov. Tim Kaine's signature transportation accomplishment^[23][24]) and providing local governments limited impact fee authority.^[25] He also sponsored Virginia's back-to-school sales tax holiday^[26] and co-sponsored legislation to eliminate the state sales tax on groceries.^[27] His legislation began Community College Transfer Grants^[28] to make a 4-year college education more affordable for low income students. As Vice-Chairman of the Virginia Small Business Commission, he sponsored legislation to create small business health insurance pooling,^[29] and in 2009 as Chairman of the Commission, carried a bill to make no-mandate health insurance^[30] available so more small businesses could afford health care for their employees. Early in his tenure, he successfully lobbied for significant increases in transportation funding for his district. Frederick has also passed a number of bills related to military personnel, including providing in-state tuition to active-duty military dependents^[31] and extending all tax and government deadlines^[32] to deployed personnel. He has said that his proudest achievement is the passage of his bill to expand the number of metabolic tests given to newborn children,^[33] which has saved a number of lives.^[34]

Legislative scores

Frederick has a record that includes both honors and awards and criticism from organizations that rate the performance of legislators.

• The National Federation of Independent Business gave Frederick a 100% score on its report card several years during his tenure in the House of Delegates and an endorsement of Frederick in his 2011 senate run.^[35]
• The National Right to Work Committee awarded Frederick their Senator Paul Fannin Legislator of the Year Award.^[36]
• The Virginia League of Conservation Voters named Frederick a "Legislative Hero" in 2007^[37] and in 2008.^[38]
• The Prince William Taxpayers Alliance named Frederick a "Friend of the Taxpayer".^[39]
• The March of Dimes named Frederick Legislator of the Year in 2005 for his work on the Virginia newborn screening expansion.^[40]
• The Virginia Foundation for Research and Economic Education, Inc. (Virginia FREE) rated Frederick's 2009 record in the House of Delegates with a cumulative business rating of 54, a 45 for stewardship, and a 57 as an advocate for business.^[41] The significance of Virginia FREE ratings had been challenged by some Virginia legislators.^[42]

Republican Party of Virginia

In 2008, Frederick ran for Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) against the will of the state's Republican establishment.^[43] Frederick challenged former Lt. Governor John H. Hager, the incumbent chairman and father of Henry Hager, son-in-law to President George W. Bush. He won the Chairmanship in a May 31, 2008 state convention, capturing a rumored 60% of the vote and winning 9 of 11 congressional districts, with the actual figure being unannounced due to Hager appearing on the convention stage and requesting Frederick be elected by acclamation.^[44] The following year, he was removed from the position by the party's central governing body,^[45][46] after a series of disputed allegations characterized as "a thin case that one can only suspect there were other motives behind Frederick's demise."^[47] It was proposed that Frederick's election and later removal represented a conflict within the party between insiders and outsiders^[47] (or grassroots versus establishment^[48]). After his removal, Frederick considered seeking the chairman job again at the party's 2009 convention, but later declined.^[49]

Senate election

On August 23, 2011, Frederick defeated Tito Muñoz in the Republican primary to challenge Senator Linda T. "Toddy" Puller for a seat in the Senate of Virginia.^[50] Frederick was defeated in the general election on November 8, 2011, winning in Prince William County and Stafford County, but losing significantly in Puller's home county of Fairfax.^[51]

Electoral history

Date	Election	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Virginia House of Delegates, 52nd district
Jun 10, 2003^[52]	Republican primary	J M Frederick		1,541	58.04
		J A Rollinson III		1,114	41.96
		Incumbent lost in primary
Nov 4, 2003^[53]	General	J M Frederick	Republican	5,384	56.70
		C F Taylor	Democratic	4,100	43.18
		Write Ins		11	0.12
		Republicans held seat
Nov 8, 2005^[54]	General	J M Frederick	Republican	7,182	51.11
		H M Barg	Democratic	6,842	48.69
		Write Ins		29	0.21
Nov 6, 2007^[55]	General	Jeffrey M. Frederick	Republican	6,864	58.62
		Christopher K. Brown	Democratic	4,822	41.18
		Write Ins		23	0.19
Senate of Virginia, 36th district
Aug 23, 2011^[56]	Republican primary	Jeffrey M. Frederick		3,670	68.64
		Tito A. Munoz		1,676	31.35
Nov 8, 2011^[57]	General	Linda T. "Toddy" Puller	Democratic	16,649	55.20
		Jeffrey M. Frederick	Republican	13,445	45.57
		Write Ins		67	0.22
		Democratic incumbent held seat

See also

• "Virginia House of Delegates 2009; Delegate Jeffrey M. Frederick". Retrieved 2008-01-21.
• . Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
• "Virginia Public Access Project; Jeffrey Frederick". Retrieved 2008-11-18.

References

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2. "General Assembly of Virginia - Past Members". 2011-09-13.
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5. Shear, Michael (2003-05-10). "Va.'s Rollison Is Defeated". The Washington Post.
6. Newman, Chris (2003-06-11). "Frederick takes upset victory over Rollison". Potomac News.
7. "Primary unseats P.W. incumbent". The Northern Virginia Journal. 2003-06-11.
8. "Primary unseats incumbent". Northern Virginia Journal. 2003-06-11.
9. Ginsberg, Steven. "Candidates at Forum Clash on Traffic, Abortion." The Washington Post: T.01. National Newspapers Core. Oct 12 2003
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17. "Small Business Commission". 2009-02-13.
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19. Frederick, Jeff (2009-02-13). "My retirement from the House".
20. Kumar, Anita (2009-02-13). "Frederick Urges Wife to Run for Seat". Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
21. Kumar, Anita (2009-04-28). "A House with No Fredericks?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
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27. "HB 2421 Sales and use taxes, reduction of rate on food purchased for human consumption". Virginia General Assembly. Legislative Information System.
28. "HB 2436 Community College Transfer Grant program; created". Virginia General Assembly. Legislative Information System.
29. "HB 478 Health insurance; small employers to enter into pooling agreements". Virginia General Assembly. Legislative Information System.
30. "HB 2024 Health insurance, basic; increasing availability". Virginia General Assembly. Legislative Information System.
31. "HB 2438 Eligibility for in-state tuition; dependents of active duty personnel". Virginia General Assembly. Legislative Information System.
32. "HB 1024 Military personnel; extension of deadlines for driver's license renewal, etc". Virginia General Assembly. Legislative Information System.
33. "HB 1824 Infants; screening tests required after delivery". Virginia General Assembly. Legislative Information System.
34. "Jana and Tom Monaco – Fighting to save lives with newborn screening". Pi Lambda Pi.
35. "NFIB/Virginia Endorses 41 Candidates for General Assembly". NFIB News Release. 2011-09-27.
36. "Frederick Receives Senator Paul Fannin Legislator of the Year Award". National Right to Work Committee Press Release. 2006-04-20.
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39. Newman, Chris (2005-01-09). "Taxpayers Alliance announce awards". Potomac News.
40. Walker, Keith (2005-08-21). "Frederick recognized by March of Dimes". Potomac News.
41. Virginia Free 2009 Virginia General Assembly Incumbent Evaluations. June 15, 2009, 25 pp.
42. Shear Michael D. Business Scores Vex Some Va. Legislators. Washington Post, Thursday, June 17, 2004; Page B01.
43. Fisher, Marc (2008-05-30). "Tomorrow's Vote On Virginia GOP's Future". The Washington Post.
44. Potter, Dena (2008-06-01). "Republican Party has a new chairman". Associated Press.
45. Craig, Tim (2009-03-17). "Frederick Fights Back". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
46. Kumar, Anita (2009-04-04). "Virginia GOP Ousts Controversial Chairman". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
47. Freddoso, David (2009-04-07). "Not Their Chairman". National Review. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07.
48. Craig, Tim (2009-03-19). "GOP 'Grass Roots' at Center of Turf Battle". The Washington Post.
49. Kumar, Anita (2009-05-04). "Frederick Declines to Run for GOP Leader". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
50. Jost, Lauren (2011-08-23). . Kingstowne Patch. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31.
51. Virginia State Board of Election, Votes By County/City 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed November 9, 2011.
52. "Election:Primaries - June 10, 2003". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on December 24, 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
53. "General Election- November 4, 2003". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on May 5, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
54. . Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
55. . Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
56. . Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
57. . Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2013-04-23.

External links

• "Jeffrey M. Frederick". (current)
• "Virginia's Future PAC". (PAC)
• "Delegate Jeff Frederick; 52nd District". (Constituent website)