Chip Dicks
American politician
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John Gaudry "Chip" Dicks III (born May 22, 1951) is an American lobbyist and former Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates, serving from 1983 to 1990. He was defeated for reelection in 1989 by Republican Kirk Cox.[1]
Preceded byRobert E. Russell[a]
Succeeded byKirk Cox
BornJohn Gaudry Dicks III
May 22, 1951
May 22, 1951
Petersburg, Virginia, U.S.
Chip Dicks | |
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Official portrait, 1988 | |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 66th district | |
| In office January 12, 1983 – January 10, 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Robert E. Russell[a] |
| Succeeded by | Kirk Cox |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Gaudry Dicks III May 22, 1951 Petersburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | Methodist College (BA) Stetson University (JD) |
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Electoral history
| Date | Election | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia House of Delegates, 66th district | |||||
| Nov 2, 1982[2] | General | John G. Dicks, III | Democratic | 6,953 | 50.37 |
| Robert E. Russell | Republican | 6,851 | 49.63 | ||
| Write Ins | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Single-member districts created per ruling in Cosner v. Dalton | |||||
| Nov 8, 1983[3] | General | John G. Dicks, III | Democratic | 7,777 | 62.11 |
| Judy S. Tap | Republican | 4,739 | 37.84 | ||
| Write Ins | 6 | 0.05 | |||
| Nov 5, 1985[4] | General | John G. Dicks, III | Democratic | 11,492 | 99.90 |
| Write Ins | 11 | 0.10 | |||
| Nov 3, 1987[5] | General | John G. Dicks, III | Democratic | 13,567 | 99.85 |
| Write Ins | 20 | 0.15 | |||
| Nov 7, 1989[6] | General | M. Kirkland Cox | Republican | 10,460 | 52.47 |
| John G. Dicks, III | Democratic | 9,468 | 47.49 | ||
| Write Ins | 8 | 0.04 | |||
Notes
- In the 1981 case Cosner v. Dalton, a challenge to the General Assembly's decennial apportionment plan, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that the multi-member districts drawn by the legislature violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; while allowing that year's state house elections to proceed, as planned, they ordered that those elected serve a one-year term only and that new elections be held in 1982 under a court-approved redistricting scheme. Russell, a Republican, was elected in 1981 to represent the 34th district, alongside George W. Jones and John Watkins. In 1982, he won his party's nomination for the newly established 66th district seat but lost to Dicks.
