Jeremy McPike

Jeremy McPike has spent his life in Prince William County, attending Elizabeth Vaughan Elementary, Fred Lynn Middle and graduating from Gar-Field High School.^[1]

McPike attended George Mason University for his Bachelor's and Master's of Public Administration degrees. He supported himself by working as a construction laborer and superintendent.

McPike has worked for the City of Alexandria for 22 years, and serves as the Director of General Services.^[1][2] He also serves as a volunteer firefighter and EMT with the Dale City Volunteer Fire Department at the rank of captain.^[1][3][4][5]

McPike and his wife Sharon live in Dale City with their children.

In 2013, McPike ran as the Democratic nominee for Virginia's 31st House of Delegates district.^[6] Though he was endorsed by The Washington Post,^[7] he lost to the Republican incumbent, L. Scott Lingamfelter, by a few hundred votes.^[6][8]

In 2015, McPike was elected to represent Virginia's 29th Senate district, replacing retiring Democrat Charles J. Colgan, who had represented the district since 1976 and was, at the time, the longest serving member of the Virginia Senate in history; Colgan's record was later surpassed by Dick Saslaw.

Virginia's 29th Senate district at the time of McPike's election included the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park, as well as part of Prince William County.^[9] It was described by The Washington Post at the time as "one of the most diverse districts in the state"^[10] and among the most politically competitive.^[5][9][10]

In the Democratic primary for the 2015 election, McPike defeated Virginia Delegate Michael Futrell and Atif Qarni, a middle school math teacher and Marine veteran who would later go on to serve as Virginia Secretary of Education in the gubernatorial administration of Ralph Northam.^[11][12][13]

Everytown for Gun Safety spent $1.5 million in advertising for McPike's 2015 general election campaign, exceeding the total amount of donations McPike had raised for his own campaign expenditures.^[14] McPike expressed stronger support for gun control during the campaign than he had done during his failed 2013 House of Delegates campaign, which was in a more conservative district.^[15]