Wendell Walker

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Wendell Walker
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the 23rd district
Assumed office
January 8, 2020
Preceded byScott Garrett
Personal details
Born
Wendell Scott Walker

1952 (age 69–70)
Macon, Georgia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Patsy Walker
ResidenceLynchburg, Virginia
Alma materLiberty University
Websitehttps://www.wendellwalker.org/

Wendell Scott Walker is an American politician. Since 2020, he has been a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 23rd district, consisting of parts of the city of Lynchburg, Bedford, and Amherst Counties.

Biography[]

Walker is a prominent leader in the local Republican party, and has held positions in local and state committees, including the chair of the Lynchburg Republican Committee.[1]

Electoral history[]

Date Election Candidate Party Votes %
Virginia House of Delegates, 23rd District
November 5, 2019[2] General Wendell S. Walker Republican 13,529 63.80
David A. Zilles Democratic 7,609 35.90
Write Ins 53 0.30
November 5, 2019[3] General Wendell S. Walker Republican 22,045 66.57
Natalie A. Short Democratic 11,007 33.24
Write Ins 64 0.19

Tenure[]

Memorial of Harry F. Byrd[]

In early February 2020, Walker proposed a bill to remove a statue of Harry F. Byrd, a prominent Democrat who is often infamously remembered for his racist opposition to desegregation, in response to efforts from state Democrats to remove more Confederate statues in the state. Such measures were undertaken across the country in the aftermath of the Charleston church shooting in 2015 and they were eventually galvanized in the aftermath of the Unite The Right Rally in 2017. After the Democrats agreed to support his measure to remove the statue which serves as a tribute to Byrd, Walker requested that the state legislature should not consider his own bill. He said that "the reason I put that in was more of a political reason." Walker continued by saying "I think history is very important, whether it’s good, bad or ugly. I was not willing to allow the governor to have the opportunity to remove statues." Even though the Virginia House Rules Committee voted to let the bill go for the day, as opposed to removing it from consideration like Walker had requested, Virginia House Majority Leader Charniele Herring (D) said that she wanted to hear Walker's own reasoning on why he wanted to kill a bill that he himself had introduced for consideration in the state legislature. Two other bills were struck as supplications of their sponsors following the introduction of Walker's bill.[4][5][6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ Chumney, Richard (June 11, 2019). "Lynchburg GOP chair Wendell Walker wins Republican nomination for 23rd House seat". The News & Advance. Lynchburg.
  2. ^ "2019 Election Results - HOD". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  3. ^ "2021 November General Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  4. ^ Coleman, Justine (February 3, 2020). "Virginia GOP delegate tries to kill own bill to remove Democratic segregationist statue". The Hill.
  5. ^ Friedenberger, Amy (February 7, 2020). "General Assembly notebook: Del. Wendell Walker's bill to take down Sen. Harry Byrd statue is dead". The Roanoke Times.
  6. ^ Vozzella, Laura (February 3, 2020). "How a Republican's proposal to remove a statue in Richmond may have backfired". The Washington Post.
  7. ^ Evans, Whittney (January 9, 2020). "Republican Calls To Take Down Statue of Former Gov. Harry Byrd". VPM News.


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