TIMOTHY V. ANDERSON
Residence: Witchduck/Wishart in Virginia Beach
Age: 46
Occupation: Attorney
Education: JD 1999 Regent University / BS Economics 1996 University of Tampa
Website: timforva.com
Phone: (757) 301-3636
Email: campaign@timforva.com
Social media: @timandersonvirginia on Facebook
What are your specific qualifications for this office?
I have been practicing law for 22 years and have been a resident of Hampton Roads since 1996.
What are your three main policy priorities or examples of legislation you would pursue in Richmond?
Mandatory Term Limits for all elected officials; Campaign Finance Reform; Restriction of Governor Overreach
What, to you, is the most important local issue facing the district and how will you address it if elected?
Democrats have attempted to change Virginia into California over the past 2 years. The local issues are statewide issues. 2A rights, Critical Race Theory; Defunding Police are things among policies we must actively reverse on day 1.
How will you be an advocate for state support to local education efforts, including higher education?
Parents must have the ability to withdraw from public education and take their state funds and use them for alternative educational institutions. We cannot allow Universities to discriminate against admission of students based on their skin color. Admission to Universities must be merit based.
What priorities do you have that will help support the agriculture community, which represents the commonwealth’s largest industry?
The best way for industry to thrive is to remove as much government regulation as possible. We need to go through each industry and identify regulation that does nothing but increase the cost of doing business.
Do you support access to reproductive health care for women? Why or why not?
Delegate Tran recently said that a woman has a right to abort a child at any time prior to birth. Gov Northam said if a child survives an abortion we should provide comfort care only. These extreme views have no place in any civilized society. This quote from Ronald Reagan sums my position up:
“And yet our opponents tell us not to interfere with abortion. They tell us not to impose our morality on those who wish to allow or participate in the taking of the life of infants before birth. Yet no one calls it imposing morality to prohibit the taking of life after a child is born. We’re told about a woman’s right to control her own body. But doesn’t the unborn child have a higher right, and that is to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?”
How will you work in the Virginia General Assembly to help coastal communities address issues such as sea level rise and recurrent flooding?
This issue is a federal and local issue. There is very little the state can do to change flooding. Providing funding to encourage Localities to zone new neighborhoods better that find ways to move flood waters quickly from neighborhoods.
PHILIP M. KAZMIERCZAK
Residence: Aragona Village in Virginia Beach
Age: 37
Occupation: REALTOR/Property Manager
Education and military service: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from UNC Wilmington; United States Army Reserve 2011-2019
Key endorsements: Pepe Cabacoy and Thomas Turner (Chairman of the Young Republican Federation of Virginia)
Website: philfor83rd.com
Phone: (757) 797-5150
Email: philfor83rd@gmail.com
Social media: @philfor83rd on Facebook
What are your specific qualifications for this office?
I think one of the problems we face is that people confuse education and experience with competence and common sense. You can have a double major in International Relations and Economics and still lack the basic fundamental understanding of the world system and how basic economics actually works.
I grew up in poverty, where achieving the poverty line would have been an actual goal for my family. While growing up, I was on almost every type of public assistance program there was which is my motivation to never be dependent on government again. Through education (including school choice,) and working hard to earn everything I’ve ever had, I am an example of the American dream.
What are your three main policy priorities or examples of legislation you would pursue in Richmond?
• People won’t participate in elections if they don’t trust the results. I will propose legislation requiring ID at the polls, eliminating no-excuse absentee ballots and requiring signature verification for absentee ballots.
• The cost of healthcare has gone up 600% over the last 50 years. On the national level, Republicans campaigned in 2016 on repealing and replacing Obamacare but were unable to do so. At state level, I propose to take action to reduce healthcare costs through scope of practice reform, certificate of need reform and the increased adoption and usage of technology. We have extremely qualified nurse practitioners and physician’s assistants. We can have them take care of the bumps, scrapes and bruises without direct supervision of a doctor so the doctor can focus on non-routine care. During the height of COVID-19, we loosened Certificate of Need rules to bring in more respirators and to create more hospital beds. Those processes worked and those rules should remain relaxed.
• The cost of education has gone up 500% since the 1980s and more than twice the rate of inflation. I want to freeze the cost of college throughout the degree program so the price you pay as a freshman is the same price you pay as a senior. I also want to implement a study to analyze the cost of education and what we can do to decrease those costs. During this time, I’d propose a tax cut for the schools that are able to reduce college costs in a replicable and sizable manner.
What, to you, is the most important local issue facing the district and how will you address it if elected?
The most important issue that I’m hearing as I go door to door throughout the district is election integrity. Whether you agree or not that there was voter fraud in the last election, the major issue is that people don’t trust the results. I am an advocate for photo ID, a signature and verifying signature on absentee ballots and an end to no-excuse absentee voting. Common sense voter integrity reform is the first step to regaining the public trust in our election system.
How will you be an advocate for state support to local education efforts, including higher education?
I believe in school choice because I’m a product of school choice. We need to expand school choice options across the Commonwealth so that our youth is getting the best education possible. I believe that tax dollars should follow the student – not be forced into already failing schools. Unlike Democrats, I don’t believe you can throw money at a problem to fix it. The school choice debate used to be solely focused on inner city schools versus suburban or rural schools. Now it’s more much than that. Now, school choice is about students becoming educated as opposed to indoctrinated with leftist ideology like critical race theory. We need to ensure that parents still have a say in their child’s education.
What priorities do you have that will help support the agriculture community, which represents the commonwealth’s largest industry?
In Virginia Beach alone, agriculture and agricultural businesses account for $134 million dollars annually stemming from roughly 200 agriculture related businesses. It is imperative that legislators support our farmers first and foremost. At the state level, we can ensure that government provides for food safety inspections, soil conservation and environmental protection while regulations are fair and keep local product competitive within the marketplace. We need to ensure that development is not permitted at the expense of farmland and that our farmers have the necessary resources to provide their product. Locally, we can support our farmers and agriculture businesses by supporting businesses that provide farm to table products.
Do you support access to reproductive health care for women? Why or why not?
I think there is a distinct difference between reproductive health care and abortion while “Reproductive health care” has seemingly turned into a progressive term for abortion. I believe we need to stop referring to abortion as healthcare. Healthcare is promoting health, providing care and healing while abortion is the ending of a life. I am pro-life.
How will you work in the Virginia General Assembly to help coastal communities address issues such as sea level rise and recurrent flooding?
We know that flooding is a top issue for voters, and we also know that the City of Virginia Beach commissioned a study called Sea Level Wise to alleviate flooding concerns through mitigation and infrastructure improvement. I encourage everyone to read that report so they can see for themselves what can happen if we continue to kick the can down the road. As a legislator, it’s my goal to obtain funding for these infrastructure and mitigation improvements. The city should not need to bear the cost alone as the state benefits economically from our region, while the military depends on us for force readiness which cannot happen if we are continuously facing unprecedented flooding risks.
CHRIS P. STOLLE
Residence: Witchduck in Virginia Beach
Age: 63
Occupation: Physician and Healthcare System Vice President
Education and military service: US Naval Academy, BS; Uniformed Services University, MD; College of William and Mary, MBA.
Key endorsements: Gov. Bob McDonnell and Gov. George Allen
Website: ChrisStolle.com
Phone: (757) 633-2080
Email: info@chrisstolle.com
Social media: @chrisstolle.83rd on Facebook, @delchrisstolle on Instagram and @chrisstolle on Twitter
What are your specific qualifications for this office?
I was proud to serve as the 83rd District Delegate from 2010-2020. Specifically, I served as the Transportation Subcommittee Chair on the Appropriations Committee, Vice Chair of the Counties Cities & Towns Committee, and on the Health Welfare & Institutions Committee. Outside of the General Assembly session, I served on the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, the Joint Commission on Health Care, the Joint Subcommittee on Coastal Flooding, the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization, and the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission.
What are your three main policy priorities or examples of legislation you would pursue in Richmond?
Returning students to the classroom for in-person learning, five days a week, opening businesses – large and small – to get Virginians back to work, and advocating for common-sense state policy that properly addresses the pandemic.
What, to you, is the most important local issue facing the district and how will you address it if elected?
We must ensure that our region is the best place to live, work, and raise a family. We achieve that reality by passing legislation that empowers business owners, allows people to earn their own wages, and invests in the future generation. Businesses must be opened without discrimination on size or industry. Our children must return to the classroom for in-person learning for academic and social enrichment. Education is always “essential.”
How will you be an advocate for state support to local education efforts, including higher education?
I am a graduate of public schools and all five of my children are graduates of public schools. As COVID has shown us, virtual education can be a supplement, but it is NOT a replacement for face-to-face teaching; it is beyond time to get our children back in school. I consistently voted to increase education funding and supported teacher raises to ensure we retain our finest teachers. I was also awarded the Hampton Roads Workforce Council Workforce Innovation Award.
What priorities do you have that will help support the agriculture community, which represents the commonwealth’s largest industry?
The 83rd House District is home to one of the state’s three Virginia Tech Agricultural Research and Extension centers. While in the General Assembly, I worked to ensure continued funding of the Hampton Roads AREC to ensure that the agriculture community of Hampton Roads continues to have local access to this very important resource.
Do you support access to reproductive health care for women? Why or why not?
As an OB/GYN physician, I have had the honor of delivering hundreds of babies and for caring for their mothers. As a member of the Appropriations Committee, I championed access to long term contraception for all women. I believe that all Virginians should have access to quality healthcare.
How will you work in the Virginia General Assembly to help coastal communities address issues such as sea level rise and recurrent flooding?
I will continue to lead the way in the General Assembly by proposing bipartisan, common-sense legislation to adapt our communities to the risk of flooding. I am recognized as a leader in Coastal Resiliency. I introduced the legislation to create a cabinet position dedicated to Coastal Flooding [HB345] and the legislation that created the Joint Subcommittee on Coastal Flooding [HJ16], which I was then selected to lead.
I also carried the legislation that created the Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resiliency housed right here in Hampton Roads [HB903] and I have worked with local, state, and federal authorities to secure funds for studies and projects to mitigate the effects of Coastal Flooding. I secured $10 million in state funding for the City of Virginia Beach to purchase and protect Pleasure House Point. I am a member of the American Flood Coalition and was awarded the Sierra Club Leadership Award for my work to address climate change and sea level rise.
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