Mamie Locke
DWon the General, 2019 Virginia State Senate District 2
Minority Caucus Chair, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate (2017 - Present)
Virginia State Senate, District 2 (2004 - Present)
Member, Junior League, Hampton Roads Advisory Committee (2004 - Present)
Member, Hampton Democratic Committee (1994 - Present)
To be claimed
Former Chair, Subcommittee on General Laws and Technology #1, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate
Member, Advisory Council on the Freedom of Information Act
Member, Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship
Member, Commission on Technology and Science
Member, Commission on Virginia Housing
Member, Education and Health Committee
Member, Finance and Appropriations Committee
Member, General Laws and Technology Committee
Member, Joint Rules
Member, Memorial Commission on Doctor Martin Luther King Junior
Member, Organization Board of Hampton Roads Transportation Planning
Member, Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee
Chair, Rules Committee
Member, Subcommittee on Capital Outlay
Member, Subcommittee on Coastal Flooding
Member, Subcommittee on Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument
Member, Subcommittee on General Government
Chair, Subcommittee on Higher Education
Chair, Subcommittee on Higher Education
Member, Subcommittee on Public Education
Member, Subcommittee Work Group on Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument #1, Virginians on the Monument
Member, Task Force to Assist in Identification of the History of Formerly Enslaved African Americans in Virginia
Member, Virginia Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
Member, Work Group on the History of Lynching in Virginia
— Awards:
1. Do you support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice
2. Should abortion be legal after the first trimester of pregnancy?
- Yes
3. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
- Yes
4. Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered?
- Yes
5. Should parental notification be required before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- No
6. Should parental consent be required before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- No
7. Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods?
- Yes
8. Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs?
- No
9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Education (higher)
- Greatly Increase
2. Education (K-12)
- Greatly Increase
3. Environment
- Slightly Increase
4. Health care
- Greatly Increase
5. Law enforcement
- Slightly Increase
6. Transportation and highway infrastructure
- Greatly Increase
7. Welfare
- Slightly Increase
8. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
1. Alcohol taxes
- Slightly Increase
2. Cigarette taxes
- Slightly Increase
3. Corporate taxes
- Greatly Increase
4. Gasoline taxes
- Greatly Increase
5. Property taxes
- Maintain Status
6. Sales taxes
- Slightly Increase
7. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Eliminate
8. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Slightly Decrease
9. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Slightly Increase
10. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
1. Tapping into Virginia's "rainy day" fund
- No
2. Issuing the early release of certain non-violent offenders
- Yes
3. Increasing tuition rates at public universities
- No
4. Instituting mandatory furloughs and layoffs for state employees
- No
5. Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients
- No
6. Privatizing certain government services
- Yes
7. Reducing public pension benefits
- No
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Individual
- No
2. Political Action Committee
- No
3. Corporate
- Yes
4. Political Party
- No
5. Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
- Yes
6. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes
7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- No
2. Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment?
- Yes
3. Do you support decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana?
- Yes
4. Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult?
- Yes
5. Should a minor who sends sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges?
- Yes
6. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- No
7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
- No
2. Do you support state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers?
- Yes
3. Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits?
- Yes
4. Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation?
- No
5. Do you support spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes
6. Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure?
- Yes
7. Do you support comprehensive public pension reform that incorporates a defined contribution plan, similar to a 401(k)?
- No
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support the national Common Core State Standards initiative?
- Yes
2. Do you support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams?
- No
3. Do you support using a merit pay system for teachers?
- Yes
4. Do you support state funding for charter schools?
- No
5. Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid?
- Yes
6. Should illegal immigrants who graduate from Virginia high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
- Yes
7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support state regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes
2. Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change?
- Yes
3. Do you support state funding for the development of alternative energy?
- Yes
4. Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)?
- Yes
5. Do you support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops?
- Yes
6. Do you support state funding for improvements to Virginia's energy infrastructure?
- Yes
7. Do you support state funding for open space preservation?
- Yes
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- Yes
2. Do you support requiring background checks on all firearms sales at gun shows, including sales by unlicensed dealers?
- Yes
3. Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns?
- No
4. Do you support requiring a license for gun possession?
- Yes
5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option?
- Yes
2. Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform?
- Yes
3. Do you support interstate health insurance compacts?
- Yes
4. Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance?
- Yes
5. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
- No
6. Do you support legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Virginia?
- No
7. Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes?
- Yes
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support same-sex marriage?
- Yes
2. Should Virginia allow same-sex couples to form civil unions/domestic partnerships?
- Yes
3. Do you support state funding for stem cell research?
- Yes
4. Do you support state funding for embryonic stem cell research?
- Yes
5. Do you support affirmative action?
- Yes
6. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Virginia's anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes
7. Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Virginia's anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- Funding for education (Pre-K, K-12, Higher education) Budget surplus dollars can be returned to the general fund in support of additional education initiatives
Transportation: Increase in the gas tax and possibly the sales tax to create a sustainable source of recurring revenue for construction, maintenance and mass transit.
Type: joint resolution Chamber: upper
Type: resolution Chamber: upper
Type: resolution Chamber: upper