18 Facts About Glenn Nye

Glenn Carlyle Nye III was born on September 9,1974 and is an American politician who was the US representative for from 2009 to 2011.

Glenn Nye was defeated in his attempt to attain re-election on November 2,2010.

Glenn Nye was born in Philadelphia, but his family has lived in the Hampton Roads area for five generations.

Glenn Nye grew up in Norfolk and graduated from high school at Norfolk Academy.

Glenn Nye began his foreign service career focusing on economic development in war-torn Eastern Europe while working for the US Director at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Glenn Nye joined the US State Department in 2001, where he served in Kosovo and Macedonia as a member of the Foreign Service.

Glenn Nye was then posted to the US Embassy in Singapore, where he helped protect US intellectual property rights during the negotiation of the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.

Glenn Nye managed a US Agency for International Development community development program in the West Bank and Gaza.

Glenn Nye served as Operations Director in the Middle East by registering eligible voters in major US cities for Iraq's Transitional National Assembly election.

In Iraq, Glenn Nye led operations to create jobs for Iraqis as part of the counter-insurgency effort.

Glenn Nye stated that oil companies can and should expand existing oil fields which are now economically feasible to exploit.

Glenn Nye was defeated by Republican nominee Scott Rigell, a businessman and automobile dealer.

Glenn Nye voted with the Democratic majority for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.

Glenn Nye joined with 43 other Democrats to vote against the American Clean Energy and Security Act in June 2009, and in November 2009, Glenn Nye voted along with 38 other Democrats against the Affordable Health Care for America Act, saying that the bill did not do enough to reduce health care costs, and that it cut too much money from children's hospitals.

Glenn Nye was endorsed by the Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independent Business.

In March 2011 Glenn Nye accepted a position at the German Marshall Fund where he helped facilitate communications between the United States and Europe.

In September 2011 Glenn Nye joined the Hanover Investment Group as the Senior Political Advisor.

In December 2013, Glenn Nye became a trustee at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, a non-partisan, non-profit Washington, DC, think tank.