Jeffrey M Frederick was born on September 23,1975 and is an American politician, CEO, entrepreneur, and craft beer brewery owner.
17 Facts About Jeff Frederick
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Jeff Frederick served three terms as a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates.
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Jeff Frederick graduated from Lakewood High School in St Petersburg following his junior year, having been admitted to Emory University in Atlanta after three years of high school.
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Jeff Frederick received degrees from Oxford and Emory colleges in Economics and Political Science.
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Jeff Frederick is the first known Hispanic to be elected to any position in Virginia state government.
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Jeff Frederick represented Eastern Prince William County in the Virginia General Assembly.
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Jeff Frederick was chosen to deliver the House Republican response to Governor Tim Kaine's State of the Commonwealth Address in January 2007.
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Jeff Frederick has served on several boards and commissions, among them the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, and the Virginia Small Business Commission, where he was Chairman.
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On February 13,2009, Jeff Frederick announced that he would not run for another House term, keeping a promise he had previously made to not run if he became state party chairman, a job he won in May 2008.
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Jeff Frederick encouraged his wife Amy to run to replace him.
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Jeff Frederick sponsored Virginia's back-to-school sales tax holiday and co-sponsored legislation to eliminate the state sales tax on groceries.
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Jeff Frederick's legislation began Community College Transfer Grants to make a 4-year college education more affordable for low income students.
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Jeff Frederick has passed a number of bills related to military personnel, including providing in-state tuition to active-duty military dependents and extending all tax and government deadlines to deployed personnel.
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Jeff Frederick has said that his proudest achievement is the passage of his bill to expand the number of metabolic tests given to newborn children, which has saved a number of lives.
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Jeff Frederick has a record that includes both honors and awards and criticism from organizations that rate the performance of legislators.
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In 2008, Jeff Frederick ran for Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia against the will of the state's Republican establishment.
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Jeff Frederick was defeated in the general election on November 8,2011, winning in Prince William County and Stafford County, but losing significantly in Puller's home county of Fairfax.