Dave Hunt (businessman)
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David M. "Dave" Hunt (born 1965) is a McLean, Virginia businessman and the Republican candidate for delegate[1] in the 34th district of Virginia in the 2007 Virginia general election.
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[edit] Education and career
Hunt attended the College of William and Mary and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Government in 1987. In 1993, he also completed his M.B.A. at William and Mary's Graduate School of business.
Dave Hunt served as a senior manager in corporate strategy, market research, and competitive intelligence at Freddie Mac in McLean, Virginia. In 1998, Hunt purchased the patent search firm Landon IP. Under Hunt's leadership, Landom IP saw its employee base increase from 8 people to 110 people and has seen new offices established in Charlottesville and in June will see its first office established outside of Virginia in Southfield, Michigan. Landon IP has customers in 39 states inside the United States and worldwide services 44 countries.
From 2001 to 2003, Dave Hunt worked in the Virginia House of Delegates as the legislative assistant to Delegate Vince Callahan, who was the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
In addition to his work at Landon IP, Hunt has also served the community in a variety of positions including being as a member of the 2001 Fairfax County land use task force, a former Vice President for Community Relations at Forestville Elementary School PTA, a mentor at Hunter Woods Elementary School, a member of Jaycees, a youth leader at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church and chairman of the Dranesville District of the Fairfax County Republican Committee. Hunt has also served on transportation and education policy committees at several chambers of commerce and community groups in Northern Virginia
[edit] Politics
In 2003, Dave Hunt mounted an unsuccessful bid for the Virginia State Senate seat in the 32nd District held by 12 year Incumbent Janet Howell
[edit] 2007 Election
On March 13, 2007, Dave Hunt announced his run for the Virginia House of Delegates and will be running for the seat being vacated by Appropriations Chairman Vince Callahan[1] in the 34th District.
Hunt has recieved the endorsements of a number of prominent Virginia lawmakers including Congressmans Tom Davis and Frank Wolf, Virginia House Speaker William J. Howell, Delegates Vince Callahan, Tom Rust, Dave Albo as well as Dranesville District Supervisor Joan DuBois, former Supervisor Stu Mendelson and Herndon Mayor Steve J. DeBenedittis. Hunt's Democratic opposition for the seat will be decided on June 12, 2007, as Margaret Vanderhye and Rip Sullivan are both vying for the Democratic Nomination.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Tayloe, Monty (2007-03-20). Hunt seeks delegate seat. Times Community Newspapers. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
