Summary
Current Position: State Delegate of District 64 since 2018
Affiliation: Republican
Delegate Emily Brewer is a fighter for the values and principles of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As a conservative, Emily fights for a more limited government, fiscal responsibility, and to protect your rights and liberties.
Emily is a small business owner. She started her career training first responders, law enforcement, and public safety officials. Moving on to start her own marketing firm before starting her brick and mortar business. She now owns and operates a small wine and craft beer shop in Suffolk.
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About
Source: Campaign page
Delegate Emily Brewer is a fighter for the values and principles of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As a conservative, Emily fights for a more limited government, fiscal responsibility, and to protect your rights and liberties.
A Lifetime in Western Tidewater
Emily Brewer understands the concerns of families in Western Tidewater because she has spent a lifetime in the region.
She has a heart for community service and helping others. Emily spends time across the region as a board member of Suffolk Business Women who work to raise money across the region for various charities and community organizations. As a board member for the Paul D. Camp Community College Foundation Board, Emily has worked across the region to bring better education opportunities to the next generation of leaders.
First elected to the 64th District in the House of Delegates in November of 2017, Emily represents parts of Isle of Wight, Franklin City, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, Suffolk City, and Prince George. She currently serves on the House Finance Committee, House Militia Police & Public Safety Committee, and the House Science & Technology Committee.
As a member of the House, Emily also serves on several state boards and commissions comprised of legislators and citizen members. She was appointed by the Speaker to serve on the Broadband Advisory Council, which recommends broadband projects and funding priorities to the General Assembly. She also serves on the Commission on Youth, Disability Commission, and the Forensic Science Board.
Attracting New Jobs To The Region
Emily is a small business owner. She started her career training first responders, law enforcement, and public safety officials. Moving on to start her own marketing firm before starting her brick and mortar business. She now owns and operates a small wine and craft beer shop in Suffolk.
Emily serves a founding member of the Virginia Future Caucus, whose goal it is to craft legislative solutions to the problems facing the next generation in Virginia. She has worked to keep taxes low and voted in her first term she voted to pass the second largest tax cut in Virginia history.
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce named Emily their “2018 Freshman Legislator of the Year” for her work in fostering a pro-business economy across the Commonwealth. Emily will continue to be a strong advocate for our job creators; supporting pro-small business policies and removing government barriers to create high paying jobs.
Emily is committed to advancing policies that reflect the priorities of the Sixty-Fourth District.
Preserving Conservative Values
Emily Brewer has worked tirelessly to protect the values that our families hold so dear. As a member of the House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee, Emily has been a staunch defender of our 2nd Amendment rights. She is a member of the National Rifle Association and the Virginia Citizens Defense League. In Richmond, she will always fight against bringing California style gun control proposals to Virginia.
As a child of adoption, Emily has made encouraging adoption over abortion and improving Virginia’s adoption and foster care system her top priority. She has been a strong voice in the fight to protect the sanctity of life. View Emily’s 2019 press conference on Governor Northam’s comments surrounding partial birth abortions and her personal adoption story by clicking here.
Emily voted against expanding the failed Obamacare system and, in Richmond, she will continue to be a strong advocate for limited government. She has supported healthcare reforms that offer more options to patients through the free market and actually make healthcare more affordable, like association health plans for farmers and small businesses and catastrophic health plans for the next generation. In Richmond, she will continue to be a strong advocate for limited government
Whether it is finding a safe home for victims of domestic abuse, visiting with veterans who need help at the local VA, or meeting the employees of a local small business, Emily is energized and ready to serve you.
As your representative in the House of Delegates, Emily strives to protect the values, principles, and ideals important to the Sixty-Fourth District of Virginia.
Experience
Work Experience
- Small Business Owner (wine shop)
Personal
- Place of Birth: Wyandot County, OH
- Gender: Female
- Race(s): Caucasian
- Religion: Baptist
Membership & Affiliation
Ruritan, Holland Chapter
PBCCC Foundation Board
Rotary Club of Suffolk
Contact
Legislative Assistant: Michael Kemp
Administrative Assistant During Session: Allene Cahill
Email:
- Government – DelEBrewer@house.virginia.gov
Offices
Capitol Office
Pocahontas Building
900 E. Main St,
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Phone: (804) 698-1064
District Office
P.O. Box 5
Smithfield, VA 23431
Phone: (757) 239-1213
Web
Government Page, Campaign Site, Facebook, Twitter
Politics
Source: none
Recent Elections
2019
| Emily M. Brewer (R) | 16,181 | 60.12% |
| Michele E. Joyce (D) | 10,704 | 39.77% |
| Write-In (Write-in) | 30 | 0.11% |
| TOTAL | 26,915 |
2017
| Emily Brewer (D) | 19,223 | 62.4% |
| Rebecca Sue Colaw (D) | 11,551 | 37.5% |
| Write In (Write-in) | 29 | 0.1% |
| TOTAL | 30,803 |
Source: Virginia Legislative Information System
Finances
BREWER, EMILY M has run in 1 race for public office. The candidate has raised a total of $57,107.
Source: Follow the Money
Committees
Committees
Science and Technology Militia
Police and Public Safety
Finance
Subcommittees
Finance – Subcommittee #1
Militia, Police and Public Safety – Subcommittee #2
Appointments
Broadband Advisory Council
Disability Commission
Forensic Science Board
House Finance
House Militia Police and Public Safety
House Science & Technology
Youth, Commission on
Voting Record
See: Vote Smart
New Legislation
Source: Virginia Legislative Information System
Issues
Source: Campaign page
The 64th District has always been home. Emily grew up here, Emily went to school here, and Emily has owned businesses here. We need to make sure we are preserving the principles and values we hold so dear to keep them in tact for future generations.
Governance
Taxes
As a member of the House Finance Committee, Emily fights to keep taxes low and has worked towards meaningful and effective tax reform in the Commonwealth. In 2018 alone, Emily helped defeat over $770 million in tax increases. The next year, she voted in favor of the most significant tax relief in the past 15 years and the second largest tax cut in Virginia history. We cannot ignore how burdensome, excessive taxation has injured the small business climate.
Civil Rights
Life
As a member of the House Finance Committee, Emily fights to keep taxes low and has worked towards meaningful and effective tax reform in the Commonwealth. In 2018 alone, Emily helped defeat over $770 million in tax increases. The next year, she voted in favor of the most significant tax relief in the past 15 years and the second largest tax cut in Virginia history. We cannot ignore how burdensome, excessive taxation has injured the small business climate.
Economy
Emily will continue to work to reign in government overreach by cutting unnecessary red tape and getting government out of the way. In 2018 Emily received a 100 A+ rating with the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and was named their Freshman Legislator of the Year. She’s helped block legislation that added overreaching regulations that would have harmed Virginia’s top job creators.
Education
Our children are our future. As your Delegate, Emily voted in favor of initiatives to make vocational, trade, and career and technical education opportunities more available across the Commonwealth and to focus on workforce development in our schools. In Richmond, she helped pass legislation to allow school resource officers and increase funding for school safety to keep our kids safe. As a founding member of the VA Future Caucus, Emily has worked to tackle issues facing the next generation, like freezing tuition rates and lowering the cost of college prepaid plans.
Infrastructure
Broadband Access
Emily was appointed in 2018 to serve on the Broadband Advisory Council (BAC) which recommends broadband projects and funding priorities to the General Assembly. She worked in 2019 to include roughly $18 million in new funding for improving access to broadband in rural areas.
One of the reasons Emily decided to run for Delegate is because, all too often, politicians hide away in an ivory tower. Emily has opened an office in Smithfield for appointments with constituents to hear their ideas and work to fix their issues. Emily believes in a government of the people and will work hard to represent the people not special interests, lobbyists, or party agendas.
Agriculture
Agriculture has always been the staple of our region. In Richmond, Emily has worked to create the best possible environment for agri-business by supporting tax relief for farmers, cutting unnecessary regulations that are harming small farms and working to increase opportunities for agri-tourism.
