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ABOUT GLENN
A NEW DAY IN VIRGINIA
Governor Glenn Youngkin is a homegrown Virginian who grew up in Richmond and Virginia Beach. As his father changed jobs, Glenn learned that moving around didn’t equal moving up – nothing was handed to him. From his first job washing dishes and frying eggs at a diner in Virginia Beach, he embraced hard work and responsibility to help his family when his father lost his job.
Cut costs for Virginians
- $4 Billion in Tax Relief - Largest in Virginia History
- End Virginia Tax on Groceries
- End Regressive Carbon Tax
- Delivered Savings On Power Bills of $14/month
- Found $1.2 billion in savings by cutting government waste
- Eliminated military retirement tax for veterans over 55 on first $40,000
Keep Our Communities Safe
- In partnership with the cities participating in Governor Youngkin’s Operation Bold Blue Line, since December 2022, the Virginia State Police has seized more than 1 ton of illegal drugs and made over 1,400 felony and misdemeanor arrests
- Secured funding to put a trained and equipped school resource or security officer in every school
- Ended early release program for 8,000 violent offenders
- Banned dangerous Delta-8 and Synthetic THC Products from shelves
- Provided over $400 million for law enforcement pay raises, training and equipment coupled with dedicated resources to recruit law enforcement officers to the Commonwealth
Reinvigorate Job Growth
- Created 200,000 jobs in last 18 months
- Grew labor force participation rate in to highest level in 10 years
- Recruited iconic American companies like Raytheon, Boeing and global leaders like LEGO to relocate to Virginia
- Secured largest single economic development deal in Virginia history- $35 billion
- Streamlined 14 workforce development programs across 12 agencies that spent nearly $500 million a year into one consolidated agency with a single mission and focus
- Signed regulatory relief executive order to reduce regulations by 25%
Restore Excellence In Education
- Passed largest education budget in Virginia history
- Signed Executive Order eliminating the use divisive concepts in the classroom
- Increased teacher pay by 10%
- Invested $100 million for parent choice- opening 20 innovative lab schools- the first launching for the 2023-2024 school year
- Launched $2.5 billion in school construction grants
- Enhanced literacy by funding reading coaches through 3rd Grade
Make Government Work for You
- Mandated health insurers cover mobile mental health crisis response
- Enacted legislation to provide pregnancy support for single moms
- Limited his own power to declare states of emergencies to 45 days
- Banned discrimination against churches and house of worship during public health emergencies
- Brought DMV wait times down to 12 minutes
- Streamlined 14 workforce development programs across 12 agencies that spent nearly $500 million a year into one consolidated agency with a single mission and focus
- Cleared the massive unemployment backlog of 250,000 separation claims and 1.1 million incomplete tasks left over from the previous administration.
