Kenneth R. Melvin
{{short description|American politician}}
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| name = Kenneth R. Melvin
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| state_delegate = Virginia
| district = 80th
| term_start = 1986
| term_end = May 1, 2009
| preceded = L. Cleaves Manning
| succeeded = Matthew James
| birth_date = {{birth date and age | 1952 | 9 | 18}}
| birth_place = Fayetteville, North Carolina
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| party = Democratic
| spouse = Sylvia LaVerne Hodges
| children = Derek, Nicholas
| residence = Portsmouth, Virginia
| alma_mater = Colby College
Georgetown University Law Center
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Kenneth Ronald "Ken" Melvin (born September 18, 1952) is an American politician, lawyer and jurist.
Career
Melvin was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
He served as a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Portsmouth from 1986 to 2009.{{Cite web|last=Forster|first=Dave|date=February 25, 2009|title=Legislators laud outgoing Del. Kenneth Melvin of Portsmouth|url=https://www.pilotonline.com/government/virginia/article_64aa64d4-0855-591d-914b-d20f34d093cb.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 19, 2020|website=The Virginian Pilot}}{{Cite web|last=Nolan|first=Jim|date=March 7, 2016|title=GOP moves toward Senate vote on Alston, but doesn't consult Melvin|url=https://richmond.com/news/local/government-politics/gop-moves-toward-senate-vote-on-alston-but-doesnt-consult-melvin/article_5c8ec5a0-fbab-5ddb-9ff2-5f032ad984fb.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 19, 2020|website=Richmond Times-Dispatch|language=en}} Melvin was also a member of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus and a mentor to Virginia state senator Louise Lucas.
On February 24, 2009, Melvin announced he would not run for reelection.{{cite news | last = Walker | first = Julian | title = Portsmouth's Del. Melvin moving on after two decades | work = The Virginian-Pilot | date = February 25, 2009 | url = http://hamptonroads.com/2009/02/portsmouths-del-melvin-moving-after-two-decades | accessdate = February 25, 2009}} On April 7, Governor Tim Kaine appointed Melvin to judgeship on the Virginia Circuit Court in Portsmouth, effective May 1, 2009.{{cite news | last = Clayton | first = Cindy | title = Former Del. Melvin appointed as Portsmouth judge | work = The Virginian-Pilot | date = April 7, 2009 | url = http://hamptonroads.com/2009/04/former-del-melvin-appointed-portsmouth-judge | accessdate = April 7, 2009}} On May 1, 2009, he retired from the House and became a judge of the Portsmouth Circuit Court.{{cite web |title=Kenneth Ronald "Ken" Melvin |url=https://history.house.virginia.gov/members/9401 |website=Virginia House History |access-date=June 19, 2024}}
On March 4, 2016, Melvin was named as the possible successor to Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. of the Court of Appeals of Virginia if Alston were to be elevated to the Supreme Court of Virginia.{{cite news |last1=Vozella |first1=Laura |title=Black state lawmaker shares deep frustrations with her own party |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/its-always-just-you-sit-there-and-you-be-good-and-just-vote-with-us/2016/02/11/3e45bae8-d0b2-11e5-88cd-753e80cd29ad_story.html |access-date=June 19, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 11, 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Lazarus |first1=Jeremy M. |title=Sen. Lucas flip-flops in Va. Supreme Court battle |url=https://richmondfreepress.com/news/2016/feb/12/sen-lucas-flip-flops-va-supreme-court-battle/ |access-date=June 19, 2024 |publisher=Richmond Free Press |date=February 12, 2016}} The vote to appoint Alston to the Supreme Court of Virginia failed.{{Cite news|last=Weiner|first=Rachel|title=Judge Rossie Alston expected to be nominated to federal bench in Virginia|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/judge-rossie-alston-will-be-nominated-to-federal-bench-in-virginia/2018/01/12/9602ccf6-f7c2-11e7-a9e3-ab18ce41436a_story.html|access-date=October 19, 2020|issn=0190-8286}}
Notes
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References
- {{cite web | title = Virginia House of Delegates 2009; Delegate Kenneth R. Melvin | publisher = Virginia House of Delegates | url = http://dela.state.va.us/dela/MemBios.nsf/a7b082ef6ed01eac85256c0d00515644/35c6f2a6d3a43eee85257535005773f6?OpenDocument}}
External links
- {{cite web | title = Delegates Ken Melvin (D-Portsmouth) | work = Richmond Sunlight | url = http://www.richmondsunlight.com/legislator/krmelvin/}}
- {{cite web | title = Kenneth Ronald Melvin | publisher = Virginia Public Access Project | url = http://www.vpap.org/candidates/profile/home/5667}}
- {{cite web|title=Election Results |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Election_Information/Election_Results/Index.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617084700/http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Election_Information/Election_Results/Index.html |archivedate=June 17, 2010 }}
- [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=5166 Project Vote Smart - Representative Kenneth Ronald 'Ken' Melvin (VA)] profile
- Follow the Money - Kenneth R. Melvin
- [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=77342 2005] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=19427 2003] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=4637 2001] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=1292 1999] campaign contributions
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Category:Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates
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