Jeff McWaters
Encyclopedia
Jeffrey L. McWaters is a Republican
member of the Senate of Virginia
. He represents the 8th district, which includes a portion of Virginia Beach. He was first elected in a special election in January 2010, which was held to replace Ken Stolle
, who had been elected sheriff
.
. He attended Paducah Tilghman High School
in his home town of Paducah
, playing on the football team and participating on Paducah Tilghman's 1974 state championship team. He went to a local college in Paducah before going to the University of Kentucky
, where he studied accounting. He earned a position on the Kentucky Wildcats football
team as a walk-on, but a knee injury prevented him from playing a single game.
After graduating from University of Kentucky, McWaters joined Ernst and Young as an accountant. After that he worked as an operational audit manager for CIGNA
, an American health care provider. In 1994 he founded Amerigroup
, a health care provider which operates out of Virginia Beach.
and sheriff-elect Ken Stolle
in a special election held on January 13, 2010. He defeated city councilwoman Rosemary Wilson in the Republican primary, and then Democrat
Bill Fleming 8,051 votes to 2,184 in the general election.
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
member of the Senate of Virginia
Senate of Virginia
The Senate of Virginia is the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. The Senate is composed of 40 Senators representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts. The Senate is presided over by the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia...
. He represents the 8th district, which includes a portion of Virginia Beach. He was first elected in a special election in January 2010, which was held to replace Ken Stolle
Ken Stolle
Kenneth W. Stolle is an American politician of the Republican Party. He was a member of the Senate of Virginia from 1992 to 2010. He represented the 8th district in Virginia Beach. Stolle is currently the sheriff of Virginia Beach....
, who had been elected sheriff
Sheriff
A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
.
Early life
McWaters was born September 6, 1956, to a plant superintendent and school teacher in KentuckyKentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
. He attended Paducah Tilghman High School
Paducah Tilghman High School
Paducah Tilghman High School is a public secondary school in Paducah, Kentucky, and is the only high school of the Paducah Independent School District....
in his home town of Paducah
Paducah, Kentucky
Paducah is the largest city in Kentucky's Jackson Purchase Region and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Tennessee River and the Ohio River, halfway between the metropolitan areas of St. Louis, Missouri, to the west and Nashville,...
, playing on the football team and participating on Paducah Tilghman's 1974 state championship team. He went to a local college in Paducah before going to the University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
, where he studied accounting. He earned a position on the Kentucky Wildcats football
Kentucky Wildcats football
The Kentucky Wildcats football team is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the East Division of the Southeastern Conference.-History:Paul "Bear" Bryant Era...
team as a walk-on, but a knee injury prevented him from playing a single game.
After graduating from University of Kentucky, McWaters joined Ernst and Young as an accountant. After that he worked as an operational audit manager for CIGNA
CIGNA
Cigna , headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut, is a global health services company, owing to its expanding international footprint and the fact that it provides administrative services only to approximately 80 percent of its clients...
, an American health care provider. In 1994 he founded Amerigroup
Amerigroup
Amerigroup is a health insurance company headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It is the largest publicly-traded company focused exclusively on meeting the needs of those enrolled in publicly-funded healthcare programs such as Medicaid and Medicare...
, a health care provider which operates out of Virginia Beach.
Politics
McWaters ran to replace outgoing RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
and sheriff-elect Ken Stolle
Ken Stolle
Kenneth W. Stolle is an American politician of the Republican Party. He was a member of the Senate of Virginia from 1992 to 2010. He represented the 8th district in Virginia Beach. Stolle is currently the sheriff of Virginia Beach....
in a special election held on January 13, 2010. He defeated city councilwoman Rosemary Wilson in the Republican primary, and then Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Bill Fleming 8,051 votes to 2,184 in the general election.