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E. W. Jackson
Jackson in 2023
Born
Earl Walker Jackson

(1952-01-13)January 13, 1952 (age 73)
EducationUniversity of Massachusetts Boston (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
Political partyDemocratic (Before 1980s)
Republican (1980s–present)
Military career
Allegiance United States
Service/ branch United States Marine Corps
Years of service1970–1973
RankCorporal

Earl Walker Jackson Sr. (born January 13, 1952) is an Americanconservative politician,[1]Protestant minister, and lawyer inVirginia who was a candidate in the2024 Republican Party presidential primaries. He was theRepublican Party nominee forLieutenant Governor of Virginia in2013.[2] Jackson unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for theUnited States Senate in Virginia in the2012 and2018 elections. He is head pastor at Exodus Faith Ministries, located inChesapeake, Virginia and founder of Staying True to America's National Destiny, a Christian political organization.[3]

Early life

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Jackson was born on January 13, 1952, inChester, Pennsylvania, and he is the great-grandson ofslaves fromOrange County, Virginia.[4] His parents separated when he was a child, and he spent most of his childhood in afoster home.[5]

Military service, education, and career

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Jackson joined theUnited States Marine Corps in 1970. He washonorably discharged as acorporal in 1973.[6] He is a graduate of theUniversity of Massachusetts Boston andHarvard Law School.[7]

He practiced law in theBoston area for 15 years.[8] Jackson said he was asked to leave his first ministerial position in 1982, at a Baptist church inCambridge, after two years. He said of his tenure there, "It was an older congregation, and I was a young 27-year-old firebrand. It was not a good mix."[9] He remained in Boston until the late 1990s as a practicing attorney and preacher.[7]

While in Boston, he appeared on several radio shows onWHDH and hosted a nationally syndicated talk show,Earl Jackson Across America.[10]

While in Boston, Jackson became involved in extended legal battles with theFederal Communications Commission while serving as the general manager of a radio station.[11]

He has taughtcommercial law atStrayer University's campuses in Chesapeake andVirginia Beach.[citation needed]

Ministry

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In June 1998, Jackson was consecrated abishop.[ambiguous] Later that year, he and his family moved toChesapeake, Virginia, and began holding weekly Bible studies. In 1999, Jackson and his wife founded Exodus Faith Ministries, a nondenominational church.[6] The church rented a space in a storefront location, but was forced to move due to zoning regulations, an incident that helped to shape his concerns of "government overreach".[7] The church rents a room at a Chesapeake hotel, where Jackson preaches every Sunday.[6] Jackson founded Chesapeake's annualMartin Luther King Jr. Breakfast, now in its 14th year.[6]

Black community

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In 2012, Jackson generated national attention with a recorded video appeal to blacks to leave theDemocratic Party, claiming that it had "abandoned the values of the black community" and that blacks had developed a "slavish devotion" to the party.[12] He has also spoken in black churches on issues facing the country.[4]

Jackson has claimed many black leaders, such asJesse Jackson andAl Sharpton, as well asBarack Obama, "are telling black kids what they can't do."[13] He opposed Obama's perceived "emphasis on race" and has said "the one thing I at least hoped for from the president—and I didn't have much hope for him—was that he'd bring us together. But he has divided us."[13]

In response to rebukes from some black leaders over his comments, Jackson said, "In order to correct something, you've got to speak to it. ... [T]he last thing in the world I'm trying to do, as some have suggested, is to make white people feel good. I'm trying to make black folks, particularly youth, wake up to the possibilities of a life of prosperity."[7]

Jackson rejects the label of "African-American", calling himself "an American of African descent". He said he is proud of his heritage but says "I just think we've got to come together as Americans, as one family. So I do point that out because that's the reality of it."[7]

Party affiliation

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Jackson had been a lifelongDemocrat; however, in the 1980s, he embracedconservatism. He said of his decision, "I had a crisis of conscience. Can I be in a party that holds these views that are antithetical to my worldview? In my personal opinion, it is difficult if you are a Bible-believing Christian to reconcile that to some of the positions that theDemocrat Party has taken."[6]

Jackson has claimed that Democratic Party elites are "driving an agenda to rid the party and the country of God,"[6] and has claimed that his policies are closer to those of the "average Democrat in Virginia" than the Democratic Party itself.[6]

2012 candidacy for U.S. Senate

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See also:2012 United States Senate election in Virginia
Jackson speaking in 2011

In May 2011, Jackson announced he was running for theUnited States Senate seat in Virginia in the 2012 election.[14]George Allen won the June 2012 primary; Jackson received 5% of the vote.[15]

Republican primary results[16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanGeorge Allen167,60765.5
RepublicanJamie Radtke59,00523.0
RepublicanBob Marshall17,3026.8
RepublicanE. W. Jackson12,0834.7
Total votes255,997100

2013 Lieutenant Governor candidacy

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See also:2013 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election

Campaign for Republican nomination

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Main article:2013 Republican Party of Virginia convention

Jackson announced his candidacy forLieutenant Governor of Virginia on December 1, 2012, at the Republican Party of Virginia Advance inVirginia Beach, Virginia.[17] On January 10, 2013, Jackson released his "Engage and Reform Agenda"[18] which the campaign called "commonsense reforms [that] reassert the principles of our Constitution and Let Liberty Light the Way for Virginia."[19]

On May 18, 2013, Jackson was nominated as theRepublican Party candidate for the position, at theparty convention in Richmond.[2] The nomination process took four ballots and ten hours of voting. Jackson led in each round of balloting, reaching a majority on the final ballot. Jackson had raised the least money of the seven candidates for the Republican nomination.[20] TheRichmond Times-Dispatch called his victory a "stunning upset" over the other candidates.[21] Jackson was the first non-white person to be nominated to a statewide office by Virginia Republicans since 1988.[22]

2013 Virginia Republican convention
Lieutenant governor nomination official results
[23]
CandidateWeighted votesPercentage
E.W. Jackson3,73231.3%
Susan Stimpson1,79815.1%
Corey Stewart1,76914.8%
Pete Snyder1,73914.6%
Scott Lingamfelter1,37511.5%
Jeannemarie Devolites Davis8617.2%
Steve Martin6625.5%
Total weighted votes cast: 11,936

Controversy over past statements

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After his nomination, Jackson received criticism for some of his past statements that have been perceived as derogatory to the LGBTQ community, non-Christians, and Democrats.[24] He has been criticized for alleged Islamophobia in response to his comments about House Floor rule changes to accommodate members who wearheadcoverings.[25]

In June 2013, inManassas, Jackson held a press conference to address his past and to counter what he claimed were distortions of his past words and statements by his opponents. Jackson disputed a number of criticisms of his theology, which he had were "twisted and distorted," and said, "I'm not going to spend the campaign talking about these issues, so let's get it out of the way now."[9] Jackson also revealed previously unreported details about his financial history and past drug use, saying he wanted to "reveal as many of my weaknesses and shortcomings as a curious press and my opposition might want to look into," and by doing so, "maybe save you and your colleagues some further research."[9] In regard to criticism of his past statements that birth defects are "caused by parents' sins," Jackson said, "I do not believe that birth defects are caused by parents' sin unless, of course, there's a direct scientific connection between the parents' behavior and the disabilities of the child," such as a child who might develop birth defects if their mother was addicted to heroin.[9] He claimed that he had not said thatyoga leads toSatanism.[9]

Jackson claimed that his comments about gay people have been taken out of context, and that they were directed not towards the generalLGBT community but rather its "more politically active, fringe members." Of past comments that homosexuality "poisons culture", he then claimed that "What I really said was that the gay rights movement, so called, the homosexual activists, engage in some behavior that is absolutely horrendous, and that's true, everybody knows that; from going into Catholic churches and desecrating the Sacraments to engaging in all kinds of demonstrative behavior to try to call attention to what they view as their plight." He also called some gay people "rabid [and] radical."[26]

In 2018, on December 5, on his radio show, Jackson said, "The floor of Congress is now going to look like an Islamic republic."[25] He said, "We are a Judeo-Christian country. We are a nation rooted and grounded in Christianity and that's that. And anybody that doesn't like that, go live somewhere else. It's very simple. Just go live somewhere else."[25] His comments drew widespread criticism.[26][25][27]

In April 2019, Jackson said that the United States would turn into a "homocracy" if it electsPete Buttigieg, an openly gay candidate, for president.[28]

General election campaign

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Through the second quarter of 2013 ending on June 30, 2013, Jackson raised $375,324.[29] Most of his contributions were from small donors, indicating a large grassroots base.[29] From July 1 through August 31, 2013, Jackson raised $303,220.[30] Jackson spent $1.3 million throughout the campaign cycle.[31]

Jackson's education plan included calls forschool vouchers and a constitutional amendment allowing public money to help fund private schools. Republican nominee for governorKen Cuccinelli's plan included the same proposals, and Jackson said he strongly supported Cuccinelli's plan.[13] Jackson, whose wife is a public school teacher inNewport News, has called for a constitutional amendment for equal resources for homeschooled students.[32]

Jackson has backed the Farm Freedom Act, a bill proposed byDelegateBrenda Pogge which would allowfamily farmers to sell their goods without having to go through state and federal regulations, which restrict direct sale of goods to consumers. He pointed to the sharp decline in farms grossing under $100,000 a year, saying it was a result of onerous bureaucracy and regulations.[33][34]

Jackson's campaign launched a Women for Jackson coalition composed of women across the state supporting Jackson's aim to "fight for greater parental choice in our children's educational opportunities, stand strong for health standards that keep women's clinics safe, and help create an economic environment in Virginia that helps people from all walks of life."[35]

Jackson was endorsed by the VirginiaFraternal Order of Police,[36] the VirginiaPolice Benevolent Association,[37]Gun Owners of America,[38] and retiredNASCAR racerMorgan Shepherd.[39]

Northam defeated Jackson in the November 5, 2013 general election.[40]

Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2013[41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticRalph Northam1,213,15555.12%+11.72
RepublicanE. W. Jackson980,25744.54%−11.97
Write-ins7,4720.34%+0.26
Majority232,89810.58%
Total votes2,200,884100.0%

2018 candidacy for U.S. Senate

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See also:2018 United States Senate election in Virginia

Jackson ran for senate again in 2018, but he only garnered 12% of the vote in the Republican Party's open primary and failed to advance in the general election.[42]

Republican primary results[42]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanCorey Stewart136,61044.87%
RepublicanNick Freitas131,32143.14%
RepublicanE.W. Jackson36,50811.99%
Total votes304,439100.00%

2024 presidential candidacy

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See also:2024 Republican Party presidential primaries

On July 14, 2023, Jackson announced his bid forPresident of the United States as a Republican in the2024 election. He campaigned on a right-wing,Christian conservative platform, proposing four new amendments to theUnited States Constitution if he were to have been elected. The first amendment would have restricted abortion bypersonhood as beginning at conception, the second would have "define[d] gender as having only two categories, male and female," the third would haverestricted same-sex marriage, and the fourth would have limitedU.S. citizenship at birth to those who have one American parent.[43][44] Jackson did notmake it onto the ballot in any state.[45]

References

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  20. ^"Lt. Gov. campaign finance via VPAP". Vpap.org. Archived fromthe original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved2013-10-31.
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  23. ^"Round 1 Results"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2013-09-05. Retrieved2013-05-27.
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  25. ^abcdDaugherty, Owen (2018-12-06)."Conservative pastor: 'The floor of Congress is now going to look like an Islamic republic'".TheHill. Retrieved2018-12-09.
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  27. ^"Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar responds to minister saying Congress will 'look like an Islamic republic,' and Twitter is here for it".www.yahoo.com. 8 December 2018. Retrieved2018-12-09.
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  36. ^FOP EndorsementRichmond Times-Dispatch
  37. ^Kelley, Brian (August 19, 2013)."Updated: Police benevolent group splits endorsements".Blue Ridge Caucus. Archived fromthe original on 2013-08-25. Retrieved2013-10-31.
  38. ^"Jackson Endorsed By Gun Owners Of America". Jacksonforlg.com. 2013-08-20. Archived fromthe original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved2013-10-31.
  39. ^"Jackson Accepts Endorsement from NASCAR Legend Morgan Shepherd". Jacksonforlg.com. 2013-09-06. Archived fromthe original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved2013-10-31.
  40. ^"Virginia Board of Elections - Election Night Results - November 5th, 2013". Archived fromthe original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved2013-11-12.
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  42. ^ab"2018 June Republican Primary".Results.elections.virginia.gov. Archived fromthe original on June 23, 2018. RetrievedJune 23, 2018.
  43. ^"Bishop E.W. Jackson Launches Presidential Campaign to Hold the Establishment Accountable and Empower Evangelical Voters" (Press release). Standard Newswire. July 14, 2023. RetrievedAugust 20, 2023.
  44. ^Kellner, Mark A. (August 16, 2023)."Virginia pastor calls for restoring 'Judeo-Christian values' in long-shot GOP presidential bid".The Washington Times. RetrievedAugust 20, 2023.
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