Glenn Nye | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVirginia's2nd district | |
| In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Thelma Drake |
| Succeeded by | Scott Rigell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Glenn Carlyle Nye III (1974-09-09)September 9, 1974 (age 50) Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University |
| Profession | FormerForeign Service officer |
| Website | www.glennnye.com |
Glenn Carlyle Nye III (born September 9, 1974) is an American politician who was theU.S. representative forVirginia's 2nd congressional district from 2009 to 2011.[1] He is a member of theDemocratic Party. He was defeated in his attempt to attain re-election on November 2, 2010. The district included all ofVirginia Beach and theEastern Shore, as well as parts ofNorfolk andHampton.
Nye currently serves as president and CEO of the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress.[2]
Nye was born inPhiladelphia, but his family has lived in theHampton Roads area for five generations. He grew up in Norfolk and graduated from high school atNorfolk Academy. A graduate of theEdmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service atGeorgetown University inWashington, D.C., he volunteered on medical education missions to theMiddle East while in college. He began his foreign service career focusing on economic development in war-tornEastern Europe while working for the U.S. Director at theEuropean Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Nye joined theU.S. State Department in 2001, where he served inKosovo andMacedonia as a member of theForeign Service. During theMacedonian Conflict in 2001, he helped organize the evacuation of 26 Americanunlawful combatants serving in the ranks of ethnicAlbanian separatist insurgents from the village ofArachinovo,[1][3][4][5] and helped negotiate the release of 26 U.S. servicemen that were trapped outside of the village byroadblocks set byMacedonian civilians that were protesting the evacuation.[6] For this, Nye received the State Department'sSuperior Honor Award, although the incident is considered to be highly controversial within Macedonia.[1]
Nye was then posted to the U.S. Embassy inSingapore, where he helped protect U.S. intellectual property rights during the negotiation of theU.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement. From there he volunteered to go toAfghanistan, spending almost a year as part of a U.S. government sponsored team managing the historicAfghan Constitution Commission and supporting the country's first presidential election.
He also managed a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) community development program in theWest Bank andGaza. He served as Operations Director in the Middle East by registering eligible voters in major U.S. cities forIraq's Transitional National Assembly election. In Iraq, Nye led operations to create jobs for Iraqis as part of the counter-insurgency effort. After returning to Virginia, he advised a USAID program working closely with military colleagues to stabilize Iraqi neighborhoods by creating employment for over 70,000 Iraqis.[7][8]In an interview withCQ Politics, Nye explained why he decided to run for Congress: "There is only so much one can do on the executing end of foreign policy in terms of advancing American interests, and there's only so much you can do to influence the policy from the outside. I was frustrated with the course of the country, and I was prepared to offer my service to try to bring some expertise into the Congress that I think the Congress is lacking."[7]Nye and Drake had clashed over energy policy. Drake supported new drilling in Alaska and along the continental shelf off the East Coast. Nye stated that oil companies can and should expand existing oil fields which are now economically feasible to exploit.[9]
Nye won the Democratic nomination for the 2nd District and facedThelma Drake in the November election. Nye's donations from national Democrats, including House SpeakerNancy Pelosi of California, Majority LeaderSteny Hoyer of Maryland and RepresentativeCharles Rangel of New York, reflected the interest of the party in his race.[10] Although they endorsed his opponent in 2006, Nye was endorsed byThe Virginian-Pilot in 2008.[11]
In the November election, Nye defeated Drake with 52 percent of the vote. The 2nd District saw a Democratic Party sweep in 2008, with bothBarack Obama andMark Warner winning the district in the Presidential and Senate races, respectively.
Nye was defeated by Republican nomineeScott Rigell, a businessman and automobile dealer. Independent Kenny Golden, a retiredNavyCaptain, was also on the ballot.[12]
Soon after being sworn in, Nye joined theBlue Dog Coalition, a caucus of conservative Democrats.[13]
Nye voted with the Democratic majority for theAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009[14] and theLilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.[15] Nye joined with 43 other Democrats to vote against theAmerican Clean Energy and Security Act[16] in June 2009, and in November 2009, Nye voted along with 38 other Democrats against theAffordable Health Care for America Act,[17] saying that the bill did not do enough to reduce health care costs, and that it cut too much money from children's hospitals.[18] Nye also voted against theStupak Amendment.[19]
Nye was endorsed by theChamber of Commerce and theNational Federation of Independent Business.[20]
| Year | Democratic | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | Independent | Votes | Pct | |||
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| 2008[21] | Glenn Nye | 141,857 | 52.40% | Thelma D. Drake | 128,486 | 47.46% | * | |||||
| 2010[22] | Glenn Nye | 70,306 | 42.46% | Scott Rigell | 88,007 | 53.15% | Kenny E. Golden | 7,158 | 4.32% | |||
In March 2011 Glenn Nye accepted a position at theGerman Marshall Fund where he helped facilitate communications between the United States and Europe.[23]
In September 2011 Glenn Nye joined the Hanover Investment Group as the Senior Political Advisor.[24]
In December 2013, Glenn Nye became a trustee at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC), a non-partisan, non-profit Washington, D.C., think tank.[25] In August 2017, Glenn Nye was named president and CEO of CSPC.[2]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromVirginia's 2nd congressional district 2009–2011 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded byas Former US Representative | Order of precedence of the United States as Former US Representative | Succeeded byas Former US Representative |
