Lacey E. Putney

Acting Speaker In June 2002, the Republican Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, Vance Wilkins, resigned following revelations that he had paid a staffer to keep quiet about "unwanted sexual advances". Putney, then Chair of the Privileges and Elections committee, served as Acting Speaker until the following session in January 2003, when Republican William J. Howell was elected as Speaker.

Electoral history Date Election Candidate Party Votes % Virginia House of Delegates, 19th district Nov 7, 1995 General L E Putney 15,330 99.90 Write Ins 16 0.10 Nov 4, 1997 General Lacey E. Putney 13,195 78.39 Eric D. Thompson 3,635 21.59 Write Ins 3 0.02 Nov 2, 1999 General L E Putney 12,842 80.86 E D Thompson 3,035 19.11 Write Ins 4 0.02 Nov 6, 2001 General L E Putney 13,285 99.95 Write Ins 7 0.05 Nov 4, 2003 General L E Putney 11,393 73.42 A M Lipscomb Democratic 4,123 26.57 Write Ins 2 0.01 Nov 8, 2005 General L E Putney 19,152 99.16 Write Ins 163 0.84 Nov 6, 2007 General Lacey E. Putney 11,908 72.56 Lewis B. Medlin, Jr. Democratic 4,464 27.20 Write Ins 39 0.23 Nov 3, 2009 General Lacey E. Putney 15,297 64.13 Lewis B. Medlin, Jr. Democratic 4,922 20.63 W. H. "Will" Smith II Constitution 3,602 15.10 Write Ins 32 0.13 Nov 8, 2011 General Lacey E. Putney 8,883 41.61 Jerry R. Johnson Republican 6,775 31.73 Lewis B. Medlin, Jr. Democratic 5,670 26.56 Write Ins 18 0.18

2007 voting bills As Chair of the Privileges and Elections Committee, Putney blocked numerous electoral reform bills, including the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and bills to introduce Instant Runoff Voting on a test basis. He then chaired the powerful Appropriations Committee.