This biographical article is written like a résumé .(May 2023) |
Jeffrey C. McKay | |
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Chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors | |
Assumed office January 1, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Sharon Bulova |
Member of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors from the Lee district | |
In office 2008–2020 | |
Preceded by | Dana Kauffman |
Succeeded by | Rodney Lusk |
Personal details | |
Born | Jeffrey Charles McKay [1] September 6,1975 |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Fairfax County,Virginia |
Alma mater | James Madison University (BS) |
Website | https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/chairman/ |
Jeffrey C. "Jeff" McKay is an American politician who is Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in Northern Virginia. He first won election to the board in November 2007,representing the Lee district,which includes the Springfield and Franconia areas. [2] [3] In 2019,he was elected as chairman,taking office in January 2020. [4] [5]
McKay attended Bishop Ireton High School,a private Roman Catholic high school in Alexandria,Virginia. [6] He graduated from James Madison University in December 1996 with a bachelor's degree in political science. [7] [8] He had served as president of the college Young Democrats during his sophomore and senior years,and as Chair of the Virginia Young Democrats College Caucus. [9] In 1998,McKay graduated from the University of Virginia’s Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.
Shortly after graduating from JMU in 1996,McKay was hired as Chief of Staff to Lee District Supervisor Dana Kauffman. [10] He continued in that position for more than a decade,until Kauffman retired in 2007 and he won the November election to succeed him. [11] Following his time as Lee District Supervisor,McKay was elected countywide in 2019 to serve as Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. [12]
Since joining the Board,McKay co-created Fairfax County's One Fairfax [13] [14] resolution and policy. [15] McKay supported expand benefits for employees,including six week of paid family leave and entering into the county's first collective bargaining agreement with unions. [16] [17] He is Chair of the Dulles Corridor Advisory Committee,as well as on the board of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority,Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC),the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments,and the Virginia Association of Counties.
Following an ethics complaint [18] regarding his purchase in 2017 of a home not listed in MLS from a developer who had business before the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors,McKay was investigated by the Virginia State Police in 2019. [19] The investigation considered whether McKay's purchase of his family home from a developer friend for $850,000 in 2017 was an undisclosed gift,which would have been a misdemeanor. McKay denied malfeasance,and was later cleared of any wrongdoing. [20]
After their last pay raise in 2015,the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in March 2023 proposed a 36% pay increase for supervisors and a 45% pay increase for the board chair. Following hours of criticism from County residents,the board approved in an 8-2 vote a 29% pay increase for themselves and a 38% pay increase for the board chair (McKay). McKay stated before the vote:"The board does not enjoy raising its salary. I do not enjoy raising a future board's salary." [21]
In 2024,amid a housing shortage in the D.C. metropolitan area,McKay said that Fairfax County did not intend to follow the lead of other Northern Virginia counties in eliminating single-family exclusive zoning regulations. McKay said it was important to "protect the integrity of our single-family neighborhoods" and that Fairfax County was not capable of accommodating missing middle housing. [22] McKay supports relaxing rules for accessory dwelling units. [22]
McKay is a lifelong Fairfax County resident,born and raised on the historic Route One Corridor in Lee District. [23] McKay married Crystal Newsome in 2005. [24] They have two children,Leann and Aidan. [25]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Jeff McKay | 10,377 | 64.6 | ||
Republican | Doug Boulter | 5,656 | 35.2 | ||
n/a | Write-ins | 20 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 16,053 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jeff McKay | 14,425 | 98.1 | ||
n/a | Write-ins | 272 | 1.9 | ||
Total votes | 14,697 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Jeff McKay | 13,104 | 96.8 | ||
n/a | Write-ins | 429 | 3.2 | ||
Total votes | 13,533 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jeff McKay | 29,702 | 42.5 | |
Democratic | Alicia Plerhoples | 21,980 | 31.4 | |
Democratic | Ryan McElveen | 11,439 | 16.4 | |
Democratic | Tim Chapman | 6,851 | 9.8 | |
Total votes | 69,972 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Jeff McKay | 195,342 | 66.5 | ||
Republican | Joseph Galdo | 97,608 | 33.2 | ||
n/a | Write-ins | 1,006 | 0.3 | ||
Total votes | 293,956 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold | |||||
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