Chip Dicks

John Gaudry "Chip" Dicks III (born May 22, 1951) is an American lobbyist and former Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates, serving from 1983 to 1990. He was defeated for reelection in 1989 by Republican Kirk Cox.^[1]

Chip Dicks
Official portrait, 1988
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 66th district
In office January 12, 1983 – January 10, 1990
Preceded by	Robert E. Russell[a]
Succeeded by	Kirk Cox
Personal details
Born	John Gaudry Dicks III (1951-05-22) May 22, 1951 (age 74) Petersburg, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Methodist College (BA) Stetson University (JD)
Occupation	Lawyer politician lobbyist

Electoral history

Date	Election	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Virginia House of Delegates, 66th district
Nov 2, 1982[2]	General	John G. Dicks, III	Democratic	6,953	50.37
		Robert E. Russell	Republican	6,851	49.63
		Write Ins		0	0.00
		Single-member districts created per ruling in Cosner v. Dalton
Nov 8, 1983[3]	General	John G. Dicks, III	Democratic	7,777	62.11
		Judy S. Tap	Republican	4,739	37.84
		Write Ins		6	0.05
Nov 5, 1985[4]	General	John G. Dicks, III	Democratic	11,492	99.90
		Write Ins		11	0.10
Nov 3, 1987[5]	General	John G. Dicks, III	Democratic	13,567	99.85
		Write Ins		20	0.15
Nov 7, 1989[6]	General	M. Kirkland Cox	Republican	10,460	52.47
		John G. Dicks, III	Democratic	9,468	47.49
		Write Ins		8	0.04

Notes

1. In the 1981 case Cosner v. Dalton, a challenge to the General Assembly's decennial apportionment plan, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that the multi-member districts drawn by the legislature violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; while allowing that year's state house elections to proceed, as planned, they ordered that those elected serve a one-year term only and that new elections be held in 1982 under a court-approved redistricting scheme. Russell, a Republican, was elected in 1981 to represent the 34th district, alongside George W. Jones and John Watkins. In 1982, he won his party's nomination for the newly established 66th district seat but lost to Dicks.