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While director of the [[Tennessee Clean Water Network]] she pressed a lawsuit against KUB for their dumping of toxic waste into local water supplies and pointed out that the Mississippi River, which drains a third of the United States' freshwater, has been used for decades as the nation's "sewer".<ref>{{cite news|title=Dead Water|publisher=Memphis Flyer|author=Toby Sells|date=30 November 2017|url=https://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/dead-water/Content?oid=9865234}}</ref> In February 2017 she also requested a [[town hall meeting]] with the current Representative for the district, [[Jimmy Duncan (politician)|John Duncan Jr.]], to discuss a bill that was pending in the House to abolish the [[Environmental Protection Agency]]; Duncan refused to hold the meeting.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Travis Dorman|author2=Rachel Ohm|date=6 February 2017|title=U.S. Rep. Duncan rejects town hall requests, citing extremists|url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/06/us-rep-jimmy-duncan-rejects-town-hall-requests-citing-extremists-kooks/97525388/}}</ref> In 2016 Hoyos became noted as one of "ten women who make a difference in Knoxville" by an alternative newspaper, the Knoxville Mercury. <ref>{{cite web|date=2 November 2016|title=10 Women Who Make a Difference in Knoxville|work=Knoxville Mercury|url=http://www.knoxmercury.com/2016/11/02/10-women-make-difference-knoxville/}}</ref> She also pushed for the enactment of the [[Clean Power Plan]].<ref>{{cite web|work=Knox News|title=Weird science breaks out at congressional forum|author=Mark Harmon|date=27 June 2018|url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/mark-harmon/2018/06/27/weird-science-breaks-out-congressional-forum-mark-harmon/738556002/}}</ref> |
While director of the [[Tennessee Clean Water Network]] she pressed a lawsuit against KUB for their dumping of toxic waste into local water supplies and pointed out that the Mississippi River, which drains a third of the United States' freshwater, has been used for decades as the nation's "sewer".<ref>{{cite news|title=Dead Water|publisher=Memphis Flyer|author=Toby Sells|date=30 November 2017|url=https://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/dead-water/Content?oid=9865234}}</ref> In February 2017 she also requested a [[town hall meeting]] with the current Representative for the district, [[Jimmy Duncan (politician)|John Duncan Jr.]], to discuss a bill that was pending in the House to abolish the [[Environmental Protection Agency]]; Duncan refused to hold the meeting.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Travis Dorman|author2=Rachel Ohm|date=6 February 2017|title=U.S. Rep. Duncan rejects town hall requests, citing extremists|url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/06/us-rep-jimmy-duncan-rejects-town-hall-requests-citing-extremists-kooks/97525388/}}</ref> In 2016 Hoyos became noted as one of "ten women who make a difference in Knoxville" by an alternative newspaper, the Knoxville Mercury. <ref>{{cite web|date=2 November 2016|title=10 Women Who Make a Difference in Knoxville|work=Knoxville Mercury|url=http://www.knoxmercury.com/2016/11/02/10-women-make-difference-knoxville/}}</ref> She also pushed for the enactment of the [[Clean Power Plan]].<ref>{{cite web|work=Knox News|title=Weird science breaks out at congressional forum|author=Mark Harmon|date=27 June 2018|url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/mark-harmon/2018/06/27/weird-science-breaks-out-congressional-forum-mark-harmon/738556002/}}</ref> |
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In April of 2021 Hoyos was appointed by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to the new position of Director for its Environmental Justice Office. The office was created as a result of an 18-month long study by a consulting firm in [[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville]] which recommended the creation of the office in order for the State of Virginia to comply with a U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that required the state to engage more proactively in environmental justice matters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.virginiamercury.com/blog-va/virginia-deq-announces-new-environmental-justice-office/|author=Sarah Vogelsong|title=Virginia DEQ announces new Environmental Justice Office|date=22 April 2021|work=Virginia Mercury}}</ref> |
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===Politics=== |
===Politics=== |
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Renee Hoyos
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| Born | (1965-01-15) January 15, 1965 (age 59) St. Helena, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | San Francisco State University (BA) University of California, Davis (MS, MA) |
| Website | hoyosforcongress |
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Renee Hoyos (born January 15, 1965) is an American politician, businesswoman, and environmental advocate who was the Democratic nominee for Tennessee's 2nd congressional districtin2020. She was also the nominee in 2018. She was previously the executive director of the Tennessee Clean Water Network.[1]
Hoyos was born and raised in St. Helena, California. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from San Francisco State University and a Master of Arts and Master of Science from University of California, Davis.[2]
Hoyos worked as for the Immigrant Legal Resource Center and California Natural Resources Agency. She relocated from Northern CaliforniatoKnoxville, Tennessee in 2003 to serve as the Executive Director of the Tennessee Clean Water Network.[3]
While director of the Tennessee Clean Water Network she pressed a lawsuit against KUB for their dumping of toxic waste into local water supplies and pointed out that the Mississippi River, which drains a third of the United States' freshwater, has been used for decades as the nation's "sewer".[4] In February 2017 she also requested a town hall meeting with the current Representative for the district, John Duncan Jr., to discuss a bill that was pending in the House to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency; Duncan refused to hold the meeting.[5] In 2016 Hoyos became noted as one of "ten women who make a difference in Knoxville" by an alternative newspaper, the Knoxville Mercury. [6] She also pushed for the enactment of the Clean Power Plan.[7]
In April of 2021 Hoyos was appointed by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to the new position of Director for its Environmental Justice Office. The office was created as a result of an 18-month long study by a consulting firm in Charlottesville which recommended the creation of the office in order for the State of Virginia to comply with a U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that required the state to engage more proactively in environmental justice matters.[8]
Hoyos first ran for Congress in 2018, in which she won the Democratic nomination in Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. She became one of six women in Tennessee who received their party's nomination for Congress during the 2018 midterms.[9] In the general election, she lost to Tim Burchett, the mayor of Knox County. She ran again in 2020,[10] but lost to Burchett a second time. During the course of her campaigns she claimed she moved the district 19 percentage points away from the Republican Party, however, and even her opponent described her as the first credible Democrat to run in the second district in ages.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Renee Hoyos | 22,203 | 72.4 | |
| Democratic | Joshua Williams | 7,076 | 23.1 | |
| Democratic | Joseph Schenkenfelder | 1,382 | 4.5 | |
| Total votes | 30,661 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tim Burchett | 172,856 | 65.9 | |
| Democratic | Renee Hoyos | 86,668 | 33.1 | |
| Independent | Greg Samples | 967 | 0.4 | |
| Independent | Jeffrey Grunau | 657 | 0.3 | |
| Independent | Marc Whitmire | 637 | 0.2 | |
| Independent | Keith LaTorre | 349 | 0.1 | |
| Total votes | 262,134 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Renee Hoyos | 30,146 | 87.1 | |
| Democratic | Chance Brown | 4,465 | 12.9 | |
| Total votes | 34,611 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Tim Burchett (incumbent) | |||
| Democratic | Renee Hoyos | |||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
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