Anthony "Tony" Fairfax is a Hampton, Virginia-based Geodemographic Consultant and President/CEO of CensusChannel LLC.CensusChannel.com Since the earlier nineties Fairfax has provided demographic and mapping services with a concentration on census data and redistricting.Ronald Roach (June 2, 2005) “Demographer Pushes Internet Access of Census 2000 Data” Black Issues in Higher Education

Early life and education

Fairfax was born in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, to Helen and Nathaniel Fairfax. His father was in the US Air Force, which compelled his family to move several times during his early childhood life. They moved from Massachusetts to Washington D.C to Okinawa, Japan all before finally residing in Hampton, Virginia. After Fairfax graduated from high school (Tabb High in York County, VA), he matriculated to Virginia Tech and received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering. Fairfax furthered his education by receiving an advanced degree of a Masters of Geospatial Information Science and Technology (MGIST) from NC State University.

Redistricting career

During his consulting career, Fairfax consulted for numerous non-profit and public sector organizations including the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Institute,Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research (CERSER), http://nia.ecsu.edu/cerser/2004/040927census/census_workshop04.htm the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus (LLBC).The Times-Picayune, and Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ).Southern Echo, http://southernecho.org/s/?p=2310 During the 2010 round of redistricting, Fairfax provided affidavits, depositions and expert testimonies for several court cases including, Moore v. State of Tennessee,tn.gov http://www.tn.gov/attorneygeneral/cases/redistricting/mooreopinion.pdf the North Carolina Supreme Court Case NC NAACP v. State of North Carolina,NC Appellate Courts, http://www.ncappellatecourts.org/show-file.php?document_id=148744 and the Texas federal redistricting court case, Perez v. Perry.Texas Election Law Blog, https://texaselectionlaw.wordpress.com/tag/tony-fairfax/ An aspect of Fairfax's consulting services involved training, specifically redistricting and geographic information systems (GIS). Fairfax training services encompassed national organizations such as the Congressional Black Caucus Institutecbcinstitite.org http://cbcinstitute.org/sites/default/files/PBC%20graduation%20booklet2012.pdf and the Young Elected Officials (YEO)Young Elected Officials National Conference http://www.joomag.com/magazine/national-convening-program-books-2010-yeo-national-convening-book/0735520001372167948?page=32 and educational institutions such as Elizabeth City State University, Howard University, and Norfolk State University.Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research (CERSER), http://nia.ecsu.edu/cerser/2004/040927census/census_workshop04.htm

Redistricting cases Fairfax provided expert testimony, deposition and expert report as an expert witness on redistricting cases in more than cases for the various civil rights groups such as the North Carolina NAACP, Texas NAACP, and Southern Coalition for Social Justice. He provided expert reports and/or testimony including the following cases:

• Perez v. Abbott (US Federal District Court) – His analysis focused on certain characteristics, including population deviation, compactness, political subdivision splits and communities of interest for congressional and house plans. Additional analysis was performed on demographic projections for certain congressional and state house districts.

• The City of Greensboro v The Guilford County Board of Elections (US Federal District Court) - Fairfax provided expert testimony, deposition and expert report included several districts plans for the city council of Greensboro, NC, and analyzed certain characteristics, including population deviation, political subdivision splits, partisan performance, and incumbent effect analysis.

• Wright v North Carolina (US Federal District Court) – Fairfax gave expert testimony and report included analysis of population deviation, compactness, partisan impact and incumbent residences for county commission and school board plans.The Only Clear limitation on Improper Districting Practices Duke University

• ADC v Alabama (US Federal District Court) - Fairfax produced senate and house redistricting plans. Also, he provided deposition on the creation of the plan. Also, generated a series of thematic maps depicting areas added from the previous plan to the enacted plan, displaying concentrations of African American voters that were added to the enacted plan.

• Perez v. Perry (US Federal District Court) – Fairfax's analysis focused on certain characteristics, including population deviation, compactness, political subdivision splits and communities of interest for congressional and house plans. Additional analysis was performed reviewing demographic aspects of several congressional and state house districts.

• NC NAACP v. State of North Carolina (North Carolina Supreme Court Case) – Fairfax developed an expert report and gave a deposition that centered on compactness ratios on NC house and senate districts.Court documentncappellatecourts.org

First Publication

In 2004, Fairfax published his first book called A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Census 2000 Data.Fairfax, A. ". (2013). The Presidential Trend. Hampton. VA: Statistical Press (December 1, 2013). He used the book in workshops to train various faculty and professionals on the use of Census 2000 data.

The Presidential Trend

In 2013, Fairfax published The Presidential Trend.Fairfax, T. (2015). An Introduction to the Presidential. Hampton, VA. : Statistical Press; 1 edition (March 16, 2015) Both books discussed and put forth a theory on why the popular vote for the Democratic candidate for president increased in an almost perfect straight or linear line from 1972 to 2000, excluding the 1976 election. Fairfax believes he discovered this voting pattern and thus he named this phenomenon, The Presidential Trend. Previously, using analysis from his book's theory, Fairfax correctly predicted the popular vote win of Barack Obama in 2008 in a press release prior to the election.New Book Discusses Major Electoral Phenomenon and Predicts Obama Wins with a 51.1 Percent (+/-2.7 Percent) of the Popular Vote. His prediction was that Obama would win with 51.1% (+/- 2.7) of the popular vote.David Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential elections. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ Obama won with 52.86% of the popular vote. In 2012, Fairfax's analysis on the state of Virginia that was depicted in his book was included in an award-winning special television segment entitled Battleground Virginia.WVEC-13 ABC Affiliate http://www.13newsnow.com/videos/news/2014/09/08/14787518/ Fairfax has been interviewed numerous times on his theory, including radio shows such as: Good Books Radio,Good Books, Radio, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eljynb42uig Jeff Schechtman's Specific Gravity,Jeff Schechtman’s Specific Gravity, http://specific-gravity.blogspot.com/2014_02_01_archive.html Dr. Alvin JonesDr. Alvin Jones, http://www.dralvinjones.com/content/01%20Tony%20Fairfax.mp3 and others.

Personal life

He is married to Dr. Colita Nichols Fairfax, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Norfolk State UniversityBarrette-Peake Foundation, http://barrett-peake.org/about-us and author of Hampton, Virginia (Black American Series). The two have two daughters, Layla and Natalie.

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