2007 Virginia House of Delegates election

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2007 Virginia House of Delegates elections
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  2005 November 6, 2007 2009  

All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout30.2% [1] Decrease2.svg
 Majority partyMinority party
  Bill Howell, Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates (Republican).png Ward Armstrong podium.jpg
Leader Bill Howell Ward Armstrong
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceJanuary 8, 2003February 24, 2007
Leader's seat 28th 10th
Last election5740
Seats won5444
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 4
Popular vote620,724522,604
Percentage51.0%42.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg 5.1%Increase2.svg 6.2%

2007 Virginia House of Delegates Results.svg
Results:
     Republican hold     Republican gain
     Democratic hold     Democratic gain
     Independent hold

Speaker before election

Bill Howell
Republican

Elected Speaker

Bill Howell
Republican

The Virginia House of Delegates election of 2007 was held on Tuesday, November 6.

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Results

Overview

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54442
RepublicanDemocratic
PartiesCandidatesSeatsPopular Vote
20052007+/-StrengthVote%Change
Republican 5754Decrease2.svg 359.00%620,72450.98%
Democratic 4044Increase2.svg 445.00%522,60442.92%
Independent 32Decrease2.svg 12.00%53,1574.37%
Independent Greens 00Steady2.svg0.00%4,3760.36%
- Write-ins 00Steady2.svg0.00%16,8121.38%
Total1001000100.00%1,217,673100.00%-

By House of Delegates district

Party abbreviations: D - Democratic, R - Republican, I - Independent, IG - Independent Green, L - Libertarian

Note: Only House districts that were contested by more than one candidate are included here.

DistrictIncumbentPartyElectedStatus2007 Result
1st Terry Kilgore Republican1993ReelectedTerry Kilgore (R) 72.3%
Jerry Taylor (D) 27.6%
5th Bill Carrico Republican2001ReelectedBill Carrico (R) 55.4%
Susie Dixon Garner (D) 44.5%
6th Anne Crockett-Stark Republican2005ReelectedAnne Crockett-Stark (R) 55.6%
Bill Thomas Jr. (D) 44.3%
7th Dave Nutter Republican2001ReelectedDave Nutter (R) 52.7%
Peggy Frank (D) 47.3%
9th Allen DudleyRepublican1993Retired Charles Poindexter (R) 46.4%
Eric Ferguson (D) 43.9%
Jerry Boothe (I) 9.6%
11th Onzlee Ware Democratic2003ReelectedOnzlee Ware (D) 62.1%
Mac McCadden (I) 37.3%
13th Bob Marshall Republican1991ReelectedBob Marshall (R) 58.3%
Bruce Roemmelt (D) 41.6%
14th Danny Marshall III Republican2001ReelectedDanny Marshall III (R) 51.9%
Adam Tomer (D) 48.0%
16th Robert HurtRepublican2001Elected to State Senate Donald Merricks (R) 64.0%
Andy Parker (D) 35.9%
17th William Fralin Republican2003ReelectedWilliam Fralin (R) 75.1%
Alexander Ballin (I) 24.7%
19th Lacey Putney Independent1961ReelectedLacey Putney (I) 72.6%
Lewis Medlin Jr. (D) 27.2%
21st John WelchRepublican2001Defeated Bobby Mathieson (D) 57.5%
John Welch (R) 42.1%
26th Matt Lohr Republican2005ReelectedMatt Lohr (R) 71.1%
Carolyn Frank (I) 28.5%
28th Bill Howell Republican1987ReelectedWilliam Howell (R) 61.7%
Clyde Matthews (D) 34.8%
Craig Ennis (IG) 3.2%
31st Scott Lingamfelter Republican2001ReelectedScott Lingamfelter (R) 55.3%
Bill Day (D) 44.5%
32nd David Poisson Democratic2005ReelectedDavid Poisson (D) 52.8%
Lynn Chapman (R) 47.1%
33rd Joe MayRepublican1993ReelectedJoe May (R) 59.8%
Marty Martinez (D) 40.0%
34th Vince CallahanRepublican1967Retired Margi Vanderhye (D) 51.5%
Dave Hunt (R) 48.4%
35th Steve Shannon Democratic2003ReelectedSteve Shannon (D) 63.4%
Arthur Purves (R) 36.6%
39th Vivian Watts Democratic1995ReelectedVivian Watts (D) 78.3%
Laura C. Clifton (IG) 21.2%
40th Tim Hugo Republican2003ReelectedTim Hugo (R) 57.1%
Rex Simmons (D) 42.8%
45th David Englin Democratic2005ReelectedDavid Englin (D) 64.2%
Mark Allen (R) 35.7%
49th Adam Ebbin Democratic2003ReelectedAdam Ebbin (D) 79.7%
James Ronald Fisher (IG) 19.1%
50th Jackson Miller Republican2006ReelectedJackson Miller (R) 60.4%
Jeanette Rishell (D) 39.5%
51st Michele McQuiggRepublican1997Elected to Clerk of Court Paul Nichols (D) 51.8%
Faisal Gill (R) 47.7%
52nd Jeff Frederick Republican2003ReelectedJeff Frederick (R) 58.6%
Christopher Brown (D) 41.2%
54th Bobby Orrock Republican1989ReelectedBobby Orrock (R) 73.7%
Kimbra Kincheloe (I) 26.2%
56th Bill Janis Republican2001ReelectedBill Janis (R) 65.9%
Will Shaw (D) 34.0%
59th Watkins Abbitt Independent1985ReelectedWatkins Abbitt (I) 60.2%
Connie Brennan (D) 39.7%
67th Chuck Caputo Democratic2005ReelectedChuck Caputo (D) 52.7%
Marc Cadin (R) 47.3%
68th Katherine WaddellIndependent2005DefeatedManoli Loupassi (R) 54.1%
Katherine Waddell (I) 42.1%
Bill Grogan (I) 3.7%
69th Frank HallDemocratic1975ReelectedFrank Hall (D) 82.8%
Ray Gargiulo (R) 17.0%
72nd Jack ReidRepublican1989Retired Jimmie Massie (R) 67.2%
Tom Herbert (D) 32.7%
78th John Cosgrove Republican2001ReelectedJohn Cosgrove (R) 61.7%
Mick Meyer (D) 38.2%
82nd Bob Purkey Republican1985ReelectedBob Purkey (R) 60.6%
Bob MacIver (D) 39.2%
83rd Leo Wardrup Republican1991Retired Joe Bouchard (D) 50.6%
Chris Stolle (R) 49.2%
86th Tom Rust Republican2001ReelectedTom Rust (R) 52.8%
Jay Donahue (D) 47.1%
87th Paula Miller Democratic2005ReelectedPaula Miller (D) 54.0%
Hank Giffin (R) 45.8%
88th Mark Cole Republican2001ReelectedMark Cole (R) 62.2%
Carlos Del Toro (D) 37.6%
94th Glenn Oder Republican2001ReelectedGlenn Oder (R) 74.3%
William D. Pelkey (I) 25.1%
96th Melanie Rapp Republican2001Retired Brenda Pogge (R) 56.8%
Troy Farlow (D) 36.6%
Pam Pouchot (I) 6.1%

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References

  1. "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  2. "Election Results - Virginia Department of Elections".