2009 Virginia House of Delegates election

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2009 Virginia House of Delegates elections
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  2007 November 3, 2009 2011  

All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout40.4% [1] Increase2.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 election5444
Seats before5345
Seats won5939
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 6Decrease2.svg 6
Popular vote1,047,069668,502
Percentage56.8%36.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.8%Decrease2.svg 6.7%

2009 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

2009 Elections to the Virginia House of Delegates were held on November 3, 2009. Prior to the election, Republicans held 53 seats, Democrats held 43 seats, and Independents held 2 seats (both of whom caucus with the Republicans).

Contents

There were 2 seats previously held by Democrats that were vacant on election day: the 69th (Frank Hall resigned April 14, 2009) and the 80th (Ken Melvin resigned May 1, 2009). Eight incumbent Democrats were defeated, one incumbent Republican was defeated, and one open Republican seat was won by a Democrat.

The composition of the House of Delegates in 2010 was 59 Republicans, 2 Independents who caucus with the Republicans, and 39 Democrats.

Results

Overview

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59392
RepublicanDemocratic
PartiesCandidatesSeatsPopular Vote
20072009+/-StrengthVote%Change
Republican 5459Increase2.svg 559.00%1,047,06956.76%
Democratic 4439Decrease2.svg 539.00%668,50236.24%
Independent 22Steady2.svg2.00%86,4544.69%
Independent Greens 00Steady2.svg0.00%11,9150.65%
Constitution Party 00Steady2.svg0.00%10,3390.56%
Green 00Steady2.svg0.00%9810.05%
Libertarian 00Steady2.svg0.00%5800.03%
- Write-ins 00Steady2.svg0.00%18,9061.02%
Total1001000100.00%1,844,746100.00%-

By House of Delegates district

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

DistrictIncumbentPartyElectedStatus2009 Result
1st Terry Kilgore Republican1993ReelectedTerry Kilgore (R) unopposed
2nd Bud Phillips Democratic1989ReelectedBud Phillips (D) unopposed
3rd Dan Bowling Democratic2006Defeated Will Morefield (R) 57.1%
Dan Bowling (D) 42.8%
4th Joe Johnson Democratic1989ReelectedJoe Johnson (D) unopposed
5th C. W. Carrico Republican2001ReelectedC. W. Carrico (R) unopposed
6th Anne B. Crockett-Stark Republican2005ReelectedAnne B. Crockett-Stark (R) 65.2%
Carole Pratt (D) 34.7%
7th Dave Nutter Republican2001ReelectedDave Nutter (R) 60.1%
Peggy Frank (D) 39.8%
8th Morgan Griffith Republican1993ReelectedMorgan Griffith (R) 68.8%
Carter Turner (D) 31.0%
9th Charles Poindexter Republican2007ReelectedCharles Poindexter (R) 79.0%
Sherman David Witcher (IG) 20.7%
10th Ward Armstrong Democratic1991ReelectedWard Armstrong (D) 56.5%
Edward Creed (R) 43.4%
11th Onzlee Ware Democratic2003ReelectedOnzlee Ware (D) 60.3%
Troy Bird (R) 39.6%
12th Jim Shuler Democratic1993ReelectedJim Shuler (D) 72.2%
Paul Cornett (I) 27.3%
13th Bob Marshall Republican1991ReelectedBob Marshall (R) 61.3%
John Bell (D) 38.6%
14th Danny Marshall Republican2001ReelectedDanny Marshall (R) 64.1%
Seward Anderson (D) 35.8%
15th Todd Gilbert Republican2005ReelectedTodd Gilbert (R) 69.3%
John Lesinski (D) 30.7%
16th Donald Merricks Republican2007ReelectedDonald Merricks (R) unopposed
17th William Fralin Republican2003Retired; Republican hold William Cleaveland (R) 62.0%
Gwen Mason (D) 37.9%
18th Clay Athey Republican2001ReelectedClay Athey (R) 82.4%
Todd Jack (C) 17.0%
19th Lacey Putney Independent1961ReelectedLacey Putney (I) 64.1%
Lewis Medlin (D) 20.6%
William Smith (C) 15.1%
20th Chris Saxman Republican2001Retired; Republican hold Dickie Bell (R) 71.2%
Erik Curren (D) 28.7%
21st Bobby Mathieson Democratic2007Defeated Ron Villanueva (R) 49.9%
Bobby Mathieson (D) 49.8%
22nd Kathy Byron Republican1997ReelectedKathy Byron (R) unopposed
23rd Shannon Valentine Democratic2006Defeated T. Scott Garrett (R) 50.4%
Shannon Valentine (D) 49.4%
24th Ben Cline Republican2002ReelectedBen Cline (R) 70.9%
Jeff Price (D) 29.1%
25th Steve Landes Republican1995ReelectedSteve Landes (R) 73.2%
Greg Marrow (D) 26.7%
26th Matt Lohr Republican2005ReelectedMatt Lohr (R) 73.0%
Gene Hart Jr. (D) 26.9%
27th Sam Nixon Republican1994ReelectedSam Nixon (R) unopposed
28th William J. Howell Republican1987ReelectedWilliam J. Howell (R) 74.8%
Craig Ennis (IG) 24.5%
29th Beverly Sherwood Republican1993ReelectedBeverly Sherwood (R) 80.0%
Aaron Tweedie (I) 19.7%
30th Ed Scott Republican2003ReelectedEd Scott (R) 75.5%
Matt Carson (I) 24.4%
31st Scott Lingamfelter Republican2001ReelectedScott Lingamfelter (R) unopposed
32nd David Poisson Democratic2005DefeatedTag Greason (R) 57.5%
David Poisson (D) 42.4%
33rd Joe May Republican1993ReelectedJoe May (R) unopposed
34th Margi Vanderhye Democratic2007DefeatedBarbara Comstock (R) 50.8%
Margi Vanderhye (D) 49.1%
35th Steve Shannon Democratic2003Ran for Attorney General;
Democratic hold
Mark Keam (D) 50.7%
James Hyland (R) 49.2%
36th Ken Plum Democratic1981ReelectedKen Plum (D) 59.9%
Hugh "Mac" Cannon (R) 39.9%
37th David Bulova Democratic2005ReelectedDavid Bulova (D) 67.6%
Chris DeCarlo (I) 24.7%
Anna Choi (IG) 6.9%
38th Bob Hull Democratic1992Defeated in primary;
Democratic hold
Kaye Kory (D) 59.5%
Danny Smith (R) 40.2%
39th Vivian E. Watts Democratic1995ReelectedVivian E. Watts (D) 56.4%
Joseph Bury (R) 39.5%
Matthew Cholko (L) 3.1%
James Leslie (IG) 0.9%
40th Tim Hugo Republican2002ReelectedTim Hugo (R) 63.4%
Sue Conrad (D) 36.5%
41st Dave Marsden Democratic2005ReelectedDave Marsden (D) 49.6%
Kerry Bolognese (R) 48.6%
Monique Berry (IG) 1.7%
42nd Dave Albo Republican1993ReelectedDave Albo (R) 56.6%
Greg Werkheiser (D) 43.3%
43rd Mark Sickles Democratic2003ReelectedMark Sickles (D) 56.1%
Timothy Nank (R) 43.8%
44th Kris Amundson Democratic1999Retired; Democratic hold Scott Surovell (D) 53.4%
James McConville (R) 44.9%
Glenda Gail Parker (IG) 1.6%
45th David Englin Democratic2005ReelectedDavid Englin (D) 61.2%
Vicki Vasques (R) 38.7%
46th Charniele Herring Democratic2009ReelectedCharniele Herring (D) 64.0%
Sasha Gong (R) 35.9%
47th Al Eisenberg Democratic2003Retired; Democratic hold Patrick Hope (D) 63.5%
Eric Brescia (R) 31.7%
Joshua Ruebner (G) 4.6%
48th Bob Brink Democratic1997ReelectedBob Brink (D) 62.3%
Aaron Ringel (R) 37.6%
49th Adam Ebbin Democratic2003ReelectedAdam Ebbin (D) unopposed
50th Jackson Miller Republican2006ReelectedJackson Miller (R) 62.4%
Jeanette Rishell (D) 37.5%
51st Paul Nichols Democratic2007Defeated Rich Anderson (R) 50.8%
Paul Nichols (D) 49.1%
52nd Jeff Frederick Republican2003Retired; Democratic takeover Luke Torian (D) 51.9%
Rafael Lopez (R) 47.8%
53rd Jim Scott Democratic1991ReelectedJim Scott (D) 61.4%
Christopher Merola (R) 38.5%
54th Bobby Orrock Republican1989ReelectedBobby Orrock (R) unopposed
55th Frank Hargrove Republican1981Retired; Republican hold John Cox (R) 75.5%
Robert Barnette (D) 24.2%
56th Bill Janis Republican2001ReelectedBill Janis (R) 69.7%
James Towey (D) 30.2%
57th David Toscano Democratic2005ReelectedDavid Toscano (D) 78.2%
Robert Brandon Smith III (I) 21.4%
58th Rob Bell Republican2001ReelectedRob Bell (R) 67.2%
Cynthia Neff (D) 32.7%
59th Watkins Abbitt, Jr. Independent1985ReelectedWatkins Abbitt, Jr. (I) unopposed
60th Clarke Hogan Republican2001Retired; Republican hold James E. Edmunds (R) unopposed
61st Tommy Wright Republican2000ReelectedTommy Wright (R) unopposed
62nd Riley Ingram Republican1991ReelectedRiley Ingram (R) unopposed
63rd Rosalyn Dance Democratic2005ReelectedRosalyn Dance (D) unopposed
64th Bill Barlow Democratic1991ReelectedBill Barlow (D) 50.7%
Stan Clark (R) 46.7%
Albert Burckard Jr. (IG) 2.5%
65th Lee Ware Republican1998ReelectedLee Ware (R) 71.5%
Gary Rinehardt (I) 28.3%
66th Kirk Cox Republican1989ReelectedKirk Cox (R) unopposed
67th Chuck Caputo Democratic2005Defeated James LeMunyon (R) 52.7%
Chuck Caputo (D) 47.3%
68th Manoli Loupassi Republican2007ReelectedManoli Loupassi (R) 69.7%
Bill Grogan (I) 29.8%
69th vacant Betsy B. Carr (D) 72.7%
Ernesto Sampson (R) 21.6%
Shirley Harvey (I) 5.5%
70th Delores McQuinn Democratic2009ReelectedDelores McQuinn (D) 77.6%
Henry Otis Brown (I) 21.7%
71st Jennifer McClellan Democratic2005ReelectedJennifer McClellan (D) 82.4%
Silver Persinger (I) 17.0%
72nd Jimmie Massie Republican2007ReelectedJimmie Massie (R) unopposed
73rd John O'Bannon Republican2000ReelectedJohn O'Bannon (R) 62.3%
Thomas Shields (D) 37.6%
74th Joe Morrissey Democratic2007ReelectedJoe Morrissey (D) 76.2%
Michael Gage (R) 23.7%
75th Roslyn Tyler Democratic2005ReelectedRoslyn Tyler (D) unopposed
76th Chris Jones Republican1997ReelectedChris Jones (R) unopposed
77th Lionell Spruill Democratic1993ReelectedLionell Spruill (D) unopposed
78th John Cosgrove Republican2001ReelectedJohn Cosgrove (R) unopposed
79th Johnny Joannou Democratic1997ReelectedJohnny Joannou (D) unopposed
80th vacant Matthew James (D) 68.5%
Jennifer Lee (R) 31.3%
81st Barry Knight Republican2009ReelectedBarry Knight (R) unopposed
82nd Harry "Bob" Purkey Republican1985ReelectedHarry "Bob" Purkey (R) 60.4%
Peter Schmidt (D) 35.1%
John Parmele (I) 4.4%
83rd Joe Bouchard Democratic2007Defeated Chris Stolle (R) 59.5%
Joe Bouchard (D) 40.4%
84th Sal Iaquinto Republican2005ReelectedSal Iaquinto (R) unopposed
85th Bob Tata Republican1983ReelectedBob Tata (R) 81.1%
French D. Mackes Jr. (C) 18.4%
86th Tom Rust Republican2001ReelectedTom Rust (R) 53.8%
Stevens Miller (D) 46.0%
87th Paula Miller Democratic2004ReelectedPaula Miller (D) 56.6%
John Amiral (R) 43.2%
88th Mark Cole Republican2001ReelectedMark Cole (R) unopposed
89th Kenny Alexander Democratic2002ReelectedKenny Alexander (D) 69.4%
Anthony Triplin (I) 30.6%
90th Algie Howell Democratic2003ReelectedAlgie Howell (D) 66.6%
Jason Call (R) 33.1%
91st Tom Gear Republican2001ReelectedTom Gear (R) 48.3%
Gordon Helsel (I) 32.6%
Samuel Eure (D) 19.0%
92nd Jeion Ward Democratic2003ReelectedJeion Ward (D) unopposed
93rd Phil Hamilton Republican1988Defeated Robin Abbott (D) 53.9%
Phil Hamilton (R) 45.6%
94th Glenn Oder Republican2001ReelectedGlenn Oder (R) 67.6%
Gary West (D) 32.2%
95th Mamye BaCote Democratic2003ReelectedMamye BaCote (D) unopposed
96th Brenda Pogge Republican2007ReelectedBrenda Pogge (R) unopposed
97th Chris Peace Republican2006ReelectedChris Peace (R) unopposed
98th Harvey Morgan Republican1979ReelectedHarvey Morgan (R) unopposed
99th Albert C. Pollard Democratic2008ReelectedAlbert C. Pollard (D) 52.2%
Catherine Crabill (R) 47.7%
100th Lynwood Lewis Democratic2003ReelectedLynwood Lewis (D) 64.0%
Melody Scalley (R) 34.8%
John W. Smith Jr. (I) 1.1%

References

  1. "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  2. "Election Results - Virginia Department of Elections".