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| Elections in Virginia |
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The Virginia House of Delegates election of 2013 was held on Tuesday, November 5.
| Delegate | Seat | First elected | Party | Date announced | Ref. | |
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| John Cosgrove [n 1] | 78th district | 2001 | Republican | August 6, 2013 | [2] | |
| John Cox | 55th district | 2009 | Republican | March 5, 2013 | [3] | |
| Annie Crockett-Stark | 6th district | 2005 | Republican | March 13, 2013 | [4] | |
| Sal Iaquinto | 84th district | 2005 | Republican | February 23, 2013 | [5] | |
| Joe Johnson | 4th district | 1989 (1966–70) | Democratic | February 26, 2013 | [6] | |
| Donald Merricks | 16th district | 2007 | Republican | March 6, 2013 | [7] | |
| Bob Purkey | 82nd district | 1985 | Republican | April 6, 2013 | [8] | |
| Lacey Putney | 19th district | 1961 | Independent | March 27, 2013 | [9] | |
| Jim Scott | 53rd district | 1991 | Democratic | March 3, 2013 | [10] | |
| Bob Tata | 85th district | 1983 | Republican | March 27, 2012 | [11] | |
| 67 | 33 |
| Republican | Democratic |
| Parties | Candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||
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| 2011 | 2013 | +/- | Strength | Vote | % | Change | |||
| Republican | 67 | 67 |  | 67.00% | 1,088,032 | 53.77% | |||
| Democratic | 32 | 33 | 1 | 33.00% | 817,066 | 40.38% | |||
| Independent | 1 | 0 |  1 | 0.00% | 47,817 | 2.36% | |||
| Libertarian | 0 | 0 | | 0.00% | 15,252 | 0.75% | |||
| Independent Greens | 0 | 0 | | 0.00% | 12,682 | 0.63% | |||
| - | Write-ins | 0 | 0 | | 0.00% | 42,773 | 2.11% | ||
| Total | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100.00% | 2,023,622 | 100.00% | - | ||
Democratic to Republican (1)
Independent to Republican (1)
Republican to Democratic (2)
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