John William Warner III was an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and as a five-term Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1979 to 2009. Warner served as Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 1999 to 2001,and again from 2003 to 2007. He also served as the Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee from 1995 to 1999.
Mills Edwin Godwin Jr. was an American politician who was the 60th and 62nd governor of Virginia for two non-consecutive terms,from 1966 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1978.
Andrew Jackson Montague was a Virginia lawyer and American politician. He served as the 44th governor of Virginia,from 1902 to 1906,and a Congressman from 1912 until his death in 1937. A Democrat,Montague was the first Virginia governor since the American Civil War not to have served in the Confederate military. Initially a Progressive,Governor Montague expanded the state capitol building,supported public education and the Good Roads Movement and opposed the Martin Organization. However,later as U.S. Congressman,he became a Conservative Democrat and supporter of the Byrd Organization.
Carter Glass was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg,Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Woodrow Wilson. He played a major role in the establishment of the U.S. financial regulatory system,helping to establish the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert Cortez Scott is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 3rd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the dean of Virginia's congressional delegation and the first Filipino American voting member of Congress. The district serves most of the majority-black precincts of Hampton Roads,including all of the independent cities of Norfolk,Newport News and Portsmouth,and parts of the independent city of Chesapeake. From 2019 to 2023,Scott was chair of the House Education and Labor Committee. He has been ranking member on that committee since 2023.
Robert Williams Daniel,Jr. was an American farmer,businessman,teacher,and politician from Virginia who served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican. He was first elected in 1972 and served until 1983.
Adrian Michael Smith is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Nebraska's 3rd congressional district since 2007. A member of the Republican Party,he represented the 48th district in the Nebraska Legislature from 1999 to 2007. Smith is the dean of Nebraska's congressional delegation.
William Creed Wampler Sr. was an American newspaperman,businessman and Republican politician who served multiple terms in the United States House of Representatives.
Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. was an American businessman,Navy veteran,and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from the commonwealth of Virginia. From 1981 to 2001,he served ten consecutive terms in Congress,including six years as chairman of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Owen Bradford Pickett was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia.
James Breckinridge was a Virginia lawyer and politician and a member of the Breckinridge family. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates,as well as the U.S. House of Representatives. He also fought in the American Revolutionary War and served as a brigadier-general during the War of 1812.
Porter Hardy Jr. was a farmer,businessman and Democrat politician who represented Virginia's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for more than two decades,including supporting the Byrd Organization during Massive Resistance.
Dan Daniel was a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia,serving ten terms from 1969 until his death from a heart attack in Charlottesville in 1988.
Manley Caldwell Butler was an American lawyer and politician widely admired for his integrity,bipartisanship and courage. A native of Roanoke,Butler served his hometown and wider community first as a member of the Republican Party in the Virginia General Assembly (1962–1972) and later the United States House of Representatives (1972–1983).
Clifton Alexander Woodrum was a Virginia pharmacist,lawyer and U.S. Representative from Roanoke who was considered a Progressive Democrat for his support of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Patrick Henry Drewry was a Virginia lawyer and Democratic politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and state senate.
George Edwin Bowden was a U.S. Representative from Virginia,nephew of Lemuel Jackson Bowden.
The 2018 United States Senate elections were held on November 6,2018. Among the 100 seats,the 33 of Class 1 were contested in regular elections while 2 others were contested in special elections due to Senate vacancies in Minnesota and Mississippi. The winners were elected to 6-year terms running from January 3,2019,to January 3,2025. Senate Democrats had 26 seats up for election,while Senate Republicans had 9 seats up for election.
Virginia's 10th congressional district election was one of the highest-profile United States House of Representatives elections of 2018,and the most competitive in Virginia,Democrat Jennifer Wexton,a lawyer and state lawmaker representing Loudoun County,ousted Republican two-term incumbent congresswoman Barbara Comstock.
Elaine Goodman Luria is an American politician and US Navy veteran who served as the U.S. representative from Virginia's 2nd congressional district from 2019 to 2023. Luria's congressional district included most of Hampton Roads,including all of Virginia Beach,Williamsburg,and Poquoson and parts of Norfolk and Hampton. Before running for Congress,she served as a naval officer for 20 years. Luria rose to the rank of commander and spent most of her career aboard ship. She defeated Republican incumbent Scott Taylor in 2018 defeated him again in 2020,before losing her bid for a third term to Republican Jen Kiggans in 2022.
