The Senate of Virginia is the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. The Senate is composed of 40 senators representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts. The Senate is presided over by the lieutenant governor of Virginia. Prior to the American War of Independence,the upper house of the General Assembly was represented by the Virginia Governor's Council,consisting of up to 12 executive counselors appointed by the colonial royal governor as advisers and jurists.
The Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) is the Virginia chapter of the Republican Party. It is based at the Richard D. Obenshain Center in Richmond.
Aston Donald McEachin was an American politician and lawyer who served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 4th congressional district from 2017 until his death in 2022. His district was based in the state capital,Richmond;it included much of the area between Richmond,a portion of its suburbs,and Hampton Roads.
Walter Allen Stosch is an American politician in the Republican Party. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1983 until 1992,when he was elected to the Senate of Virginia. He was Majority leader 1998–2007,after which he was named Republican Leader Emeritus. He served as the President Pro Tempore of the Senate for his final term,except for a six-month period when Democrats controlled the chamber. He represented the 12th district,made up of parts of Hanover and Henrico Counties. In 2009,responding to the request of constituent Em Bowles Locker Alsop,Stosch sponsored a monument to Virginia women in Capitol Square,which became law in 2010,and was unveiled in October 2018.
Joseph Dee Morrissey is an American Democratic politician,businessman,and former lawyer who won election to both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly from districts including Richmond or surrounding Henrico County,Virginia. He represented Virginia's 16th Senate district from 2020 to 2024,having been elected during the 2019 election. He represented much of southern Richmond,as well as all of the cities of Petersburg and Hopewell and portions of Chesterfield,Dinwiddie and Prince George counties. He lost the 2023 Democratic primary for his district.
Jennifer Leigh McClellan is an American politician and attorney who has served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 4th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she represented the 9th district in the Virginia State Senate from 2017 to 2023 and the 71st district in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2009 to 2017. She ran in the Democratic primary for governor of Virginia in the 2021 election,losing to former governor Terry McAuliffe.
John Chewning Watkins is a Virginia businessman and politician,who served in the Virginia General Assembly for 34 years. A Republican,Watkins served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1982 to 1998,when he was elected to the Senate of Virginia. He represented the 10th district,situated in part of the city of Richmond and its westerly suburbs,including all of Amelia and Powhatan counties and parts of four others.
West Virginia's 2012 general elections were held on November 6,2012. Primary elections were held on May 8,2012.
Eileen Robin Filler-Corn is an American lawyer and politician who served as the Minority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates from January to April 2022,a position she previously held from 2019 to 2020. She previously served as the 56th Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2020 to 2022. She represented the 41st district in the Fairfax County suburbs of Washington,D.C.,from 2010 to 2024. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She is also the first woman and Jew to serve as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates.
Virginia's 10th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. The district has been represented by Democrat Ghazala Hashmi since 2020,following her 2019 defeat of incumbent Republican Glen Sturtevant.
Virginia's 11th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Republican Amanda Chase since her 2015 defeat of longtime incumbent Steve Martin in the Republican primary.
Virginia's 12th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Republican Glen Sturtevant since 2024.
Amanda Chase is an American Republican politician. From 2016 to 2024 she was a member of the Virginia Senate for the 11th District,and represented Amelia County,the city of Colonial Heights,and part of Chesterfield County. Chase,self-described as "Trump in heels" was defeated in her reelection campaign in June 2023 and left office in January 2024.
Nicholas J. Freitas is an American politician and social media influencer. A Republican,he has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 2016. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2018,losing in the primary election to Corey Stewart. He was the Republican nominee in the 2020 election to represent Virginia's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives,which he narrowly lost to Abigail Spanberger,the incumbent Democratic congresswoman. Before entering politics,he served in the United States Army.
Jennifer Denise Carroll Foy is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party,she is a public defender by occupation. Carroll Foy was elected to represent Virginia's 2nd House of Delegates district in 2017,which covers parts of Prince William County and Stafford County in Northern Virginia. In December 2020,she resigned from the House of Delegates,in order to focus on her campaign for Governor of Virginia in 2021. She lost in the Democratic primary,placing second behind Terry McAuliffe. She was the 2023 Democratic nominee for State Senate in Virginia's 33rd Senate district,winning the race with nearly 63% of the vote.
Schuyler Thomas VanValkenburg is an American teacher and politician. He was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 72nd District on November 7,2017,to replace retiring delegate Jimmie Massie. He defeated Republicans Eddie Whitlock and GayDonna Vandergriff in the 2017 and 2019 elections,respectively. In the 2023 state elections,VanValkenburg was elected over incumbent Siobhan Dunnavant in the newly redrawn 16th District. The race was considered highly competitive for control of the State Senate.
The 2019 Virginia Senate election was held on November 5,2019,concurrently with the House election,to elect members to all 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia for the 161st Virginia General Assembly and the 162nd Virginia General Assembly. Primaries were held on June 11. The elections resulted in Democrats gaining 2 seats in the senate,and gaining control of both chambers of the General Assembly,marking the first time that Democrats held control of both legislative and executive branches in Virginia since 1993.
Ghazala Firdous Hashmi is an Indian-born American politician and former academic administrator and educator. A Democrat,Hashmi represents the 10th district in the Senate of Virginia. She worked as an educator and academic administrator for 25 years before running for office.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 8,2022,to elect the 11 U.S. representatives from the state of Virginia,one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts. The elections coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives. Pursuant to state law,primaries organized through the Department of Elections were held on June 21,2022. However,some Republican firehouse primaries were held on dates as late as May 21,2022.
The 2023 Virginia Senate election was held on Tuesday,November 7,2023,concurrently with elections for the Virginia House of Delegates,to elect senators to all 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia for the 163rd and 164th Virginia Assembly. Nomination primaries held through the Department of Elections were held June 20,2023. These were the first elections held following redistricting as a result of the 2020 census.
