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.
Benjamin Lee Cline is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 6th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he represented the 24th district in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2018.
David-Imad Ramadan is a Lebanese-born American politician and businessman. He is a former Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates,representing the 87th district in Loudoun and Prince William counties from 2012 to 2016. He opted not to seek re-election in 2015,and was succeeded by his 2013 opponent,Democrat John J. Bell.
Jennifer Barton Boysko is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia. She represents the 38th district in the Virginia Senate. Previously,she represented the 86th district in the Virginia House of Delegates,which is located in Fairfax and Loudoun counties. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Lashrecse Dianna Aird /ˌla.ʃəˈɹis/ is an American Democratic politician who represented the 63rd District in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2016 to 2022. The district includes Dinwiddie County and the city of Petersburg as well as parts of the counties of Chesterfield and Prince George. Aird served on the General Laws,Health,Welfare and Institutions,and Appropriations committees.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 6,2018,to elect the 11 U.S. representatives from the state of Virginia,one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts. The elections coincided with other states' elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. Primary elections took place on June 12.
Virginia's 2nd House of Delegates district is one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates,the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. District 2 represents part of Arlington county. The seat is currently held by Democrat Adele McClure.
Virginia's 47th House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates,the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. District 47 represents all of the City of Galax,Patrick County,Floyd County,Carroll County,and part of Henry County. The seat is currently held by Republican Wren Williams.
Gwendolyn Wallace Gooditis is an American real estate agent,educator,and politician,known as Wendy Gooditis. A Democrat,Gooditis was elected in November 2017 to represent Virginia's 10th House of Delegates district in the Virginia House of Delegates. The 10th district consisted of portions of Loudoun,Clarke and Frederick counties.
Elizabeth Rosalina Guzmán is a Peruvian-American politician and social worker who represented Virginia's 31st House of Delegates district in Virginia's House of Delegates. She served on the House committees on Privileges and Elections and Cities,Counties,and Towns. Guzman was a Democratic candidate for Virginia Lieutenant Governor in 2021. In 2023,she ran to represent Virginia's 29th Senate district,failing to unseat incumbent Jeremy McPike by only 50 votes.
Hala Sophia Ayala is an American politician who represented the 51st district in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2018 to 2022. She was the Democratic nominee in the 2021 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election,losing to Republican nominee Winsome Sears on November 2,2021. She was also a candidate for Virginia State Senate in the 33rd District,losing the Democratic primary to Jennifer Carroll Foy on June 20,2023.
Kathy Tran is an American politician who currently serves in the Virginia House of Delegates. A Democrat,she represents the 18th House of Delegates district.
Dawn Marie Adams is an American politician who served as the Delegate from the 68th District of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2018 to 2024. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
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 Virginia Senate.
Debra H. Rodman is a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates. She was first elected in 2017,and represented the 73rd district comprising parts of Henrico County. Rodman is a member of the Democratic Party.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 2,2021,in two states,New Jersey and Virginia,and a recall election was held in California on September 14. These elections form part of the 2021 United States elections. The last gubernatorial elections for New Jersey and Virginia were in 2017,and the last regular gubernatorial election for California was in 2018. Going into the elections,all three seats were held by Democrats.
The 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2021,to elect the next governor of Virginia. The election was concurrent with other elections for Virginia state offices. Incumbent Democratic governor Ralph Northam was ineligible to run for re-election,as the Constitution of Virginia prohibits governors from serving consecutive terms. Businessman Glenn Youngkin won the Republican nomination at the party's May 8 convention,which was held in 37 polling locations across the state,and was officially declared the nominee on May 10. The Democratic Party held its primary election on June 8,which former governor Terry McAuliffe easily won.
The 161st Virginia General Assembly,consisting of members who were elected in both the House election and Senate election in 2019,convened on January 8,2020. It was the first time Democrats held both houses of the General Assembly and the governorship since the 147th General Assembly in 1993.
Candi Patrice Mundon King is an American politician who has served as a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 2021.
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. The Democrats retained control of the Senate.
