Richard Lawrence Saslaw is an American politician who served as Majority Leader of the Senate of Virginia between 2020 –2024,when he declined to run for reelection. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1976–80,then was elected to the Senate of Virginia. He represented the 35th district,made up of the city of Falls Church and portions of Fairfax County and the city of Alexandria.
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.
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. Since 2010 she has served in the Virginia House of Delegates,representing the 41st district in the Fairfax County suburbs of Washington,D.C. 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.
Alfonso Hoffman Lopez is an American politician,former Obama administration official,and member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He has served in the House of Delegates since January 2012,representing the 49th district,which includes parts of southern Arlington and eastern Fairfax Counties,in the suburbs of Washington,D.C.
Jennifer Barton Boysko is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia. She represents the 33rd 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 consists of portions of Loudoun,Clarke and Frederick counties.
Elizabeth Rosalina Guzmán is a Peruvian-American politician and social worker elected to represent Virginia's 31st House of Delegates district in Virginia's House of Delegates. She serves on the House committees on Privileges and Elections and Cities,Counties,and Towns. Guzman was a Democratic candidate for Virginia Lieutenant Governor in 2021. She was an unsuccessful candidate to represent Virginia's 29th Senate district,failing to unseat incumbent Jeremy McPike.
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 serving as the Delegate from the 68th District of the Virginia House of Delegates since 2018. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
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.
