Buckingham County is a rural United States county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia,and containing the geographic center of the state. Buckingham County is part of the Piedmont region of Virginia,and the county seat is Buckingham.
The Democratic Party of Virginia is the Virginia affiliate of the Democratic Party based in Richmond,Virginia.
Robert Joseph Wittman is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 1st congressional district since 2007. The district contains portions of the Richmond suburbs and Hampton Roads area,as well as the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Christopher Todd Gilbert is an American politician and attorney. He previously served as the 57th Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2022 to 2024. He has been a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 2006,representing the 15th district in the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge Mountains,made up of Page and Shenandoah Counties,plus parts of Rockingham and Warren Counties.
Marvin Kirkland Cox is an American retired politician and educator. A Republican and a former high school teacher,he served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1990 to 2022,representing the 66th District. From 2018 to 2020,he served as the 55th Speaker of the House of Delegates. Cox served as House Majority Leader from 2010 to 2018 and House Majority Whip from 2004 to 2010.
Albert Lee Philpott was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates for 33 years starting in 1958,and was its Speaker from 1980 until his death.
Leon Mark Dudenhefer is an American politician. A Republican,he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2011. He represented the 2nd district,made up of parts of Prince William and Stafford counties in Northern Virginia. Previously,he served 2005–2011 on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors,representing the Garrisonville district. After deciding not to seek re-election to the House of Delegates in 2017,he decided to run for the Stafford County Board of Supervisors again,and was elected by a margin of 12 votes.
The Mathews family is an American political family descended from John Mathews and Ann Archer,originating in colonial Virginia and active in Virginia and the American South in the 18th–20th centuries.
Myron Keith Hodges is an American politician. A Republican,he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2011. He currently represents the 68th district,made up of the Middle Peninsula counties of Essex,Gloucester,King and Queen,Mathews and Middlesex,and part of King William County.
Joseph William O'Brien,Jr. was an American politician. A Democrat,he served in the Virginia House of Delegates 1974–1992.
The 2017 Virginia House of Delegates election was held on Tuesday,November 7. All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates were contested. The Republican Party held a 66–34 majority in the House of Delegates before the election but lost 15 seats to the Democratic Party,resulting in the Republicans holding a 50–49 advantage.
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.
Kelly Convirs-Fowler is an American politician from Virginia. Since 2018,she has served in the Virginia House of Delegates,representing District 96. She was first elected in November 2017. In the 2023 election,she was elected in District 96.
Robert M. "Bob" Thomas,Jr. is an American businessman,Marine Corps veteran,and former member of the Virginia House of Delegates. In 2017 he ran for the House of Delegates in the 28th district to succeed the retiring incumbent Speaker Bill Howell. After a very close race and multiple legal issues,Thomas was certified as the winner and was sworn in as scheduled on January 10,2018.
Daniel Isaac Helmer is an American politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party. In 2018,he lost the Democratic primary for Virginia's 10th congressional district. In 2019,he successfully ran for the Virginia House of Delegates in district 40,defeating Republican incumbent Tim Hugo. The majority of the pre-redistricted 40th district's population and landmass was located in Fairfax County with a small part in Prince William County. Helmer currently represents the 10th district post-redistricting,which is located entirely in Fairfax County.
Joshua Gregory Cole is an American politician. A Democrat,he served one term as member of the Virginia House of Delegates as the representative of Virginia's 28th district. Elected by the Democratic Party of Virginia,Cole served as a member of the Democratic National Committee at the 2020 convention. Cole was elected to represent Virginia's 65th district in the 2023 Virginia House of Delegates election.
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.
Michael Honaker is an American politician who served as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 46th district. Appointed by Governor Jim Justice in December 2021,he assumed office on January 4,2022. On August 30,2023,Honaker resigned from the House of Delegates after his appointment as the inspector general of the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security.
The 2023 Virginia House of Delegates election took place on November 7,2023,concurrently with elections for the Virginia Senate,to elect members of the 163rd Virginia General Assembly. All 100 delegates were elected to two-year terms from single-member districts. Nomination primaries held through the Department of Elections were held June 20,2023. Democrats gained 3 seats,winning back control with a 51–49 majority after having previously lost it in 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.
