Terry Kilgore | |
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Majority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
In office January 12, 2022 –January 10, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Charniele Herring |
Succeeded by | Charniele Herring |
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
Assumed office January 12,1994 | |
Preceded by | Ford C. Quillen |
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Personal details | |
Born | Terry Gene Kilgore August 23, 1961 Kingsport, Tennessee, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Debbie Wright |
Relations | Jerry Kilgore (brother) |
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Terry Gene Kilgore (born August 23, 1961) is an American attorney and politician. A Republican, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1993, and became chair of the Commerce and Labor committee in 2008. He currently represents the 1st district in the far southwestern corner of the state, near Cumberland Gap . [update] [1] He graduated with a B.A. from the University of Virginia's College at Wise, previously named Clinch Valley College, and a J.D. from the College of William & Mary's School of Law.
Kilgore's twin brother, Jerry, was Attorney General of Virginia 2002–2005, and was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia in 2005, losing to Tim Kaine. Kilgore's mother, Willie Mae Kilgore, was the registrar of voters in Kilgore's home jurisdiction, Scott County, until December 2008. [2] He has two children. Following the 2019 elections in which Republicans lost their majority in the Virginia House of Delegates, Kilgore sought the minority leader position. Republicans regained control of the House of Delegates in 2021. [3]
Date | Election | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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Virginia House of Delegates, 1st district | |||||
Nov 2, 1993 [4] | General | Terry G. Kilgore | Republican | 10,882 | 57.13 |
George F. Cridlin | Democratic | 8,162 | 42.85 | ||
Write Ins | 3 | 0.02 | |||
Ford C. Quillen retired; seat switched from Democratic to Republican | |||||
Nov 7, 1995 [5] | General | Terry G. Kilgore | Republican | 13,909 | 99.91 |
Write Ins | 12 | 0.09 | |||
Nov 4, 1997 [6] | General | Terry G. Kilgore | Republican | 12,130 | 72.06 |
Jerry D. Taylor | Democratic | 4,703 | 27.94 | ||
Nov 2, 1999 [7] | General | Terry G. Kilgore | Republican | 13,983 | 99.91 |
Write Ins | 13 | 0.09 | |||
Nov 6, 2001 [8] | General | Terry G. Kilgore | Republican | 12,777 | 99.87 |
Write Ins | 16 | 0.13 | |||
Nov 4, 2003 [9] | General | Terry G. Kilgore | Republican | 14,279 | 99.91 |
Write Ins | 13 | 0.09 | |||
Nov 8, 2005 [10] | General | Terry G. Kilgore | Republican | 14,194 | 68.74 |
Rex E. McCarty | Democratic | 6,445 | 31.21 | ||
Write Ins | 9 | 0.04 | |||
Nov 6, 2007 [11] | General | Terry G. Kilgore | Republican | 14,374 | 72.30 |
Jerry D. Taylor | Democratic | 5,491 | 27.62 | ||
Write Ins | 14 | 0.07 | |||
Nov 3, 2009 [12] | General | Terry G. Kilgore | Republican | 13,098 | 98.92 |
Write Ins | 142 | 1.07 | |||
Nov 8, 2011 [13] | General | Terry G. Kilgore | Republican | 16,465 | 98.64 |
Write Ins | 226 | 1.35 | |||
Nov 5, 2013 [14] | General | Terry G. Kilgore | Republican | 14,330 | 98.3 |
Write Ins | 253 | 1.7 | |||
Nov 3, 2015 [15] | General | Terry G. Kilgore | Republican | 16,716 | 98.4 |
Write Ins | 271 | 1.6 | |||
Nov 7, 2017 [16] | General | Terry G. Kilgore | Republican | 14,848 | 76 |
Alicia D. Kallen | Democratic | 4,639 | 23.8 | ||
Write Ins | 42 | 0.2 | |||
Nov 5, 2019 [17] | General | Terry G. Kilgore | Republican | 16,747 | 96.41 |
Write Ins | 623 | 3.59 | |||
Nov 2, 2021 | General | Terry G. Kilgore | Republican | 21,910 | 97.3 |
Write Ins | 602 | 2.7 |
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