Virginia's 3rd House of Delegates district

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Virginia's 3rd 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 3 partially consists of Arlington County and Alexandria City. Democrat Alfonso Lopez is the current representative. [1]

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Elections

2017

In 2017, Morefield, 33, [2] faced a primary challenge from attorney Bob Altizer, who promises to be an accessible legislator and to stand up for the interests of the coal industry. [3] Altizer's prospects of winning the nomination seem to be bolstered by his having on his side former Buchannan County Commonwealth's Attorney Tamara Neo and former 9th District Chairman Jack Morgan, both of whom were part of Donald Trump's political leadership team, [4] but in a mass meeting on 29 April, [5] Morefield was selected as the Republican candidate. [6]

In the November 2017 general election, Morefield, a four-term incumbent, was challenged by Democrat Bill Bunch. Bunch, 68, is a retired postal worker. [2] However, Bunch was unable to win the seat and Morefield kept his position as incumbent.

District officeholders

YearsDelegatePartyElectoral history


1989
Donald A. McGlothlin Democratic Defeated in bid for reelection
1989

January 11, 2006
Jackie Stump Democratic Originally elected as an Independent; Retired
January 11, 2006

January 13, 2010
Dan Bowling Democratic Defeated in bid for reelection
January 13, 2010

January 10, 2024
Will Morefield Republican First elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 45th District.
January 10, 2024

present
Alfonso Lopez Republican Redistricted from the 49th District.

Electoral history

DateElectionCandidatePartyVotes %
Virginia House of Delegates, 3rd district
Nov 3, 2009 [7] GeneralJames W. "Will" Morefield Republican 8,66557.10
Danny C. "Dan" Bowling Democratic 6,49942.82
Write Ins100.06
Incumbent lost; seat switched from Democratic to Republican
Nov 8, 2011 [8] GeneralJames W. "Will" MorefieldRepublican13,31659.67
Russell Vern Presley IIDemocratic8,99440.30
Write Ins60.02
Nov 5, 2013 [9] GeneralJames W. "Will" MorefieldRepublican12,29170.52
James M. O'QuinnDemocratic5,18829.65
Write Ins170.10
Nov 3, 2015 [10] GeneralJames W. "Will" MorefieldRepublican14,32599.2
Write Ins1190.8
Nov 7, 2017 [11] GeneralJames W. "Will" MorefieldRepublican13,57278.1
William C. "Bill" Bunch Jr.Democratic3,75921.6
Write Ins410.2
Nov 5, 2019 [12] GeneralJames W. "Will" MorefieldRepublican17,09998.0
Write Ins3432.0
Nov 2, 2021 [13] GeneralJames W. "Will" MorefieldRepublican21,19397.8
Write Ins4792.2
Nov 7, 2023 [14] GeneralAlfonso H. LopezDemocratic17,41681.7
Maj. Mike WeberIndependent3,65117.1
Write Ins2601.2

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