Virginia's 41st 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 41 represents part of Fairfax County, Virginia. The seat is currently held by Republican Chris Obenshain since 2023. Before that it was represented by Democrat Eileen Filler-Corn. Filler-Corn was the Speaker of the House from 2020 to 2022. [1]
District 41 represents part of Fairfax County and is located in Virginia's 11th Congressional District. [1]
Democrat Eileen Filler-Corn first took office on March 3, 2010, [1] after winning a special election the day before: she defeated Republican Kerry Bolognese by 37 votes. [2] She was reelected again in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017.
In 2019, Filler-Corn became the Minority Leader (Leader of the Democratic Caucus) of the House of Delegates. [1] [3]
In the November 2019 general election, Filler-Corn ran against Libertarian Rachel Mace and Independent John Wolfe. [4] She won with 71.6% of the vote. [5]
In the 2023 Virginia House of Delegates election, Republican Chris Obenshain was elected. [6]
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