Virginia's 41st House of Delegates district

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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 parts of Montgomery County, Virginia and Roanoke County, Virginia. The seat is currently held by Republican Chris Obenshain since 2024. Prior to the recent redistricing which moved the 41st district from Northern Virginia to Southwest Virginia, the district was represented by Democrat Eileen Filler-Corn. Filler-Corn was the Speaker of the House from 2020 to 2022. [1]

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Geography

Prior to the 2023 election, District 41 represented part of Fairfax County, Virginia. [2]

District 41 now represents parts of Montgomery County, Virginia and Roanoke County, Virginia.

Elections

2010-2021 Fairfax County

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. [3] 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] [4]

In the November 2019 general election, Filler-Corn ran against Libertarian Rachel Mace and Independent John Wolfe. [5] She won with 71.6% of the vote. [6] She was reelected again in 2021.

2023-present Montgomery County and Roanoke County

In the 2023 Virginia House of Delegates election, Republican Chris Obenshain defeated Democrat Lily Franklin by 183 votes. [7]

In the 2025 Virginia House of Delegates election, Republican Chris Obenshain is again running against Democrat Lily Franklin.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings – Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn". virginiageneralassembly.gov. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ "House of Delegates District 41 redistricting" . Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Profile: Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn, 41st District". Fairfax Station, VA Patch. August 18, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  4. ↑ Schneider, Gregory S. (December 8, 2018). "Va. Democrats elect Eileen Filler-Corn as House caucus leader". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Elections: House of Delegates District 41 - 2019". www.vpap.org. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  6. ↑ "2019 November General" . Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  7. ↑ Times, LUKE WEIR The Roanoke (November 7, 2023). "Chris Obenshain wins 41st District state House race". Roanoke Times. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
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