Virginia's 4th House of Delegates district

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Virginia's 4th 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 4 covers portions of the city of Alexandria, and Fairfax County. The district is represented by Democratic Delegate Charniele Herring. [1]

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District officeholders

YearsDelegatePartyElectoral history
January 12, 1972

January 12, 1983
Archie Campbell Democratic
January 12, 1983

January 10, 1990
Don McGlothlin Democratic Lost reelection
January 10, 1990

January 8, 1992
Jackie Stump Democratic Redistricted to 3rd
January 8, 1992

January 8, 2014
Joe Johnson Democratic Retired
January 8, 2014

September 18, 2014
Ben Chafin Republican Resigned; Elected to the Virginia State Senate
December 19, 2014

January 8, 2020
Todd Pillion Republican First elected via special election in 2014, resigned January 8, 2020 following election to the Virginia Senate
January 8, 2020

January 10, 2024
Will Wampler Republican First elected via special election in 2020. Redistricted to the 44th District and did not run for re-election.
January 10, 2024

present
Charniele Herring Democratic Redistricted from 46th District

Electoral history

2015 General Election, Virginia 4th House of Delegates
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Todd Pillion13,797100.00%n/a
Total votes13,797 100.00% n/a
2016 General Election, Presidential
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Donald Trump 23,44977.43%n/a
Democratic Hillary Clinton 5,96219.69%n/a
Libertarian Gary Johnson 4901.62%n/a
Independent Evan McMullin 2520.83%n/a
Green Jill Stein 1270.42%n/a
Total votes30,280 100.00% n/a

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References

  1. "Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings". virginiageneralassembly.gov. Retrieved May 6, 2024.