Henry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census,the population was 50,948. The county seat is usually identified as Martinsville;however,the administration building,county courthouse,and Henry County Sheriff's Office are located on Kings Mountain Road in Collinsville.The Henry County Adult Detention Center is located on DuPont Road in Martinsville.
Thomas Bahnson Stanley was an American politician,furniture manufacturer and Holstein cattle breeder. A Democrat and member of the Byrd Organization,Stanley served in a number of different political offices in Virginia,including as the 47th speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates and as the Commonwealth's 57th governor. He became known for his support of the Massive Resistance strategy to prevent school desegregation mandated by the United States Supreme Court's decisions in Brown v. Board of Education,and Virginia's attempt to circumvent those decisions was known as the Stanley Plan.
The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two parts of the Virginia General Assembly,the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years;unlike most states,these elections take place during odd-numbered years. The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House,who is elected from among the House membership by the Delegates. The Speaker is usually a member of the majority party and,as Speaker,becomes the most powerful member of the House. The House shares legislative power with the Senate of Virginia,the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. The House of Delegates is the modern-day successor to the Virginia House of Burgesses,which first met at Jamestown in 1619. The House is divided into Democratic and Republican caucuses. In addition to the Speaker,there is a majority leader,majority whip,majority caucus chair,minority leader,minority whip,minority caucus chair,and the chairs of the several committees of the House.
Robert Creigh Deeds is an American lawyer and politician serving as a member of the Senate of Virginia representing the 25th district since 2001. Previously,he was the Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Virginia in 2005 and Governor of Virginia in 2009. He was defeated in both of those races by Republican Bob McDonnell. Deeds lost by just 323 votes in 2005,but was defeated by a wide margin of over 17 percentage points in 2009. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1992 to 2001.
Adam Paul Ebbin is an American politician who is the senator from the 30th District of the Virginia Senate since January 2012. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the Delegate from the 49th District of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2004 to 2012.
Thomas Warren Moss,Jr. was an American politician,most recently serving as the City Treasurer of Norfolk,a post to which he was elected in 2001. Prior to that,he served 36 years as a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates,and was its Speaker 1991–2000.
Christopher Todd Gilbert is an American politician currently serving as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. He has been a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 2006,representing the 15th district in the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge Mountains,made up of Page and Shenandoah Counties,plus parts of Rockingham and Warren Counties.
Albert Lee Philpott was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates for 33 years starting in 1958,and was its Speaker from 1980 until his death.
Charniele LeRhonda Herring is an American politician. She has served in the Virginia House of Delegates since 2009,representing the 46th district,made up of portions of the city of Alexandria and Fairfax County,near Washington,D.C.
Eileen Robin Filler-Corn is an American lawyer and politician who served as the Minority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates from January to April 2022,a position she previously held from 2019 to 2020. She previously served as the 56th Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2020 to 2022. Since 2010 she has served in the Virginia House of Delegates,representing the 41st district in the Fairfax County suburbs of Washington,D.C. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She is also the first woman and Jew to serve as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates.
The 2011 Virginia state elections took place on November 8,2011. All 140 seats in the Virginia General Assembly were up for re-election,as were many local offices.
The 2013 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on November 5,2013,to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. The incumbent Lieutenant Governor,Republican Bill Bolling,had originally planned to run for Governor of Virginia in the 2013 gubernatorial election,but withdrew upon the entry of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia was held on Election Day,November 8,2016,to elect the 11 U.S. representatives from the state of Virginia,one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as House of Representatives elections,Senate elections and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on June 14.
Virginia's 9th 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 9 consists of all of Patrick County,and parts of Franklin and Henry counties. It has been represented by Republican Wren Williams since 2022.
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 Democrat Eileen Filler-Corn. Filler-Corn was the Speaker of the House from 2020-2022.
Jason C. Buckel is an American politician,and the minority leader in the Maryland House of Delegates. He has represented District 1B since 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Don Scott is an American politician. A Democrat,he is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates,representing the 80th district. He was elected Minority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates on June 1,2022.
The 2021 Virginia attorney general election was held on November 2,2021,to elect the next attorney general of Virginia. Democratic Attorney General Mark Herring attempted to win a third term. Herring initially planned to run for governor,but decided to run for re-election. Herring faced Republican nominee Jason Miyares in the general election. Herring conceded defeat at 5:02 PM EST the following day,November 3. Miyares became the first Cuban-American and Hispanic to be elected to statewide office in Virginia. Miyares was later sworn in on January 15,2022.
The 2021 Virginia House of Delegates election for the 162nd Virginia General Assembly were held on November 2,2021 to coincide with biennial elections in the U.S. state of Virginia. All 100 Delegates are elected to two-year terms in single-member constituencies. Primary elections took place on June 8. This election coincided with the Virginia gubernatorial,lieutenant gubernatorial,and Attorney General elections,all of which were won by Republicans. The upper house of the Virginia General Assembly,the Senate of Virginia,will hold its next election on November 7,2023.
Wren Williams is an American businessman and politician serving as delegate for the 9th district of the Virginia House of Delegates. Williams,a Republican,defeated 7-term incumbent Charles Poindexter in the Republican primary,and Democratic nominee,activist Bridgette Craighead,in the 2021 Virginia House of Delegates election. In 2022,Williams proposed a bill that included a requirement that Virginia public schools must teach certain aspects of American history in an effort to eliminate Critical Race Theory being taught in schools. Wren Williams attended Hampden–Sydney College and Samford University's Cumberland School of Law.
