Lacey Edward Putney was an American politician. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from January 1962 until January 2014,making him the longest-serving member in the history of the Virginia General Assembly and one of the longest-serving state legislators in American history. He represented a district centered around his hometown of Bedford for his entire career,and at various times represented parts of neighboring Bedford and Botetourt counties.
Phillip P. Puckett is an American politician. A Democrat,he was elected to the Senate of Virginia in 1998 and resigned on June 9,2014. He represented the 38th district,made up of five counties and parts of four others in the southwestern part of the state.
Jill Kendrick Holtzman Vogel is an American attorney and politician who served as the Virginia State Senator from the 27th district from 2008 to 2024. A Republican,her district was located in exurban and rural parts of Northern Virginia,and it included all of Clarke,Fauquier,and Frederick counties,Winchester city,as well as pieces of Culpeper,Loudoun,and Stafford counties.
Mark D. Sickles is an American politician serving as the Delegate from the 17rd District of the Virginia House of Delegates. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Terry Gene Kilgore is an American attorney and politician. A Republican,he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1993,and became chair of the Commerce and Labor committee in 2008. He currently represents the 1st district in the far southwestern corner of the state,near Cumberland Gap. He graduated with a B.A. from the University of Virginia's College at Wise,previously named Clinch Valley College,and a J.D. from the College of William &Mary's School of Law.
Algie Thomas Howell,Jr. is an American politician. From 2004 to 2014 he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 90th district,made up of parts of the cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Christopher Todd Gilbert is an American politician and attorney. He previously served as the 57th Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2022 to 2024. 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.
Robert Bernard Bell III is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 until 2023. In 2013,Bell ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Attorney General of Virginia. He resigned from his seat prior to his final term ending in 2023 to join Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares's office.
Marvin Kirkland Cox is an American retired politician and educator. A Republican and a former high school teacher,he served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1990 to 2022,representing the 66th District. From 2018 to 2020,he served as the 55th Speaker of the House of Delegates. Cox served as House Majority Leader from 2010 to 2018 and House Majority Whip from 2004 to 2010.
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. She represented the 41st district in the Fairfax County suburbs of Washington,D.C.,from 2010 to 2024. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She is also the first woman and Jewish person to serve as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates.
Corey Alan Stewart is an American retired politician who served four terms as at-large chair of the Board of Supervisors of Prince William County,Virginia from December 2006 to December 2019.
The following offices were up for election in the United States Commonwealth of Virginia in the November 5,2013 general election.
David Etienne Yancey is an American politician. A Republican,he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2011. He represented the 94th district.
The 2017 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2017. Incumbent Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe was unable to run for re-election,as the Constitution of Virginia prohibits the officeholder from serving consecutive terms;he later ran unsuccessfully for a second term in 2021.
The 2017 Virginia House of Delegates election was held on Tuesday,November 7. All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates were contested. The Republican Party held a 66–34 majority in the House of Delegates before the election but lost 15 seats to the Democratic Party,resulting in the Republicans holding a 50–49 advantage.
Robert M. "Bob" Thomas,Jr. is an American businessman,Marine Corps veteran,and former member of the Virginia House of Delegates. In 2017 he ran for the House of Delegates in the 28th district to succeed the retiring incumbent Speaker Bill Howell. After a very close race and multiple legal issues,Thomas was certified as the winner and was sworn in as scheduled on January 10,2018.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 2,2021,in two states,New Jersey and Virginia,and a recall election was held in California on September 14. These elections form part of the 2021 United States elections. The last gubernatorial elections for New Jersey and Virginia were in 2017,and the last regular gubernatorial election for California was in 2018. Going into the elections,all three seats were held by Democrats.
The 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2021,to elect the next governor of Virginia. The election was concurrent with other elections for Virginia state offices. Incumbent Democratic governor Ralph Northam was ineligible to run for re-election,as the Constitution of Virginia prohibits governors from serving consecutive terms. Businessman Glenn Youngkin won the Republican nomination at the party's May 8 convention,which was held in 37 polling locations across the state,and was officially declared the nominee on May 10. The Democratic Party held its primary election on June 8,which former governor Terry McAuliffe easily won.
The 2021 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2021,to elect the next lieutenant governor of Virginia. Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax was eligible to run for a second term,but instead unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. On November 3,Hala Ayala conceded the race,making Republican Winsome Sears the first black woman to be elected to the lieutenant governorship of Virginia or any statewide office,as well as the first woman elected lieutenant governor in Virginia's history. Sears was also the first Jamaican-American to become a lieutenant governor.
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 2021 Virginia Gubernatorial election,the Lieutenant Gubernatorial election,and lastly,the Attorney General election,all of which were won by Republicans. The upper house of the Virginia General Assembly,the Senate of Virginia,held its next elections on November 7,2023.
