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The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two houses 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 ...
The 2023 Virginia House of Delegates election took place on November 7, 2023, concurrently with elections for the Virginia Senate, to elect members of the 163rd Virginia General Assembly. All 100 delegates were elected to two-year terms from single-member districts .
- Party Control
- Members
- Historical Party Control
- Elections
Current partisan control
The table below shows the partisan breakdown of the Virginia House of Delegates as of July 2024:
Leadership
The speaker of the House is the presiding officer of the body. Duties of the speaker include assigning bills to committee and appointing the membership of standing committees.
Leadership and members
1. Speaker of the House: Don Scott (Virginia)(D) 2. Majority leader: Charniele Herring(D) 3. Minority leader: Todd Gilbert(R)
Salaries
1. 1.1. See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
Democrats won a 51-49 majority in the Virginia House of Delegates in 2023, making it the third time in three election cycles that the chamber majority changed hands. The table below shows the partisan history of the Virginia House following every general election from 1991 to 2023. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affi...
Republicans hold a 48-46 edge in the Virginia House of Delegates. There are six vacant seats, four of which were most recently held by Republicans, two by Democrats. Combining those two numbers gives the GOP a 52-48 edge, matching their margin after the 2021 election, when they gained control of the chamber by flipping seven seats.
Democrats won a majority in the Virginia House of Delegates in the general election on November 7, 2023. Before the election, Republicans held a 48-46 majority with six vacancies in the chamber. The election resulted in a 51-49 Democratic majority, representing a net change of +5 for Democrats and +1 for Republicans.
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. [ 2 ]
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Elections for the Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2021. The primary was on June 8, 2021, and the general election was on November 2. Party committees could also choose to hold conventions instead of primaries. Those conventions were held throughout the spring of 2021. The filing deadline for primary candidates was March 25, 2021.
