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The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the oldest continuous law-making body in the Western Hemisphere, and the first elected legislative assembly in the New World. It was established on July 30, 1619.
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The Senate of Virginia was created by the 1776 Constitution of Virginia, and originally consisted of twenty-four members. [1] Along with the House of Delegates, the Senate comprised a new bicameral legislature designed to replace the colonial Virginia House of Burgesses, which formally dissolved on May 6, 1776. [2]
Virginia Democrats will flip the state House while retaining their majority in the state Senate. Control of the state legislature was at stake in this year’s election, with Republicans defending ...
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers his State of the Commonwealth address to a joint session of the Virginia legislature in the House chamber in Richmond, Va., on Jan. 11, 2023.
The 162nd Virginia General Assembly, consisting of members who were elected in both the House election in 2021 and the Senate election in 2019, convened on January 12, 2022. The legislature is the first since the 156th Assembly ended in 2012 to be of divided party control, with Republicans again controlling the House of Delegates and Democrats ...
Rep.-elect John McGuire (R-Va.-5) Date of Birth / Aug. 24, 1968 Residence / Goochland County, Va. Occupation / Small business owner, SEAL Team PT Inc. Family / Married to wife Tracy with five ...
The 163rd Virginia General Assembly, consisting of members who were elected in both the House and Senate elections in 2023, convened on January 10, 2024. Both elections were the first to be held under maps for both houses of the Virginia General Assembly which were approved by the Virginia Redistricting Commission and the Supreme Court of Virginia in 2021, which were the first in Virginia ...