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Virginia's ninth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia, covering much of the southwestern part of the state. The 9th is Virginia's second-largest district in area , covering 9,113.87 [ 4 ] [ 5 ] square miles (slightly larger than the whole state of New Jersey ).
Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Virginia, are presented chronologically below for the most recent iterations following the redistricting of the 1960s, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that congressional and state legislative districts had to satisfy the one man, one vote criteria for equal ...
Howard Morgan Griffith (born March 15, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician who has been the U.S. representative for Virginia's 9th congressional district since 2011. The district covers most of Southwest Virginia, including the New River Valley and the Virginia side of the Tri-Cities. He is a member of the Republican Party and the ...
Frederick Carlyle Boucher (/ ˈ b aʊ tʃ ər /; born August 1, 1946) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Virginia's 9th congressional district from 1983 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was defeated in his bid for a 15th term by Republican Morgan Griffith in the 2010 elections.
Democrat Bobby Scott had represented Virginia's 3rd congressional district since 1993. He was re-elected in 2014 with 94% of the vote, but the district was made slightly more competitive following the court-ordered redistricting when all of its Richmond and Petersburg constituents were moved into the 4th district.
9th district: 1789–1863, 1873–1933, 1935–present; 10th district: 1789–1863, 1885–1933, 1953–present; 11th district: 1793–1863, 1993–present; 12th district: 1793–1863 (obsolete since the 1863 move to West Virginia) 13th district: 1793–1863 (obsolete since the 1863 move to West Virginia)
Virginia's 9th congressional district, 2018 [10] Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Morgan Griffith (incumbent) 160,933 : 65.2 : Democratic: Anthony Flaccavento 85,833 34.7 Write-in: 214 0.1 Total votes 246,980 : 100.0 : Republican hold
The following is a list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of Virginia ordered by District number. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Virginia. The list of names ...