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Briana D. Sewell (born 1990) is an American politician serving as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 25th district. [1] A member of the Democratic Party, she was first elected in 2021 to succeed retiring Democrat Hala Ayala. [2]
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.
The Senate chamber of the Virginia State Capitol. The legislative branch or state legislature is the General Assembly. The General Assembly is a bicameral body consisting of a lower house, the Virginia House of Delegates, with 100 members, and an upper house, the Senate of Virginia, with 40 members. Combined, the General Assembly consists of ...
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The House shares legislative power with the Senate, the upper house of the General Assembly. The House of Delegates is the modern-day successor to the colonial House of Burgesses, which first met at Jamestown in 1619. It is the first and oldest continuous English-Speaking representative legislative assembly in the Western Hemisphere. [1]
The following table indicates party affiliation in the Commonwealth of Virginia for the individual offices of: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; It also indicates the historical composition of the collective: Senate; House of Delegates; State delegation to the United States Senate (individually)
Virginia's 61st House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of Virginia's bicameral state legislature. District 61 represents Amelia, Cumberland, Mecklenburg, and Nottoway counties as well as part of Lunenburg County. The seat is currently held by Republican Thomas C. Wright Jr. [1]
Virginia Commonwealth University Kimberly A. Taylor (born 1978) is an American politician serving as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 82nd district . [ 1 ] A member of the Republican Party , she defeated incumbent Democratic delegate Lashrecse Aird in the 2021 election .