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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 ...
The 161st Virginia General Assembly, consisting of members who were elected in both the House election and Senate election in 2019, convened on January 8, 2020. It was the first time Democrats held both houses of the General Assembly and the governorship since the 147th General Assembly in 1993.
The House of Delegates is presided over by the speaker of the House, while the Senate is presided over by the lieutenant governor of Virginia. The House and Senate each elect a clerk and sergeant-at-arms. The Senate of Virginia's clerk is known as the clerk of the Senate (instead of as the secretary of the Senate, the title used by the U.S ...
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)
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 .
Al Smith – New York governor, Democratic Party presidential candidate (Irish born grandparents from Westmeath; Smith identified as an Irish American) James Smith – signatory to the Declaration of Independence; Peter J. Somers – Milwaukee mayor; Brian P. Stack – Mayor of Union City, New Jersey [53] Michael J. Stack – US Congressman
The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the U.S. representatives from the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia, one from each of the state's eleven congressional districts.
Majority party Minority party Leader Dick Saslaw (retired) Tommy Norment (retired) Party Democratic: Republican: Leader since January 10, 1996 January 9, 2008 Leader's seat 35th–Springfield: 26th [b] –Williamsburg: Last election 21: 19 Seats before 22: 17 Seats won 21: 19 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 1,229,331 [2] 1,193,583 Percentage 49.8% ...