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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 ...
The 119th United States Congress began on January 3, 2025. There were nine new senators (four Democrats, five Republicans) and 63 new representatives (33 Democrats, 30 Republicans), as well as two new delegates (a Democrat and a Republican), at the start of its first session.
The 1860 census allotted 11 seats to Virginia, but 3 were assigned to West Virginia, established in 1863. Virginia was left with 8 seats. [4] For most of this decade, however, Virginian representatives were not seated in Congress because of Virginia's secession in the Civil War. After January 26, 1870, Virginia was allowed to seat members.
Rep.-elect John McGuire (R) will represent Virginia’s 5th Congressional District after unseating Rep. Bob Good in one of this cycle’s most hotly contested GOP primaries. President-elect Trump ...
List of members of the United States House delegation from Virginia, their terms, their district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI.For the 118th Congress, the state's delegation has a total of 11 members, with 6 Democrats and 5 Republicans.
The 119th Congress began at 12:00 p.m. EST on January 3, 2025, following the adjournment of the 118th Congress. [24] The Senate began with vice president Kamala Harris swearing in senators. [25] West Virginia governor Jim Justice will be sworn in on January 13 due to the state's constitution creating issues of succession. [26]
Robert Cortez Scott (born April 30, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 3rd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the dean of Virginia's congressional delegation and the first Filipino American voting member of Congress.
On November 4, 2020, Virginia voters approved a constitutional amendment that removed the authority to redistrict congressional and state legislative districts from the General Assembly, and gave that power to a newly-established 16-member panel composed of eight lawmakers and eight non-lawmaker citizens.