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The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral United States Congress, which is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the term "African American" includes all individuals who identify with one or more nationalities or ethnic groups originating in any of the ...
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 ...
Current U.S. representatives from Virginia District Member (Residence) [1] Party Incumbent since CPVI (2022) [2] District map 1st: Rob Wittman : Republican December 11, 2007 R+6: 2nd: Jen Kiggans (Virginia Beach) Republican January 3, 2023 R+2: 3rd: Bobby Scott (Newport News) Democratic January 3, 1993 D+17: 4th: Jennifer McClellan : Democratic
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.
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 open seat presents an opportunity for a representative from a group of young and emerging Black leaders in and around Virginia’s capital city to move to the national level. Bagby and ...
In January 2017, she was elected to the Virginia state Senate in a special election to fill the Ninth District seat vacated by McEachin’s election to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Virginia's 3rd congressional district from January 3, 2023. Virginia's third congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia, serving the independent cities of Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth and part of the independent city of Chesapeake. The district is represented by Democrat Bobby ...