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The 2023 Virginia Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, concurrently with elections for the Virginia House of Delegates, to elect senators to all 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia for the 163rd and 164th Virginia Assembly. Nomination primaries held through the Department of Elections were held June 20, 2023. [ 3 ]
The Senate of Virginiais the upper houseof the Virginia General Assembly. The Senate is composed of 40 senatorsrepresenting an equal number of single-member constituent districts. The Senate is presided over by the lieutenant governor of Virginia. Prior to the American War of Independence, the upper house of the General Assembly was represented ...
Danica A. Roem (/ ˈ r oʊ m / ROHM; born September 30, 1984) [1] [2] is an American journalist and politician who has served in the Virginia Senate since 2024. [3] A Democrat, she represents the 30th district covering part of Prince William County including the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
Virginia incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine (D) debated Republican challenger Hung Cao Wednesday in a live event hosted by WAVY from Norfolk State University’s campus. Kaine was elected to the Senate in ...
The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023 is proposed voting rights legislation named after civil rights activist John Lewis.The bill would restore and strengthen parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, most notably its requirement for states and jurisdictions with a history of voting rights violations to seek federal approval before enacting certain changes to their voting laws. [1]
Hackworth is a businessman from Richlands, Virginia, and serves on the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors. [2] The members elected him chair of the board in January 2019. [3] He won the special election to represent Virginia's 38th Senate district in the Virginia Senate, following the death of Ben Chafin, with 76% of the vote on March 23 ...
Under Virginia election law, any deficit of 0.5% or less would generate a recount paid for by the state. ... Couple that with the 22-18 Democratic control in the state Senate, and the stage is set ...
Virginia State Board of Elections in a Virginia state court, plaintiffs sought to overturn the General Assembly's redistricting in five House of Delegate and six state Senate districts as violations of both the Virginia and U.S. Constitutions because they failed to represent populations in "continuous and compact territory". [14]