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In 1989, Virginia elected Democrat Douglas Wilder governor, who served from 1990 to 1994, as Virginia's first African-American governor. In 2001, Virginia elected Democrats Mark Warner as governor and Tim Kaine as lieutenant governor, and Kaine was elected to succeed Warner as governor in 2005. In 2009, however, a Republican again returned to ...
Virginia is currently divided into 11 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. The death of Rep. Donald McEachin on November 28, 2022, left the 4th congressional district seat empty. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Following the results of a special election to fill his seat on February 21, 2023, Jennifer ...
Government of Virginia. The government of Virginia combines the executive, legislative and judicial branches of authority in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The current governor of Virginia is Glenn Youngkin. The State Capitol building in Richmond was designed by Thomas Jefferson, and the cornerstone was laid by Governor Patrick Henry in 1785.
September 30, 1984 (age 39) Manassas, Virginia, U.S. Political party. Democratic. Education. St. Bonaventure University (BA) Danica A. Roem (/ ˈroʊm / 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 ...
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 Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA / VA Dems) is the Virginia affiliate of the Democratic Party based in Richmond, Virginia. [ 2 ] Historically, the Democratic Party has dominated Virginia politics. Since the 1851 Virginia gubernatorial election, the first gubernatorial election in Virginia in which the governor was elected by direct ...
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 ...
Virginia's first congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia. The district is sometimes referred to as "America's First District" since it includes the Historic Triangle of Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. In the 18th and early 19th century, it comprised northwestern Virginia (that ...