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Virginia voted for Republicans in nearly every presidential election from 1952 to 2004 except for the Democratic landslide in President Johnson's election in 1964. This former streak started when Richard Nixon began the Southern Strategy , and is the longest among the former Confederate States .
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.
Democratic-Republican: March 4, 1817 - March 3, 1819 16th [data missing] Thomas H. Averett: Democratic: March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1853 3rd [data missing] Richard S. Ayer: Republican: January 31, 1870 - March 3, 1871 1st [data missing] John Baker: Federalist: March 4, 1811 - March 3, 1813 2nd [data missing] William L. Ball: Democratic-Republican
Republicans had been able to do that in 2021, along with Republican Glenn Youngkin’s victory over Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the governor's race. Virginia Democrats lost in several key swing ...
Ultimately, though, Democrats say that Republicans are fighting an uphill battle in the commonwealth given recent presidential election history. Before President Barack Obama in 2008, Virginia ...
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that several Republicans have come forward to compete for McGuire’s seat in the very conservative District 10, including former state Sen. Amanda Chase, her ...
Virginia is allotted 11 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives; currently, 6 seats are held by Democrats and 5 seats are held by Republicans. The current dean of the Virginia delegation is Representative Bobby Scott (VA-3) , having served in the House since 1993.
In 2023, Democrats won both Loudoun County seats with about 61% of the vote, and the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project has categorized them as “strong Democratic” seats. (Republicans ...