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Name Session details [1] [2] Last election Virginia Constitution of 1776 [citation needed]: 1776 Virginia General Assembly: 1777–1778 Virginia General Assembly: 1778 Virginia General Assembly
The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the oldest continuous law-making body in the Western Hemisphere, and the first elected legislative assembly in the New World. It was established on July 30, 1619. [1] [2]
The House shares legislative power with the Senate, the upper house of the General Assembly. The House of Delegates is the modern-day successor to the colonial House of Burgesses, which first met at Jamestown in 1619. It is the first and oldest continuous English-Speaking representative legislative assembly in the Western Hemisphere. [1]
Virginia's 50th House of Delegates district elects one of the 100 members of the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. The district is made up of most of Manassas City and some of Prince William County. [1] The representative of the 50th district is Democrat Michelle Maldonado.
Virginia's 94th House of Delegates district elects one of the 100 members of the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. The district is made up of part of Newport News, Virginia. [1] [2] The district has been represented by Democrat Shelly Simonds since 2020.
The legislature is the first since the 156th Assembly ended in 2012 to be of divided party control, with Republicans again controlling the House of Delegates and Democrats holding the Senate. [ 1 ] Membership
The legislative branch or state legislature is the General Assembly. The General Assembly is a bicameral body consisting of a lower house, the Virginia House of Delegates, with 100 members, and an upper house, the Senate of Virginia, with 40 members. Combined, the General Assembly consists of 140 elected representatives from an equal number of ...
Danica A. Roem (/ 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.