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As of 2023, Democrats hold a 21–19 majority in the Virginia Senate, and a 51–49 majority in the Virginia House of Delegates. At the federal level, Virginia has voted for every Democratic presidential candidate since 2008. Democrats hold six of the Commonwealth's 11 U.S. House seats and both of the Commonwealth's U.S. Senate seats.
Majority party Minority party Leader Don Scott: Todd Gilbert: Party Democratic: Republican: Leader since June 1, 2022 January 8, 2020 Leader's seat 88th–Portsmouth: 33rd–Woodstock: Last election 48 52: Seats won 51: 49 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 1,186,887 [2] 1,144,704 Percentage 49.50%: 47.74% Swing 1.96% 3.82%
Democrats will now have a 21-19 majority in the state Senate and a 51-49 majority in the House. The results are a boon to Democrats, who are hoping for a repeat of the blue wave that happened ...
The Republican Party held the majority until 2019, when the Democratic Party won a majority of the seats, thus regaining control of the House of Delegates. The majority was sworn in on January 8, 2020, after which Eileen Filler-Corn (D-Fairfax) was elected as the first female and Jewish Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. [5]
The win ensures that Democrats will maintain their majority in the state Senate. The seat was previously held by Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.), who was elected to Virginia’s 10th Congressional ...
Going into the election, Virginia Democrats held a 22-17 majority in the state Senate, with one vacancy. Republicans currently control the state House 48-46 with six vacancies.
D majority D majority 1855 12D, 1U 1856 Henry A. Wise (D) Elisha W. McComas (D) 96D, 56W James Buchanan/ John C. Breckinridge (D) 1857 William Lowther Jackson (D) J. Randolph Tucker (D) 13D 1858 D majority 1859 8D, 5ID 1860 John Letcher (D) Robert Latane Montague (D) John Bell/ Edward Everett (CU) 1861 Robert Latane Montague (D) Daniel Polsley ...
Although Democrats won just enough of these Biden-Youngkin districts to cling to a slim 21-19 majority in the state Senate and to claim at least a 51-48 majority in the state House, they also ...