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The 163rd Virginia General Assembly, consisting of members who were elected in both the House and Senate elections in 2023, convened on January 10, 2024. Both elections were the first to be held under maps for both houses of the Virginia General Assembly which were approved by the Virginia Redistricting Commission and the Supreme Court of Virginia in 2021, which were the first in Virginia ...
Virginia State Board of Elections in a Virginia state court, plaintiffs sought to overturn the General Assembly's redistricting in five House of Delegates 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". [22]
A member of the Republican Party, Campbell served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 6th district. He is from Saltville, Virginia. [1] He also teaches state and local government law at the Appalachian School of Law. [2] In 2021, Campbell was one of three Republicans who voted to abolish Virginia's death penalty. [3] [4]
The Speaker is usually a member of the majority party and, as Speaker, becomes the most powerful member of the House. 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.
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]
Incumbent GOP delegate holds onto 173-vote lead over her Democratic challenger. The challenger, however, is not conceding the race. Incumbent claims victory in hotly contested 82nd House District.
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 .
Virginia's 80th House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. Located in southern, coastal Virginia, District 80 represents parts of the cities of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk. The seat is currently held by Democrat Don Scott. [1]