Virginia's 10th congressional district

Virginia's 10th congressional district
Virginia's 10th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Barbara Comstock (R–McLean)
Population (2014)	802,127
Median income	$115,291 (2014) ^[1]
Ethnicity	80.6% White, 6.9% Black, 6.6% Asian, 7.1% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.5% other
Cook PVI	R+2^[2]

Virginia's Tenth Congressional District is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The residents of the 10th District are represented by Republican Congresswoman Barbara Comstock, first elected to the 10th's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014.

The district includes all of Clarke, Frederick,and Loudoun and the Independent Cities of Manassas, Manassas Park, Winchester, along with portions of Fairfax, and Prince William counties. Congressional districts are redrawn every ten years following a U.S. census. As it is configured, this district closely matches Virginia's voting patterns in statewide races with nearly identical margins as the final statewide results.

According to Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, this district has many "wealthy and highly-educated voters" as of 14 April 2016.^[3]

History

The modern 10th congressional district was formed in 1952. In the 1960s it consisted of Arlington, Alexandria and most of Fairfax County.

Voting

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
1996	President	Dole 54 - 38%
1996	Senator	Warner 60 - 40%
1997	Governor	Gilmore 62 - 37%
	Lieutenant Governor	Hager 59 - 37%
	Attorney General	Earley 62 - 38%
2000	President	Bush 56 - 41%^[4]
2000	Senator	Allen 59 - 41%
2001	Governor	Earley 54 - 45%
	Lieutenant Governor	Katzen 57 - 41%
	Attorney General	Kilgore 65 - 35%
2004	President	Bush 55 - 44%^[4]
2008	President	Obama 51 - 48.2%^[5]
2012	President	Romney 49.9 - 48.8%^[6]

Recent election results

1970 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joel T. Broyhill (inc.)	67,468	54.53
	Democratic	Harold O. Miller	56,255	45.47
Total votes			123,723	100.00
	Republican hold

Source:^[7]

1972 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joel T. Broyhill (inc.)	101,138	56.26
	Democratic	Harold O. Miller	78,638	43.74
	Write-ins		2	<0.01
Total votes			179,778	100.00
	Republican hold

Source:^[8]

1974 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph L. Fisher	67,184	53.62
	Republican	Joel T. Broyhill (inc.)	56,649	45.21
	Independent	Francis J. Speh	1,465	1.17
	Write-ins		6	<0.01
Total votes			125,304	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

Source:^[9]

1976 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph L. Fisher (inc.)	103,689	54.72
	Republican	Vincent F. Callahan, Jr.	73,616	38.85
	Independent	E. Stanley Rittenhouse	12,124	6.40
	Write-ins		60	0.03
Total votes			189,489	100.00
	Democratic hold

Source:^[10]

1978 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph L. Fisher (inc.)	70,892	53.35
	Republican	Frank Wolf	61,981	46.64
	Write-ins		9	0.01
Total votes			132,882	100.00
	Democratic hold

Source:^[11]

1980 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wolf	110,840	51.14
	Democratic	Joseph L. Fisher (inc.)	105,883	48.85
	Write-ins		21	0.01
Total votes			216,744	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

Source:^[12]

1982 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wolf (inc.)	86,506	52.74
	Democratic	Ira M. Lechner	75,361	45.94
	Independent	Scott R. Bowden	2,162	1.32
	Write-ins		6	<0.01
Total votes			164,035	100.00
	Republican hold

Source:^[13]

1984 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wolf (inc.)	158,528	62.50
	Democratic	John P. Flannery II	95,074	37.49
	Write-ins		23	<0.01
Total votes			253,625	100.00
	Republican hold

Source:^[14]

1986 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wolf (inc.)	95,724	60.20
	Democratic	John G. Milliken	63,292	39.80
	Write-ins		7	<0.01
Total votes			159,023	100.00
	Republican hold

Source:^[15]

1988 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wolf (inc.)	188,550	68.09
	Democratic	Bob L. Weinberg	88,284	31.88
	Write-ins		74	0.03
Total votes			276,908	100.00
	Republican hold

Source:^[16]

1990 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wolf (inc.)	103,761	61.46
	Democratic	N. MacKenzie Canter III	57,249	33.91
	Independent	Barbara S. Minnich	5,273	3.12
	Independent	Lyndon LaRouche	2,293	1.36
	Write-ins		249	0.15
Total votes			168,825	100.00
	Republican hold

Source:^[17]

1992 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wolf (inc.)	144,471	63.59
	Democratic	Raymond E. Vickery, Jr.	75,775	33.35
	Independent	Alan R. Ogden	6,874	3.03
	Write-ins		71	0.03
Total votes			227,191	100.00
	Republican hold

Source:^[18]

1994 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wolf (inc.)	153,311	87.34
	Independent	Alan R. Ogden	13,687	7.80
	Independent	Robert L. Rilee	8,267	4.71
	Write-ins		266	0.15
Total votes			175,531	100.00
	Republican hold

Source:^[19]

1996 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wolf (inc.)	169,266	72.02
	Democratic	Bob L. Weinberg	59,145	25.17
	Independent	Gary A. Reams	6,500	2.77
	Write-ins		102	0.04
Total votes			235,013	100.00
	Republican hold

Source:^[20]

1998 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wolf (inc.)	103,648	71.60
	Democratic	Cornell W. Brooks	36,476	25.20
	Independent	Robert A. Buchanan	4,506	3.11
	Write-ins		125	0.09
Total votes			144,755	100.00
	Republican hold

Source:^[21]

2000 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wolf (inc.)	238,817	84.20
	Independent	Brian M. Brown	28,107	9.91
	Independent	Marc A. Rossi	16,031	5.65
	Write-ins		682	0.24
Total votes			283,637	100.00
	Republican hold

Source:^[22]

2002 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wolf (inc.)	115,917	71.72
	Democratic	John B. Stevens, Jr.	45,464	28.13
	Write-ins		234	0.14
Total votes			161,615	100.00
	Republican hold

Source:^[23]

2004 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wolf (inc.)	205,982	63.77
	Democratic	James R. Socas	116,654	36.11
	Write-ins		375	0.12
Total votes			323,011	100.00
	Republican hold

Source:^[24]

2006 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wolf (inc.)	138,213	57.32
	Democratic	Judy Feder	98,769	40.96
	Libertarian	Wilbur N. Wood III	2,107	0.87
	Independent	Neeraj C. Nigam	1,851	0.77
	Write-ins		194	0.08
Total votes			241,134	100.00
	Republican hold

Source:^[25]

2008 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wolf (inc.)	223,140	58.80
	Democratic	Judy Feder	147,357	38.83
	Independent	Neeraj C. Nigam	8,457	2.23
	Write-ins		526	0.14
Total votes			379,480	100.00
	Republican hold

Source:^[26]

2010 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wolf (inc.)	131,116	62.87
	Democratic	Jeff Barnett	72,604	34.81
	Libertarian	Bill Redpath	4,607	2.21
	Write-ins		229	0.11
Total votes			208,556	100.00
	Republican hold

Source:^[27]

2012 election

Virginia's 10th Congressional District election, 2012 ^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wolf (inc.)	214,038	58.41
	Democratic	Kristin Cabral	142,024	38.76
	Independent	Kevin Chisholm	9,855	2.69
	Write-in		527	0.14
Total votes			366,444	100
	Republican hold

2014 election

Virginia's 10th Congressional District election, 2014 ^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Comstock	125,914	56.49
	Democratic	John Foust	89,957	40.36
	Libertarian	Bill Redpath	3,393	1.52
	Independent	Brad Eickholt	2,442	1.10
	Independent Greens	Dianne Blais	946	0.42
	Write-in		258	0.12
Total votes			222,910	100
	Republican hold

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
District created: March 4, 1789
Samuel Griffin	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel Griffin	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	Redistricted to the 13th district
Carter B. Harrison	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Carter B. Harrison	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799	Retired
Edwin Gray	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803	Redistricted to the 19th district
John Dawson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1813	Redistricted to the 11th district
Aylett Hawes	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	Retired
George F. Strother	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – February 10, 1820	Resigned
Vacant		February 11, 1820 – November 12, 1820
Thomas L. Moore	Democratic-Republican	November 13, 1820 – March 3, 1823	Retired
William C. Rives	Crawford D-R	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William C. Rives	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – April 17, 1829	Appointed U.S. Minister to France
Vacant		April 18, 1829 – January 24, 1830
William F. Gordon	Jacksonian	January 25, 1830 – March 3, 1833	Redistricted to the 12th district
Joseph W. Chinn	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	Lost re-election
John Taliaferro	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Taliaferro	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843	Retired
William Lucas	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	Lost re-election
Henry Bedinger III	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	Lost re-election
Richard Parker	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	Elected Virginia Circuit Court judge
Charles J. Faulkner	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	Redistricted to the 8th district
Zedekiah Kidwell	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857	Retired
Sherrard Clemens	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	Retired
William G. Brown	Unionist	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	Retired
Vacant		March 4, 1863 – June 19, 1863	Civil War
District eliminated June 20, 1863
District recreated March 4, 1885
John R. Tucker	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	Retired
Jacob Yost	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	Lost re-election
Henry S. Tucker III	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1897	Retired
Jacob Yost	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	Retired
Julian M. Quarles	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	Retired
Henry D. Flood	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – December 8, 1921	Died
Vacant		December 9, 1921 – March 20, 1922
Henry S. Tucker III	Democratic	March 21, 1922 – July 23, 1932	Died
Vacant		July 24, 1932 – November 7, 1932
Joel W. Flood	Democratic	November 8, 1932 – March 3, 1933	Retired
District eliminated March 4, 1933
District re-created: January 3, 1953
Joel T. Broyhill	Republican	January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1974	Resigned
Vacant		December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975
Joseph L. Fisher	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	Lost re-election
Frank R. Wolf	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2015
Barbara Comstock	Republican	January 3, 2015 –

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

↑ 2014 1-Year American Community Survey
↑ "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: [prpvi2012_82cH~pspvi11~MC29] [82~PVIRANK~2B]" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
↑ Kondik, Kyle; Skelley, Geoffrey. "House 2016: How a Democratic Wave Could Happen". University of Virginia Center for Politics. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
1 2 "Presidential Results by Congressional District, 2000-2008".
↑ Virginia State Board of Elections: Results by District, 2008 Presidential election. Accessed February 11, 2015.
↑ Virginia State Board of Elections: Results by District, 2012 Presidential election. Accessed February 11, 2015.
↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1970election.pdf
↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1972election.pdf
↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1974election.pdf
↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf
↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1978election.pdf
↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf
↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1982election.pdf
↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1984election.pdf
↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1986election.pdf
↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1988election.pdf
↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1990election.pdf
↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992election.pdf
↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994election.pdf
↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996election.pdf
↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998election.pdf
↑ "2000 ELECTION STATISTICS".
↑ "2002 ELECTION STATISTICS".
↑ "2004 ELECTION STATISTICS".
↑ "2006 Election Statistics".
↑ https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2008/07261AFC-9ED3-410F-B07D-84D014AB2C6B/Unofficial/6_s.shtml
↑ https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2010/EB24720D-F5C6-4880-8DC5-12AE4D0C3772/official/6_s.shtml
↑ "November 6, 2012 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
↑ http://cms.sbe.virginia.gov/public/?p=election_summary&id=1&loc=true

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Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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Virginia's congressional districts

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Coordinates: 39°04′33″N 77°51′24″W / 39.07583°N 77.85667°W / 39.07583; -77.85667

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