Virginia's 6th congressional district
| Virginia's 6th congressional district | ||
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| Current Representative | Bob Goodlatte (R–Roanoke) | |
| Population (2000) | 643,504 | |
| Median income | $37,773 | |
| Ethnicity | 85.9% White, 11.0% Black, 1.0% Asian, 2.0% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.0% other | |
| Cook PVI | R+12[1] | |
Virginia's sixth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It covers much of the west-central portion of the state, including Roanoke, Lynchburg and most of the Shenandoah Valley. Due to recent redistricting, the district now covers all or part of Warren, Shenandoah, Page, Rockingham, Highland, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Rockbridge, Botetourt, Roanoke, and Amherst Counties as well as the cities of Harrisonburg, Staunton, Waynesboro, Lexington, Buena Vista, Lynchburg, and Roanoke. The current representative is Bob Goodlatte (R), who has held the seat since 1993.
Businessman Sam Rasoul received the Democratic Party's nomination, unsuccessfully challenging Goodlatte in 2008. Businesswoman Janice Lee Allen Ph.D. ran as an Independent.
In 2010, Jeffrey Vanke ran for the seat, also as an Independent, with endorsement from the Modern Whig Party as did Libertarian candidate Stuart Bain.
Bob Goodlatte won the Republican nomination in the June 12, 2012 GOP primary, fending off a challenge from Karen Kwiatkowski. Democratic candidate Andy Schmookler challenged Bob Goodlatte in the November 6, 2012 general election.
The district was one of the first areas of Virginia to turn Republican. Many of the old Byrd Democrats in the area began splitting their tickets and voting Republican at the national level as early as the 1930s, and some counties in the district haven't supported a Democrat for president since Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Voting
| Election results from presidential races | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Results |
| 2008 | President | McCain 57 - 42% |
| 2004 | President | Bush 63 - 36% |
| 2001 | Governor | Earley 51 - 49% |
| Lieutenant Governor | Katzen 54 - 45% | |
| Attorney General | Kilgore 67 - 33% | |
| 2000 | President | Bush 60 - 37% |
| Senator | Allen 58 - 42% | |
| 1997 | Governor | Gilmore 60 - 38% |
| Lieutenant Governor | Hager 53 - 43% | |
| Attorney General | Earley 62 - 38% | |
| 1996 | President | Dole 50 - 40% |
| Senator | Warner 54 - 46% | |
List of representatives
| Representative | Lived | Party | Term | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created: March 4, 1789 | ||||
 Isaac Coles | (1747–1813) | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791 | Defeated |
 Abraham B. Venable | (1758–1811) | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 | Elected to VA-7 |
| Isaac Coles | (1747–1813) | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | |
| Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 | Declined to run | ||
| Matthew Clay | (1754–1815) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803 | Elected to VA–14 |
| Abram Trigg | (1750-.......) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809 | Declined to run |
| Daniel Sheffey | (1770–1830) | Federalist | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1817 | Defeated |
 Alexander Smyth | (1765–1830) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823 | Elected to VA-22 |
 George Tucker | (1775–1861) | Crawford D-R | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Defeated |
| Thomas Davenport | (.......–1838) | Jackson | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833 | |
| Anti-Jackson | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | Defeated | ||
| Walter Coles | (1790–1857) | Jackson | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | |
| Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 | Elected to VA-3 | ||
 John W. Jones | (1791–1848) | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | Declined to run |
 James A. Seddon | (1815–1880) | Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 | Declined to run |
 John M. Botts | (1802–1869) | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | Defeated |
| James A. Seddon | (1815–1880) | Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | Declined to run |
| John S. Caskie | (1821–1869) | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | Elected to VA-3 |
| Paulus Powell | (1809–1874) | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859 | Defeated |
| Shelton F. Leake | (1812–1884) | Independent Democrat | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | Declined to run |
| Vacant | March 4, 1861 – January 26, 1870 | Civil War | ||
 William Milnes, Jr. | (1827–1889) | Conservative | January 27, 1870 – March 3, 1871 | Defeated |
 John T. Harris | (1823–1899) | Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | Elected to VA-7 |
 Thomas Whitehead | (1825–1901) | Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Declined to run |
 John R. Tucker | (1823–1897) | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1885 | Elected to VA–10 |
 John W. Daniel | (1842–1910) | Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 | Elected to the U.S. Senate |
| Samuel I. Hopkins | (1843–1914) | Labor Party | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 | Declined to run |
 Paul C. Edmunds | (1836–1899) | Democratic | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895 | Declined to run |
 Peter J. Otey | (1840–1902) | Democratic | March 4, 1895 – May 4, 1902 | Died |
| Vacant | May 5, 1902 – November 3, 1902 | |||
 E. Carter Glass | (1858–1946) | Democratic | November 4, 1902 – December 16, 1918 | Appointed U.S. Secretary of Treasury |
| Vacant | December 17, 1918 – February 24, 1918 | Special election | ||
| James P. Woods | (1868–1948) | Democratic | February 25, 1918 – March 3, 1923 | Defeated |
 Clifton A. Woodrum | (1887–1950) | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933 | Elected to VA-AL |
| District eliminated March 4, 1933 | ||||
| District recreated January 3, 1935 | ||||
| Clifton A. Woodrum | (1887–1950) | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – December 31, 1945 | Resigned |
| Vacant | December 31, 1945 – January 22, 1946 | Special election January 22, 1946 | ||
 J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. | (1898–1986) | Democratic | January 22, 1946 – April 17, 1948 | Elected Attorney General of Virginia |
| Vacant | April 17, 1948 – November 2, 1948 | |||
| Clarence G. Burton | (1886–1982) | Democratic | November 2, 1948 – January 3, 1953 | Defeated |
 Richard H. Poff | (1923-2011) | Republican | January 3, 1953 – August 29, 1972 | Appointed Virginia Supreme Court justice |
| Vacant | August 29, 1972 – November 7, 1972 | |||
 M. Caldwell Butler | (1925-2014) | Republican | November 7, 1972 – January 3, 1983 | Declined to run |
 James R. Olin | (1920-2006) | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | Declined to run |
 Robert W. Goodlatte | (b. 1952) | Republican | January 3, 1993 – present | |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
- ↑ "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- 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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Coordinates: 38°7′51.6″N 79°2′38″W / 38.131000°N 79.04389°W