Virginia's 9th congressional district

Virginia's 9th congressional district
Virginia's 9th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Morgan Griffith (R–Salem)
Population (2014)	715,465
Median income	$39,872
Ethnicity	91.1% White, 5.7% Black, 1.0% Asian, 2.0% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.0% other
Cook PVI	R+15[1]

Virginia's ninth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia, covering much of the southwestern part of the state. The 9th is Virginia's second-largest district in area, covering 8800.24 square miles (slightly larger than the whole state of New Jersey). The current representative is Morgan Griffith (R).

Despite the fact that the district had been in Democratic hands for nearly three decades, it has always had a strong social conservative bent, one that turned it towards the Republicans starting in the 1990s. It last supported a Democrat for president in 1996, and has only supported a Democrat in two statewide contests since then. Republican presidential candidate John McCain received 59% of the vote in the 9th district in 2008, his best performance in any of Virginia's eleven congressional districts. The 9th District is the only district in Virginia that cast more votes for Hillary Clinton than Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primary. Clinton won more than 60% of the vote here despite Congressman Rick Boucher's endorsement of Obama.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
1996	U.S. President	Clinton 46 - 43 - 10%[2]
	U.S. Senator	Warner 55 - 44%[3]
	U.S. Representative	Boucher 65 - 31%[4]
1997	Governor	Gilmore 57 - 41%[5]
	Lieutenant Governor	Hager 51 - 44%[6]
	Attorney General	Earley 56 - 44%[7]
1998	U.S. Representative	Boucher 61 - 39%[8]
2000	U.S. President	Bush 55 - 42%[9]
	U.S. Senator	Allen 57 - 43%[10]
	U.S. Representative	Boucher 70 - 30%[11]
2001	Governor	Warner 52 - 47%[12]
	Lieutenant Governor	Katzen 49 - 49%
	Attorney General	Kilgore 69 - 31%
2002	U.S. Senator	Warner 83 - 8 - 9%[13]
	U.S. Representative	Boucher 66 - 34%[14]
2004	U.S. President	Bush 60 - 39%[15]
	U.S. Representative	Boucher 59 - 39%[16]
2005	Governor	Kilgore 55 - 43%[17]
	Lieutenant Governor	Bolling 57 - 43%[18]
	Attorney General	McDonnell 58 - 42%[19]
2006	U.S. Senator	Allen 55 - 44%[20]
	U.S. Representative	Boucher 68 - 32%[21]
2008	U.S. President	McCain 59 - 40%[22]
	U.S. Senator	Warner 63 - 36%[23]
	U.S. Representative	Boucher 97 - 3%[24]
2009	Governor	McDonnell 66 - 34%[25]
	Lieutenant Governor	Bolling 66 - 34%[26]
	Attorney General	Cuccinelli 66 - 34%[27]
2010	U.S. Representative	Griffith 51 - 46%[28]
2012	U.S. President	Romney 63 - 35%[29]
	U.S. Senator	Allen 62 - 38%[30]
	U.S. Representative	Griffith 61 - 39%[31]
2013	Governor	Cuccinelli 61 - 32 - 7%[32]
	Lieutenant Governor	Jackson 61 - 39%[33]
	Attorney General	Obenshain 67 - 33%[34]
2014	U.S. Senator	Gillespie 59 - 38 - 2%[35]
	U.S. Representative	Griffith 72 - 24%[36]

Area covered

It covers all or part of the following political subdivisions:

Counties

The entirety of:

• Lee
• Wise
• Dickenson
• Buchanan
• Scott
• Russell
• Tazewell
• Washington
• Smyth
• Bland
• Giles
• Grayson
• Wythe
• Pulaski
• Montgomery
• Carroll
• Craig
• Floyd
• Patrick

Portions of:

• Alleghany
• Roanoke
• Henry

Cities

• Bristol
• Galax
• Martinsville
• Norton
• Radford
• Salem

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Term	Electoral history
District created: March 4, 1789
Theodorick Bland	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1790	Died.
Vacant		June 2, 1790 – December 6, 1790
William B. Giles	Anti-Administration	December 7, 1790 – March 4, 1795	Resigned.
	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – October 2, 1798
Vacant		October 3, 1798 – December 2, 1798
Joseph Eggleston	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1798 – March 4, 1801	Retired.
William B. Giles	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1803	Appointed to U.S. Senate.
Philip R. Thompson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1807	Retired.
John Love	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1811	Retired.
Aylett Hawes	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813	Elected VA-10.
John P. Hungerford	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1817	Retired.
William L. Ball	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1823	Elected to VA-13.
Andrew Stevenson	Crawford D-R	March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825	Redistricted to the 11th congressional district
	Jackson	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1833
William P. Taylor	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835	Lost re-election.
John Roane	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837	Retired.
Robert M. T. Hunter	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1843	Lost re-election.
Samuel Chilton	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845	Retired.
John S. Pendleton	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849	Lost re-election.
Jeremiah Morton	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851	Lost re-election.
James F. Strother	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853	Lost re-election.
John Letcher	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1859	Retired to run for Governor of Virginia.
John T. Harris	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861	Retired.
Vacant		March 4, 1861 – June 19, 1863	Civil War
District eliminated June 20, 1863
District re-created: March 4, 1873
Rees T. Bowen	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875	Retired.
William Terry	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877	Lost re-election.
Auburn L. Pridemore	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879	Lost re-election.
James B. Richmond	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881	Lost re-election.
Abram Fulkerson	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	Retired.
Henry Bowen	Readjuster	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885	Lost re-election.
Connally F. Trigg	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887	Lost re-election.
Henry Bowen	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889	Lost re-election.
John A. Buchanan	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893	Retired.
James W. Marshall	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895	Lost re-election.
James A. Walker	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1899	Lost re-election.
William F. Rhea	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1903	Lost re-election.
Campbell Slemp	Republican	March 4, 1903 – October 13, 1907	Died.
Vacant		October 14, 1907 – December 16, 1907
C. Bascom Slemp	Republican	December 17, 1907 – March 4, 1923	Retired.
George C. Peery	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1929	Retired.
Joseph C. Shaffer	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931	Lost re-election.
John W. Flannagan, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933	Elected to VA-AL.
District eliminated March 4, 1933
District recreated: January 3, 1935
John W. Flannagan, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1949	Retired.
Thomas B. Fugate	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	Retired.
William C. Wampler	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955	Lost re-election.
William P. Jennings	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1967	Lost re-election.
William C. Wampler	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1983	Lost re-election.
Frederick C. Boucher	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2011	Lost re-election.
Morgan Griffith	Republican	January 3, 2011 – Present	First elected in 2010.

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• Virginia's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

Notes

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References

• 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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