Virginia House of Delegates

Coordinates: 37°32′19″N 77°26′00″W / 37.53865°N 77.43331°W / 37.53865; -77.43331

Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia General Assembly

Type
Type	Bicameral
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 13, 2016
Leadership
Speaker	William Howell (R) Since January 8, 2003
Majority Leader	Kirk Cox (R) Since December 5, 2010
Minority Leader	David Toscano (D) Since November 19, 2011
Structure
Seats	100

Political groups	Majority Republican (66) Minority Democratic (34)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article IV, Virginia Constitution
Salary	$17,640/year + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 3, 2015
Next election	November 7, 2017
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place
House of Delegates Chamber Virginia State Capitol Richmond, Virginia
Website
Virginia General Assembly

The Virginia House of Delegates is one of two parts in the Virginia General Assembly the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbered years. The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from among the House membership by the Delegates. The Speaker is almost always 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 of Virginia, the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. The House of Delegates is the modern-day successor to the Virginia House of Burgesses, which first met at Jamestown in 1619. The House is divided into Democratic and Republican caucuses. In addition to the Speaker, there is a majority leader, majority caucus chair, minority leader, minority caucus chair, and the chairs of the several committees of the House.

Through the House of Burgesses, the Virginia House of Delegates is considered the oldest continuous legislative body in the New World.^[1] Originally having 22 members, the House of Burgesses met from 1619 through 1632 in the choir of the church at Jamestown.^[2] From 1632 to 1699 the legislative body met at four different state houses in Jamestown. The first state house convened at the home of Colonial Governor Sir John Harvey from 1632 to 1656. The burgesses convened at the second state house from 1656 until it was destroyed in 1660. Historians have yet to precisely identify its location.^[3]

The House has met in Virginia's Capitol Building, designed by Thomas Jefferson, since 1788. The legislative body met from 1788 to 1904 in what is known as today the Old Hall of the House of Delegates or commonly referred to as the Old House Chamber. The Old House Chamber is part of the original Capitol building structure. It measures 76 feet in width and is filled today with furnishings that resemble what the room would have looked like during its time of use. There are many bronze and marble busts of historic Virginians on display in the Old House Chamber, including: George Mason, George Wythe, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, and Meriwether Lewis. From 1904 to 1906, University of Virginia graduate and architect John K. Peeples designed and built compatible classical wings to the west and east side of the Capitol building. The new wings added to provide more space and serve as the legislative chambers in the Virginia General Assembly, the Senate of Virginia resides in the west chamber and the House of Delegates resides in the east chamber. The General Assembly members and staff operate from offices in the General Assembly Building, located in Capitol Square. Prior to 1788 the House of Delegates met in the Colonial Capital of Williamsburg.

In 1999, Republicans took control of the long-time Democratic House of Delegates for the first time since Reconstruction (with the exception of a brief 2-year period in which the Readjuster Party was in the majority in the 1880s).

Salary and qualifications

The annual salary for delegates is $17,640 per year.^[4] Each delegate represents roughly 83,000 people.^[4] Candidates for office must be at least 21 years of age at the time of the election, residents of the districts they seek to represent, and qualified to vote for General Assembly legislators.^[5]^[6] The regular session of the General Assembly is 60 days long during even numbered years and 30 days long during odd numbered years, unless extended by a two-thirds vote of both houses.^[5]^[7]

Composition

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total

	Republican	Ind	Democratic		Vacant
End of 2010–2012 session	59	2	39	100	0

End of 2012–2014 session	64	2	32	98	2

Begin (January 2014)	67	0	33	100	0
January 28, 2014^{[c 1]}	67		32	99	1
February 26, 2014^{[c 2]}	68		32	100	0
June 30, 2014^{[c 3]}			30	98	2
August 19, 2014^{[c 4]}			32	100	0
September 18, 2014^{[c 5]}	67		32	99	1
Nov. 4, 2014^{[c 6]}	67		31	98	2
Nov. 10, 2014^{[c 7]}	66			97	3
December 9, 2014^{[c 8]}	67			98	2
December 18, 2014^{[c 9]}			30	97	3
January 6, 2015^{[c 10]}			32	99	1
January 13, 2015^{[c 11]}		1		100	0
March 25, 2015^{[c 12]}		0		99	1
End of 2014–2016 session		0		99	1

Begin (January 2016)	66	0	34	100	0
Latest voting share	7001660000000000000♠66%	7001340000000000000♠34%

↑ Democrat Lynwood Lewis (District 100) resigned to take his seat in the Virginia Senate after winning the January 7 special election to replace Ralph Northam.
↑ Republican Robert Bloxom, Jr. replaced Lewis after winning February 24 special election.
↑ Democrat Bob Brink (District 48) resigned to serve as deputy commissioner for aging services at the Department of Aging and Rehabilitation Services and Democrat Algie Howell resigned to take a seat on the Virginia Parole Board.
↑ Democrat Rip Sullivan (District 48) replaced Brink and Democrat Joe Lindsey replaced Howell after winning August 19 special elections.
↑ Republican Ben Chafin (District 4) takes seat in Virginia Senate after winning special election.
↑ Democrat Rosalyn Dance (District 63) takes seat in Virginia Senate after winning special election.
↑ Republican Barbara Comstock (District 34) resigns after being elected to the U.S. Congress.
↑ Republican Todd Pillion (District 4) takes Chafin's old seat after winning special election.
↑ Democrat Joe Morrissey (District 74) resigns his seat.
↑ Democrats Kathleen Murphy (District 34) and Joseph E. Preston (District 63) take Comstock's and Dance's old seats after winning special elections.
↑ Joe Morrissey reelected to his old seat as an Independent.
↑ Joe Morrissey moved to a residence outside his district, in violation of Article IV Section 4 of the Virginia Constitution.

Party control

(The party control table shows the balance of power after each recent general election. The preceding Makeup table includes results of special elections since the last general election.)

Years	Democrats	Republicans	Independents
1900-1904	93	7	0
1904-1912	86	14	0
1912-1914	90	10	0
1914-1916	92	8	0
1916-1922	88	12	0
1922-1924	95	5	0
1924-1926	97	3	0
1926-1928	95	5	0
1928-1930	93	7	0
1930-1934	95	5	0
1934-1940	93	7	0
1940-1944	97	3	0
1944-1946	94	6	0
1946-1950	93	7	0
1950-1960	94	6	0
1960-1962	96	4	0
1962-1964	94	5	1
1964-1966	89	11	0
1966-1968	87	12	1
1968-1970	86	14	0
1970-1972	75	24	1
1972-1974	73	24	3
1974-1976	65	20	15
1976-1978	78	17	5
1978-1980	76	21	3
1980-1982	74	25	1
1982-1984	66	32	2
1984-1986	65	34	1
1986-1988	65	33	2
1988-1990	64	35	1
1990–1992	59	40	1
1992–1994	58	41	1
1994–1996	52	47	1
1996–1998	52	47	1
1998–2000	50^[8]	49	1
2000–2002	47	52	1
2002–2004	34	64	2
2004–2006	37	61	2
2006–2008	40	57	3
2008–2010	44	54	2
2010–2012	39	59	2
2012–2014	32	66	2
2014–2016	32	67	1
2016–2018	34	66	0

House leadership

Speaker	William J. Howell
Majority Leader	Kirk Cox
Minority Leader	David Toscano^[9]
Caucus Chair	Charniele Herring

Committee chairs and ranking members

The House has 14 standing committees.^[10]

Committee	Chair	Senior Minority Member
Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources	Daniel Marshall III (HD14)	Kenneth Plum (HD36)
Appropriations	S. Chris Jones (HD76)	Luke Torian (HD52)
Commerce and Labor	Terry Kilgore (HD01)	Jennifer McClellan (HD71)
Counties, Cities and Towns	Riley Ingram (HD62)	Lionell Spruill, Sr. (HD77)
Courts of Justice	David Albo (HD42)	Vivian Watts (HD39)
Education	R. Steven Landes (HD25)	Jennifer McClellan (HD71)
Finance	R. Lee Ware, Jr. (HD65)	Vivian Watts (HD39)
General Laws	C. Todd Gilbert (HD15)	Jeion Ward (HD92)
Health, Welfare and Institutions	Robert Orrock, Sr. (HD54)	Lionell Spruill, Sr. (HD77)
Militia, Police and Public Safety	L. Scott Lingamfelter (HD31)	Roslyn Tyler (HD75)
Privileges and Elections	Mark Cole (HD88)	Mark Sickles (HD43)
Rules	Bill Howell (HD28)	Kenneth Plum (HD36)
Science and Technology	Richard Anderson (HD51)	Vivian Watts (HD39)
Transportation	Ronald Villanueva (HD21)	Jeion Ward (HD92)

Members

The Virginia House of Delegates is reelected every two years, with intervening vacancies filled by special election. The next general election of the House is in November 2015.

District	Name	Party	Areas Represented		First Election
District	Name	Party	Counties	Cities	First Election
1	Terry Kilgore	Rep	Lee, Scott, Wise (part)	Norton	1993
2	Mark Dudenhefer	Prince William (part), Stafford (part)		2015
3	Will Morefield	Rep		Bland, Buchanan, Russell (part), Tazewell	2009
4	Todd Pillion	Dickenson, Russell (part), Washington (part), Wise (part)		2013
5	Israel O'Quinn	Grayson, Smyth (part), Washington (part)	Bristol, Galax	2011
6	Jeff Campbell	Carroll, Smyth (part), Wythe		2013
7	Nick Rush	Floyd, Montgomery (part), Pulaski (part)		2011
8	Greg Habeeb	Craig, Montgomery (part), Roanoke (part)	Salem	2011
9	Charles Poindexter	Franklin (part), Henry (part), Patrick		2007
10	Randy Minchew	Clarke (part), Frederick (part), Loudoun (part)		2011
11	Salam "Sam" Rasoul	Dem		Roanoke (part)	2013
12	Joseph Yost	Rep	Giles, Montgomery (part), Pulaski (part)	Radford	2011
13	Bob Marshall	Prince William (part)	Manassas Park	1991
14	Danny Marshall	Henry (part), Pittsylvania (part)	Danville	2001
15	Todd Gilbert	Page, Rockingham (part), Shenandoah, Warren (part)		2005
16	Les Adams	Henry (part), Pittsylvania (part)	Martinsville	2013
17	Chris Head	Botetourt (part), Roanoke (part)	Roanoke (part)	2011
18	Michael Webert	Culpeper (part), Fauquier (part), Rappahannock, Warren (part)		2011
19	Terry Austin	Alleghany, Bedford (part), Botetourt (part)	Covington	2013
20	Richard P. Bell	Augusta (part), Highland, Nelson(part)	Staunton, Waynesboro	2009
21	Ron Villanueva		Virginia Beach (part) Chesapeake (part)	2009
22	Kathy Byron	Bedford (part), Campbell (part), Franklin (part)	Lynchburg (part)	1997
23	Scott Garrett	Amherst (part), Bedford (part)	Lynchburg (part)	2009
24	Ben Cline	Amherst (part), Augusta (part), Bath, Rockbridge	Buena Vista, Lexington	2002
25	Steve Landes	Albemarle (part), Augusta (part), Rockingham (part)		1995
26	Tony Wilt	Rockingham (part)	Harrisonburg	2010
27	Roxann Robinson	Chesterfield (part)		2010
28	Bill Howell Speaker of the House	Stafford (part)	Fredericksburg (part)	1987
29	Christopher Collins	Frederick (part), Warren (part)	Winchester, Front Royal (part)	2015
30	Nicholas Freitas	Culpeper (part), Madison, Orange		2015
31	Scott Lingamfelter	Fauquier (part), Prince William (part)		2001
32	Tag Greason	Loudoun (part)		2009
33	Dave LaRock	Clarke (part), Frederick (part), Loudoun (part)		2013
34	Kathleen Murphy	Dem		Fairfax (part), Loudoun (part)	2015
35	Mark Keam	Fairfax (part)		2009
36	Kenneth R. Plum			1981
37	David Bulova		Fairfax	2005
38	Kaye Kory			2009
39	Vivian E. Watts			1995
40	Tim Hugo	Rep		Fairfax (part), Prince William (part)	2002
41	Eileen Filler-Corn	Dem		Fairfax (part)	2010
42	Dave Albo	Rep			1993
43	Mark D. Sickles	Dem			2003
44	Paul Krizek	2015
45	Mark Levine	Arlington (part), Fairfax (part)	Alexandria (part)	2015
46	Charniele Herring Minority Whip		Alexandria (part)	2009
47	Patrick Hope	Arlington (part)		2009
48	Rip Sullivan	Arlington (part), Fairfax (part)		2014
49	Alfonso Lopez	Arlington (part), Fairfax (part)		2011
50	Jackson H. Miller	Rep	Prince William (part)	Manassas	2006
51	Richard L. Anderson			2009
52	Luke Torian			Dem	2009
53	Marcus Simon	Fairfax (part)	Falls Church	2013
54	Bobby Orrock	Rep	Caroline (part), Spotsylvania (part)		1989
55	Buddy Fowler	Caroline (part), Hanover (part), Spotsylvania (part)	2009
56	Peter Farrell	Goochland (part), Henrico (part), Louisa, Spotsylvania (part)	2011
57	David Toscano Minority Leader	Dem	Albemarle (part)	Charlottesville	2005
58	Rob Bell	Rep	Albemarle (part), Fluvanna (part), Greene, Rockingham (part)		2001
59	Matt Fariss	Albemarle (part), Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell (part), Nelson (part)	2011
60	James Edmunds	Campbell (part), Charlotte, Halifax, Prince Edward	2009
61	Tommy Wright	Amelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg (part), Mecklenburg, Nottoway	2000
62	Riley Ingram	Chesterfield (part), Henrico (part), Prince George (part)	Hopewell (part)	1991
63	Lashrecse Aird	Dem	Chesterfield (part), Dinwiddie (part), Prince George (part)	Hopewell (part), Petersburg	2015
64	Rick Morris	Rep	Isle of Wight (part), Prince George (part), Southampton (part), Surry (part), Sussex (part)	Franklin (part), Suffolk (part)	2011
65	Lee Ware	Chesterfield (part), Fluvanna (part), Goochland (part), Powhatan		1998
66	Kirk Cox Majority Leader	Chesterfield (part)	Colonial Heights	1989
67	James LeMunyon	Fairfax (part), Loudoun (part)		2009
68	Manoli Loupassi	Chesterfield (part), Henrico (part)	Richmond (part)	2007
69	Betsy Carr	Dem		Chesterfield (part)	2009
70	Delores McQuinn	Chesterfield (part), Henrico (part)		2009
71	Jennifer McClellan	Henrico (part)		2005
72	Jimmie Massie		Rep		2007
73	John O'Bannon		Richmond (part)	2000
74	Lamont Bagby	Dem	Richmond (part)	Charles City, Henrico (part)	2015
75	Roslyn Tyler	Dem	Brunswick, Dinwiddie (part) Greensville, Isle of Wight (part), Lunenburg (part), Southampton (part), Surry (part), Sussex (part)	Emporia, Franklin (part)	2005
76	Chris Jones	Rep		Chesapeake (part), Suffolk (part)	1997
77	Lionell Spruill	Dem		Chesapeake (part), Suffolk (part)	1993
78	James Leftwich	Rep		Chesapeake (part)	2013
79	Stephen Heretick	Dem		Norfolk (part), Portsmouth (part)	2015
80	Matthew James	Chesapeake (part), Norfolk (part), Portsmouth (part), Suffolk (part)		2009
81	Barry Knight	Rep		Chesapeake (part), Virginia Beach (part)	2009
82	Jason Miyares	Virginia Beach (part)		2015
83	Chris Stolle	Norfolk (part), Virginia Beach (part)		2009
84	Glenn Davis	Virginia Beach (part)		2014
85	Scott Taylor	Virginia Beach (part)		2013
86	Jennifer Boysko	Dem	Fairfax (part), Loudoun (part)		2015
87	John Bell	Loudoun (part), Prince William (part)	2015
88	Mark Cole	Rep	Fauquier (part), Spotsylvania (part), Stafford (part)	Fredericksburg (part)	2001
89	Daun Hester	Dem		Norfolk (part)	2012
90	Joe Lindsey	Norfolk (part), Virginia Beach (part)		2014
91	Gordon Helsel	Rep	York (part)	Hampton (part), Poquoson	2011
92	Jeion Ward	Dem		Hampton (part)	2003
93	Monty Mason	James City (part), York (part)	Newport News (part), Williamsburg	2013
94	David Yancey	Rep		Newport News (part)	2011
95	Marcia Price	Dem		Hampton (part), Newport News (part)	2015
96	Brenda Pogge	Rep	James City (part), York (part)		2007
97	Chris Peace	Hanover (part), King William (part), New Kent	2006
98	Keith Hodges	Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William (part), Mathews, Middlesex	2011
99	Margaret Ransone	Caroline (part), King George, Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland	2011
100	Robert Bloxom, Jr.	Accomack, Northampton	Norfolk (part), Virginia Beach (part)	2014

Notes

↑ "This Day in History". Retrieved 23 March 2016.
↑ Commonwealth of Virginia. "Capitol Square Timeline". Retrieved 26 April 2011.
↑ Commonwealth of Virginia. "Timeline".
1 2 "Virginia House of Delegates". DailyPress.com. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
1 2 "Virginia State Legislature" (PDF). VAKids.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
↑ "Constitution of Virginia, Article IV, Section 4. Qualifications of senators and delegates.". Virginia General Assembly. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
↑ "Constitution of Virginia, Article IV, Section 6. Legislative sessions.". Virginia General Assembly. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
↑ The 1997 general election yielded a 51-48-1 Democrat majority. David Brickley resigned his seat right afterward, however, and a special election for District 51 was called. His seat flipped to the Republicans, and with Independent Lacey Putney siding with the Republicans, the chamber was tied. Democrats retained the Speakership through a power-sharing agreement.
↑ Kumar, Anita (2011-11-19). "Toscano, Sickles to lead House Democratic caucus". Washington Post. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
↑ "Legislative Committees". Legislative Information System. Virginia General Assembly. Retrieved 2016-01-14.

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Members of the Virginia House of Delegates

Speaker of the House: William J. Howell (R) Majority Leader: Kirk Cox (R) Minority Leader: David Toscano (D)

Terry Kilgore (R) Mark Dudenhefer (D) Will Morefield (R) Todd Pillion (R) Israel O'Quinn (R) Jeff Campbell (R) Nick Rush (R) Greg Habeeb (R) Charles Poindexter (R) Randy Minchew (R) Sam Rasoul (D) Joseph Yost (R) Bob Marshall (R) Danny Marshall (R) Todd Gilbert (R) Les Adams (R) Chris Head (R) Michael Webert (R) Terry Austin (R) Richard Bell (R) Ron Villanueva (R) Kathy Byron (R) Scott Garrett (R) Ben Cline (R) Steve Landes (R) Tony Wilt (R) Roxann Robinson (R) Bill Howell (R) Christopher Collins (R) Nicholas Freitas (R) Scott Lingamfelter (R) Tag Greason (R) Dave LaRock (R) Kathleen Murphy (D) Mark Keam (D) Ken Plum (D) David Bulova (D) Kaye Kory (D) Vivian Watts (D) Tim Hugo (R) Eileen Filler-Corn (D) Dave Albo (R) Mark Sickles (D) Paul Krizek (D) Mark Levine (D) Charniele Herring (D) Patrick Hope (D) Rip Sullivan (D) Alfonso Lopez (D) Jackson Miller (R) Richard Anderson (R) Luke Torian (D) Marcus Simon (D) Bobby Orrock (R) Buddy Fowler (R) Peter Farrell (R) David Toscano (D) Rob Bell (R) Matt Fariss (R) James E. Edmunds (R) Tommy Wright (R) Riley Ingram (R) Lashrecse Aird (D) Rick Morris (R) Lee Ware (R) Kirk Cox (R) James LeMunyon (R) Manoli Loupassi (R) Betsy B. Carr (D) Delores McQuinn (D) Jenn McClellan (D) Jimmie Massie (R) John O'Bannon (R) Lamont Bagby (D) Roslyn Tyler (D) Chris Jones (R) Lionell Spruill (D) Jay Leftwich (R) Stephen Heretick (D) Matthew James (D) Barry Knight (R) Jason Miyares (R) Chris Stolle (R) Glenn Davis (R) Bob Tata (R) Jennifer Boysko (D) John Bell (D) Mark Cole (R) Daun Hester (D) Joe Lindsey (D) Gordon Helsel (R) Jeion Ward (D) Monty Mason (D) David Yancey (R) Marcia Price (D) Brenda Pogge (R) Chris Peace (R) Keith Hodges (R) Margaret Ransone (R) Robert Bloxom, Jr. (R)

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