Virginia's 1st House of Delegates district is one of 100 seats in the
Virginia House of Delegates
The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two parts of 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-number ...
, the lower house of the state's
bicameral legislature. District 1 represents the city of
Norton Norton may refer to:
Places
Norton, meaning 'north settlement' in Old English, is a common place name. Places named Norton include: Canada
* Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69, Saskatchewan
*Norton Parish, New Brunswick
**Norton, New Brunswick, a ...
and portions of
Lee,
Scott, and
Wise counties. The seat is held by Republican
Terry Kilgore
Terry Gene Kilgore (born August 23, 1961) is an American attorney and politician. A Republican, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1993, and became chair of the Commerce and Labor committee in 2008. He graduated with a B.A. fro ...
. Kilgore has been in office since 1993.
Elections
2017
In the
November 2017 election, Democrat Alicia Kallen ran against Kilgore.
It was the first time in a decade Kilgore had a challenger for the seat.
Kallen, 26, works at Norton Community Hospital.
However, she was unable to win the seat and Kilgore kept his position.
District officeholders
Electoral history
References
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Norton, Virginia
Lee County, Virginia
Scott County, Virginia
Wise County, Virginia