Virginia's 43rd House of Delegates district elects 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-numbe ...

, the lower house of the state's

bicameral legislature Bicameralism is a type of legislature, one divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature. Bicameralism is distinguished from unicameralism, in which all members deliberate and vote as a single grou ...

. District 43 represents part of

Fairfax County Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is part of Northern Virginia and borders both the city of Alexandria and Arlington County and forms part of the suburban ring of Washington, D.C. ...

. The seat is currently held by

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Mark Sickles Mark D. Sickles (born February 18, 1957) is an American politician serving as the Virginia House of Delegates, Delegate from the Virginia's 43rd House of Delegates district, 43rd District of the Virginia House of Delegates since 2004. He is a memb ...

Geography

District 43, representing part of

, is located in Virginia's 8th Congressional District.

References

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