Virginia's 23rd House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's

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. District 23 represents part of the city of Lynchburg and parts of

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and Bedford counties. The seat is currently held by Republican

Wendell Walker Wendell Scott Walker is an American politician. Since 2020, he has been a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 23rd district, consisting of parts of the city of Lynchburg, Bedford, and Amherst Counties. B ...

, who succeeded

T. Scott Garrett Thomas Scott Garrett (born July 22, 1956) is an American politician. He served on the Lynchburg, Virginia city council from 2006 until 2010, when he entered the Virginia House of Delegates, where until 2020 he represented the 23rd district, made ...

after he did not seek reelection in the 2019 election.

District officeholders

Electoral history

References

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