Virginia's 89th House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the
Virginia House of Delegates
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, the lower house of the state's
bicameral legislature. District 89, consisting of parts of
Norfolk, Virginia, is currently represented by
Democrat
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Jackie Glass.
Elections
District 89 was represented by
Daun Hester
Daun Sessoms Hester (born October 7, 1955) is an American politician and educator. She served on the nonpartisan Norfolk, Virginia City Council 1996–2010, and was vice mayor 2004–08.
Early life, education, family
Hester was born in ...
from 2013, after she won a 2012
special election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
. In 2017, Hester stepped down to run for Norfolk City Treasurer, and Jerrauld "Jay" Jones (son of
Jerrauld C. Jones, who held the seat for eight terms) ran for the seat. Joe Dillard, president of the Norfolk
NAACP, also ran, as did
Libertarian Terry Hurst.
In 2021, following the announcement that Jay Jones and his wife are expecting their first child in summer 2022, he resigned.
Jackie Glass won the special election for the seat.
District officeholders
References
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Virginia House of Delegates districts