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163rd Virginia General Assembly
The 163rd Virginia General Assembly, consisting of members who were elected in both the 2023 Virginia House of Delegates election, House and 2023 Virginia Senate election, Senate elections in 2023, convened on January 10, 2024. Both elections were the first to be held under maps for both houses of the Virginia General Assembly which were approved by the Virginia Redistricting Commission and the Supreme Court of Virginia in 2021, which were the first in Virginia history to not be drawn and approved by the legislature. Both elections resulted in Democrats winning majorities in both houses for the first time since 2021, with one-seat majorities in both chambers; it was the first time that Democrats won both houses of the legislature against an incumbent Republican governor since 1995. Membership Leadership Delegate Don Scott (Virginia politician), Don Scott, who was the minority leader of the House of Delegates in the previous General Assembly and won re-election, was nomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
162nd Virginia General Assembly
The 162nd Virginia General Assembly, consisting of members who were elected in both the 2021 Virginia House of Delegates election, House election in 2021 and the 2019 Virginia Senate election, Senate election in 2019, convened on January 12, 2022. The legislature is the first since the 156th Assembly ended in 2012 to be of divided party control, with Republican Party (United States), Republicans again controlling the Virginia House of Delegates, House of Delegates and Democratic Party (United States), Democrats holding the Senate of Virginia, Senate. Membership On November 14, 2021, the incoming Republican majority in the House unanimously nominated Delegate Todd Gilbert (R-Shenandoah, Virginia, Shenandoah) for List of speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates, Speaker of the House of Delegates and Delegate Terry Kilgore (R-Scott County, Virginia, Scott County) for Majority Leader. Both confirmations by the full body are pending as of . For the third consecutive time sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |