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Jennifer Lewis (politician)
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the 11 U.S. representatives from the state of Virginia, one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts. The elections coincided with other states' elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. Primary elections took place on June 12. The state congressional delegation flipped from a 7–4 Republican majority to a 7–4 Democratic majority. Democrats last held a majority of seats in the state in 2010. Overview By district Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia by district: District 1 Republican Rob Wittman had represented Virginia's 1st congressional district since 2007. He was re-elected in 2016 with 60% of the vote. Wittman was unopposed for the Republican nomination. Democratic primary Vangie Williams defeated both Edwin Santana and Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being the Upper house, upper chamber. Together they comprise the national Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the United States. The House's composition was established by Article One of the United States Constitution. The House is composed of representatives who, pursuant to the Uniform Congressional District Act, sit in single member List of United States congressional districts, congressional districts allocated to each U.S. state, state on a basis of population as measured by the United States Census, with each district having one representative, provided that each state is entitled to at least one. Since its inception in 1789, all representatives have been directly elected, although universal suffrage did not come to effect until after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia's 3rd Congressional District
Virginia's third congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia, serving the independent cities of Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth, and part of the independent city of Chesapeake. The district is represented by Democrat Bobby Scott. VA-03 is majority-minority and has a plurality Black electorate, and is heavily Democratic. 2016 redistricting The Virginia Legislature's 2012 redistricting was found unconstitutional and replaced with a court-ordered redistricting on January 16, 2016 for the 2016 elections. One reason for the redistricting is the racial gerrymandering. From 1993 to 2016, the 3rd had covered most of the majority-black precincts in and around Hampton Roads and Richmond. The court-drawn map shifted the area near Richmond to the 4th District. The dispute over the district borders went to the U.S. Supreme Court in '' Wittman v. Personhuballah''. Recent election results from statewide races Historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Scott (politician)
Robert Cortez Scott (born April 30, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he is the dean of United States congressional delegations from Virginia, Virginia's congressional delegation and the first Filipino Americans, Filipino American voting member of Congress. The district serves most of the majority-black precincts of Hampton Roads, including all of the independent cities of Franklin, Virginia, Franklin, Newport News, Virginia, Newport News (where he resides) and Portsmouth, Virginia, Portsmouth, parts of the independent cities of Chesapeake, Virginia, Chesapeake, Hampton, Virginia, Hampton, Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk and Suffolk, Virginia, Suffolk and all of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Isle of Wight County. Since 2019, Scott has chaired the United States House Committee on Education and Labor, House Education an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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