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Virginia's 2nd Congressional District
Virginia's second congressional district is a List of United States congressional districts, U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It currently encompasses all of the counties of Accomack County, Virginia, Accomack, Northampton County, Virginia, Northampton, and Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Isle of Wight; all of the independent cities of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Virginia, Suffolk, and Franklin, Virginia, Franklin; part of the independent city of Chesapeake, Virginia, Chesapeake; and part of Southampton County, Virginia, Southampton County. However, its boundaries have changed greatly over the centuries; it initially encompassed what became West Virginia after the American Civil War. Considered among the nation's most competitive congressional districts, it has been represented by Republican party (United States), Republican Jen Kiggans since 2023. The district has a significant military presence. The Hampton Roads area is cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District (since 2023)
Virginia's second congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It currently encompasses all of the counties of Accomack, Northampton, and Isle of Wight; all of the independent cities of Virginia Beach, Suffolk, and Franklin; part of the independent city of Chesapeake; and part of Southampton County. However, its boundaries have changed greatly over the centuries; it initially encompassed what became West Virginia after the American Civil War. Considered among the nation's most competitive congressional districts, it has been represented by Republican Jen Kiggans since 2023. The district has a significant military presence. The Hampton Roads area is considered to be a military town. Republican Scott Rigell defeated Democrat Glenn Nye in the November 2, 2010, election, and took his seat January 3, 2011, serving until 2017, when he was succeeded by Scott Taylor. In the November 6, 2018, election, Democrat Elaine Luria defeated Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Modern Military Towns
: ''For military towns of specific type, see Military town'' This is a list of populated places informally called military towns, garrison towns, or military cities, i.e., populated places closely associated with a military installation, such as a military base or military academy. Canada * Trenton, Ontario (associated with CFB Trenton) * Kingston, Ontario (associated with CFB Kingston and the Royal Military College of Canada) * Petawawa, Ontario (associated with Garrison Petawawa) * Borden, Ontario (associated with CFB Borden) United Kingdom * Aldershot (associated with the Aldershot Garrison) * Dunoon was a garrison town for the U.S. Navy Holy Loch base during Cold War * Brecon (associated with Derring Lines and The Barracks) * Catterick Garrison (the largest British Army garrison in the world) * Woolwich Garrison United States * Abilene, Texas (associated with Dyess Air Force Base) * Alamogordo, New Mexico (associated with Holloman Air Force Base) * Biloxi, Mississ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob McDonnell
Robert Francis McDonnell (born June 15, 1954) is an American politician, attorney, businessman, academic administrator, and former military officer who served as the 71st governor of Virginia from 2010 to 2014. He is a member of the Republican Party. Born in Philadelphia, McDonnell was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Reserve. He later served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1992 to 2006, and was attorney general of Virginia from 2006 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, McDonnell was elected governor of Virginia after using the campaign slogan "Bob's for Jobs." He defeated Democratic state Senator Creigh Deeds by a 17-point margin in the 2009 general election, which was marked by the severe recession of the late 2000s. McDonnell succeeded Democrat Tim Kaine, who was term-limited by Virginia law. After taking office as governor, McDonnell advocated privatization and promoted offshore drilling for Virginia. He moved to extend a contract to outso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Virginia Gubernatorial Election
The 2009 Virginia gubernatorial election took place in Virginia on November 3, 2009. The incumbent Governor of Virginia, governor, Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Tim Kaine, was not eligible to run due to term limits in the United States, term limits established by the Virginia Constitution, though others in the state's executive branch were not restricted. (Virginia is the only state that prohibits a governor from serving consecutive terms.) Republican Party (United States), Republican Bob McDonnell was elected as Governor of Virginia, governor as part of a Republican sweep. Republican Bill Bolling was reelected as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, lieutenant governor, and Republican Ken Cuccinelli was elected as Attorney General of Virginia, attorney general. The winners were inaugurated on January 16, 2010, and served until January 11, 2014. Senate of Virginia, State Senator Creigh Deeds was selected as the Democratic nominee, having defeated former Democratic Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Warner
Mark Robert Warner (born December 15, 1954) is an American businessman and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Virginia, a seat he has held since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Warner served as the 69th governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. He is vice chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus and vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. In 2006, Warner was widely expected to pursue the Democratic nomination in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, but he announced in October 2006 that he would not run, citing a desire not to disrupt his family life. Warner delivered the keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, and was considered to be a potential vice presidential candidate until he took himself out of consideration after winning the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate. Warner was elected to the Senate in 2008 and reelected in 2014 and 2020. He became Virginia's senior senator in 2013, when Senator Jim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 United States Senate Election In Virginia
The 2008 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican Senator John Warner decided to retire instead of seeking a sixth term. Mark Warner (unrelated) won the open seat by more than 31 percentage points, defeating Republican and fellow former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore and becoming the first Democrat to win this seat since 1966 United States Senate election in Virginia, 1966. This was also the first time since 1964 that the state voted simultaneously for 1964 United States presidential election in Virginia, a Democratic presidential candidate and 1964 United States Senate election in Virginia, a Democratic Senate candidate, having voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 United States presidential election in Virginia, concurrent presidential election, albeit by a far lesser margin. This was Virginia's first open-seat election since 1988 United States Senate election in Virginia, 1988. Since Warner took office in 2009, Democrats have hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American statesman and United States Navy, naval officer who represented the Arizona, state of Arizona in United States Congress, Congress for over 35 years, first as a U.S. House of Representatives, Representative from 1983 to 1987, and then as a U.S. senator from Arizona, U.S. senator from 1987 until his death in 2018. He was the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party's nominee in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. McCain is a son of Admiral John S. McCain Jr. and grandson of Admiral John S. McCain Sr. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958 and Early life and military career of John McCain, received a commission in the U.S. Navy. McCain became a Naval aviator (United States), naval aviator and flew ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers. During the Vietnam War, he almost died in the 1967 USS Forrestal fire, 1967 USS ''Forrestal'' fire. While on a bombing mission during O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 United States Presidential Election In Virginia
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. Etymology English ''eight'', from Old English '', æhta'', Proto-Germanic ''*ahto'' is a direct continuation of Proto-Indo-European '' *oḱtṓ(w)-'', and as such cognate with Greek and Latin , both of which stems are reflected by the English prefix oct(o)-, as in the ordinal adjective ''octaval'' or ''octavary'', the distributive adjective is ''octonary''. The adjective ''octuple'' (Latin ) may also be used as a noun, meaning "a set of eight items"; the diminutive '' octuplet'' is mostly used to refer to eight siblings delivered in one birth. The Semitic numeral is based on a root ''*θmn-'', whence Akkadian ''smn-'', Arabic ''ṯmn-'', Hebrew ''šmn-'' etc. The Chinese numeral, written ( Mandarin: ''bā''; Cantonese: ''baat''), is from Old Chinese ''*priāt-'', ultimately from Sino-Tibetan ''b-r-gyat'' or ''b-g-ryat'' which also yielded Tibetan '' brgyat''. It has been argued that, as the cardinal n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redistricting In Virginia
Redistricting has been a controversial topic in Virginia due to allegations of gerrymandering. In the 2017 Virginia General Assembly, all of the redistricting reform bills were killed. Constitutional requirements The Virginia Constitution states: "Members of the House of Representatives of the United States and members of the Senate and of the House of Delegates of the General Assembly shall be elected from electoral districts established by the General Assembly. Every electoral district shall be composed of contiguous and compact territory and shall be so constituted as to give, as nearly as is practicable, representation in proportion to the population of the district. The General Assembly shall reapportion the Commonwealth into electoral districts in accordance with this section in the year 2011 and every ten years thereafter." Congressional districts The Republican Party lost one of its seats in Congress when a federal court redrew Virginia's 4th congressional district. A s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine Luria
Elaine Goodman Luria (; ; born August 15, 1975) is an American politician and United States Navy, US Navy veteran who served as the List of current members of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from from 2019 to 2023. Luria's congressional district included most of Hampton Roads, including all of Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, Virginia, Williamsburg, and Poquoson, Virginia, Poquoson and parts of Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk and Hampton, Virginia, Hampton. Before running for Congress, she served as a naval officer for 20 years. Luria rose to the rank of Commander (United States), commander and spent most of her career aboard ship. She defeated Republican Party (United States), Republican incumbent Scott Taylor (politician), Scott Taylor in 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia#District 2, 2018 and defeated him again in 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia#District 2, 2020, before losing her bid for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Taylor (politician)
Scott William Taylor (born June 27, 1979) is an American politician and former United States Navy SEALs, Navy SEAL who served as the United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2016, United States representative for Virginia's 2nd congressional district from 2017 to 2019. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he was previously a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the Virginia's 85th House of Delegates district, 85th district. On November 6, 2018, Taylor was defeated for reelection by Democratic Party (United States), Democrat and United States Navy, U.S. Navy veteran Elaine Luria. On July 8, 2019, he announced his intention to run for the United States Senate in 2020 United States Senate election in Virginia, 2020. However, in December 2019, he instead opted to run again for his old seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. In the November general election, he was defeated by Luria in a rematch. Early life and education Scott William Taylor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Nye
Glenn Carlyle Nye III (born September 9, 1974) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 2009 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was defeated in his attempt to attain re-election on November 2, 2010. The district included all of Virginia Beach and the Eastern Shore, as well as parts of Norfolk and Hampton. Nye currently serves as president and CEO of the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. Early life, education and career Nye was born in Philadelphia, but his family has lived in the Hampton Roads area for five generations. He grew up in Norfolk and graduated from high school at Norfolk Academy. A graduate of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., he volunteered on medical education missions to the Middle East while in college. He began his foreign service career focusing on economic development in war-torn Eastern Europe while working for the U.S. Director at the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
