Virginia's 23rd House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the
Virginia House of Delegates
The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two houses of the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbe ...
, the lower house of the state's
bicameral legislature
Bicameralism is a type of legislature that is divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature. Bicameralism is distinguished from unicameralism, in which all members deliberate and vote as a single ...
. District 23 represents part of the city of
Lynchburg and parts of
Amherst and
Bedford
Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population was 106,940. Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire and seat of the Borough of Bedford local government district.
Bedford was founded at a ford (crossin ...
counties. The seat is currently held by Republican
Wendell Walker, who succeeded
T. Scott Garrett after he did not seek reelection in the
2019 election.
District officeholders
Electoral history
References
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Lynchburg, Virginia
Amherst County, Virginia
Bedford County, Virginia