Virginia's 36th 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
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. District 36 represents part of
Fairfax County
Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. With a population of 1,150,309 as of the 2020 census, it is the most populous county in Virginia, the most populous jurisdiction in the Washington ...
, including all of
Reston and parts of
Herndon and
Vienna
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. It is strongly
Democratic compared to Virginia as a whole. 1 in 6 residents is Asian; the statewide average is 1 in 16. The district lines were redrawn in 2011 and 2019. The seat is currently held by
Kenneth R. Plum.
District officeholders
References
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Government in Fairfax County, Virginia