Virginia's 42nd House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the

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, the lower house of the state's

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. Under a redistricting plan effective for the

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, the district number was reassigned from

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to a new southwestern Virginia district formed from parts of the previous districts 12, 7 and 8, including the independent city of Radford, Giles County, and parts of Montgomery and Pulaski counties. The old 12th District included Radford, Giles and different parts of Pulaski and Montgomery counties. Significantly, the new 42nd district no longer includes the Montgomery County town of Blacksburg, which had been home to previous Democrat delegates from the 12th, Joan Munford, Jim Shuler and Chris Hurst. Until redistricting and the 2023 election, District 42 was located in

in northern Virginia, and has been represented by

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Kathy Tran Kathy Tran (born 1978) is an American politician who currently serves in the Virginia House of Delegates. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, she represents the Virginia's 18th House of Delegates district, 18th House of Delegates distr ...

since 2018.

Electoral history

2017

In 2017, Tran was first elected to a seat previously held by Republican Dave Albo, who was retiring. Tran was the first Asian American woman elected to House of Delegates and part of a wave of new Democratic women whose wins significantly increased the number of Democrats in the House.

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* Government in Fairfax County, Virginia 42 {{Virginia-stub