2009 Virginia House of Delegates election
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2009 Elections to the Virginia House of Delegates were held on November 3, 2009. Prior to the election, Republicans held 53 seats, Democrats held 43 seats, and Independents held 2 seats (both of whom caucus with the Republicans).
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All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates 51 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 40.4%[1]  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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There were 2 seats previously held by Democrats that were vacant on election day: the 69th (Frank Hall resigned April 14, 2009) and the 80th (Ken Melvin resigned May 1, 2009). Eight incumbent Democrats were defeated, one incumbent Republican was defeated, and one open Republican seat was won by a Democrat.
The composition of the House of Delegates in 2010 was 59 Republicans, 2 Independents who caucus with the Republicans, and 39 Democrats.
Results
editOverview
edit| 59 | 39 | 2 |
| Republican | Democratic |
| Parties | Candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2009 | +/- | Strength | Vote | % | Change | |||
| Republican | 54 | 59 | 5
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59.00% | 1,047,069 | 56.76% | |||
| Democratic | 44 | 39 |  5
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39.00% | 668,502 | 36.24% | |||
| Independent | 2 | 2 | 
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2.00% | 86,454 | 4.69% | |||
| Independent Greens | 0 | 0 |
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0.00% | 11,915 | 0.65% | |||
| Constitution Party | 0 | 0 |
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0.00% | 10,339 | 0.56% | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 |
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0.00% | 981 | 0.05% | |||
| Libertarian | 0 | 0 |
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0.00% | 580 | 0.03% | |||
| - | Write-ins | 0 | 0 |
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0.00% | 18,906 | 1.02% | ||
| Total | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100.00% | 1,844,746 | 100.00% | - | ||
By House of Delegates district
editParty abbreviations: D - Democratic, R - Republican, C - Constitution Party, I - Independent, IG - Independent Green, L - Libertarian
| District | Incumbent | Party | Elected | Status | 2009 Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Terry Kilgore | Republican | 1993 | Reelected | Terry Kilgore (R) unopposed |
| 2nd | Bud Phillips | Democratic | 1989 | Reelected | Bud Phillips (D) unopposed |
| 3rd | Dan Bowling | Democratic | 2006 | Defeated | Will Morefield (R) 57.1% Dan Bowling (D) 42.8% |
| 4th | Joe Johnson | Democratic | 1989 | Reelected | Joe Johnson (D) unopposed |
| 5th | C. W. Carrico | Republican | 2001 | Reelected | C. W. Carrico (R) unopposed |
| 6th | Anne B. Crockett-Stark | Republican | 2005 | Reelected | Anne B. Crockett-Stark (R) 65.2% Carole Pratt (D) 34.7% |
| 7th | Dave Nutter | Republican | 2001 | Reelected | Dave Nutter (R) 60.1% Peggy Frank (D) 39.8% |
| 8th | Morgan Griffith | Republican | 1993 | Reelected | Morgan Griffith (R) 68.8% Carter Turner (D) 31.0% |
| 9th | Charles Poindexter | Republican | 2007 | Reelected | Charles Poindexter (R) 79.0% Sherman David Witcher (IG) 20.7% |
| 10th | Ward Armstrong | Democratic | 1991 | Reelected | Ward Armstrong (D) 56.5% Edward Creed (R) 43.4% |
| 11th | Onzlee Ware | Democratic | 2003 | Reelected | Onzlee Ware (D) 60.3% Troy Bird (R) 39.6% |
| 12th | Jim Shuler | Democratic | 1993 | Reelected | Jim Shuler (D) 72.2% Paul Cornett (I) 27.3% |
| 13th | Bob Marshall | Republican | 1991 | Reelected | Bob Marshall (R) 61.3% John Bell (D) 38.6% |
| 14th | Danny Marshall | Republican | 2001 | Reelected | Danny Marshall (R) 64.1% Seward Anderson (D) 35.8% |
| 15th | Todd Gilbert | Republican | 2005 | Reelected | Todd Gilbert (R) 69.3% John Lesinski (D) 30.7% |
| 16th | Donald Merricks | Republican | 2007 | Reelected | Donald Merricks (R) unopposed |
| 17th | William Fralin | Republican | 2003 | Retired; Republican hold | William Cleaveland (R) 62.0% Gwen Mason (D) 37.9% |
| 18th | Clay Athey | Republican | 2001 | Reelected | Clay Athey (R) 82.4% Todd Jack (C) 17.0% |
| 19th | Lacey Putney | Independent | 1961 | Reelected | Lacey Putney (I) 64.1% Lewis Medlin (D) 20.6% William Smith (C) 15.1% |
| 20th | Chris Saxman | Republican | 2001 | Retired; Republican hold | Dickie Bell (R) 71.2% Erik Curren (D) 28.7% |
| 21st | Bobby Mathieson | Democratic | 2007 | Defeated | Ron Villanueva (R) 49.9% Bobby Mathieson (D) 49.8% |
| 22nd | Kathy Byron | Republican | 1997 | Reelected | Kathy Byron (R) unopposed |
| 23rd | Shannon Valentine | Democratic | 2006 | Defeated | T. Scott Garrett (R) 50.4% Shannon Valentine (D) 49.4% |
| 24th | Ben Cline | Republican | 2002 | Reelected | Ben Cline (R) 70.9% Jeff Price (D) 29.1% |
| 25th | Steve Landes | Republican | 1995 | Reelected | Steve Landes (R) 73.2% Greg Marrow (D) 26.7% |
| 26th | Matt Lohr | Republican | 2005 | Reelected | Matt Lohr (R) 73.0% Gene Hart Jr. (D) 26.9% |
| 27th | Sam Nixon | Republican | 1994 | Reelected | Sam Nixon (R) unopposed |
| 28th | William J. Howell | Republican | 1987 | Reelected | William J. Howell (R) 74.8% Craig Ennis (IG) 24.5% |
| 29th | Beverly Sherwood | Republican | 1993 | Reelected | Beverly Sherwood (R) 80.0% Aaron Tweedie (I) 19.7% |
| 30th | Ed Scott | Republican | 2003 | Reelected | Ed Scott (R) 75.5% Matt Carson (I) 24.4% |
| 31st | Scott Lingamfelter | Republican | 2001 | Reelected | Scott Lingamfelter (R) unopposed |
| 32nd | David Poisson | Democratic | 2005 | Defeated | Tag Greason (R) 57.5% David Poisson (D) 42.4% |
| 33rd | Joe May | Republican | 1993 | Reelected | Joe May (R) unopposed |
| 34th | Margi Vanderhye | Democratic | 2007 | Defeated | Barbara Comstock (R) 50.8% Margi Vanderhye (D) 49.1% |
| 35th | Steve Shannon | Democratic | 2003 | Ran for Attorney General; Democratic hold |
Mark Keam (D) 50.7% James Hyland (R) 49.2% |
| 36th | Ken Plum | Democratic | 1981 | Reelected | Ken Plum (D) 59.9% Hugh "Mac" Cannon (R) 39.9% |
| 37th | David Bulova | Democratic | 2005 | Reelected | David Bulova (D) 67.6% Chris DeCarlo (I) 24.7% Anna Choi (IG) 6.9% |
| 38th | Bob Hull | Democratic | 1992 | Defeated in primary; Democratic hold |
Kaye Kory (D) 59.5% Danny Smith (R) 40.2% |
| 39th | Vivian E. Watts | Democratic | 1995 | Reelected | Vivian E. Watts (D) 56.4% Joseph Bury (R) 39.5% Matthew Cholko (L) 3.1% James Leslie (IG) 0.9% |
| 40th | Tim Hugo | Republican | 2002 | Reelected | Tim Hugo (R) 63.4% Sue Conrad (D) 36.5% |
| 41st | Dave Marsden | Democratic | 2005 | Reelected | Dave Marsden (D) 49.6% Kerry Bolognese (R) 48.6% Monique Berry (IG) 1.7% |
| 42nd | Dave Albo | Republican | 1993 | Reelected | Dave Albo (R) 56.6% Greg Werkheiser (D) 43.3% |
| 43rd | Mark Sickles | Democratic | 2003 | Reelected | Mark Sickles (D) 56.1% Timothy Nank (R) 43.8% |
| 44th | Kris Amundson | Democratic | 1999 | Retired; Democratic hold | Scott Surovell (D) 53.4% James McConville (R) 44.9% Glenda Gail Parker (IG) 1.6% |
| 45th | David Englin | Democratic | 2005 | Reelected | David Englin (D) 61.2% Vicki Vasques (R) 38.7% |
| 46th | Charniele Herring | Democratic | 2009 | Reelected | Charniele Herring (D) 64.0% Sasha Gong (R) 35.9% |
| 47th | Al Eisenberg | Democratic | 2003 | Retired; Democratic hold | Patrick Hope (D) 63.5% Eric Brescia (R) 31.7% Joshua Ruebner (G) 4.6% |
| 48th | Bob Brink | Democratic | 1997 | Reelected | Bob Brink (D) 62.3% Aaron Ringel (R) 37.6% |
| 49th | Adam Ebbin | Democratic | 2003 | Reelected | Adam Ebbin (D) unopposed |
| 50th | Jackson Miller | Republican | 2006 | Reelected | Jackson Miller (R) 62.4% Jeanette Rishell (D) 37.5% |
| 51st | Paul Nichols | Democratic | 2007 | Defeated | Rich Anderson (R) 50.8% Paul Nichols (D) 49.1% |
| 52nd | Jeff Frederick | Republican | 2003 | Retired; Democratic takeover | Luke Torian (D) 51.9% Rafael Lopez (R) 47.8% |
| 53rd | Jim Scott | Democratic | 1991 | Reelected | Jim Scott (D) 61.4% Christopher Merola (R) 38.5% |
| 54th | Bobby Orrock | Republican | 1989 | Reelected | Bobby Orrock (R) unopposed |
| 55th | Frank Hargrove | Republican | 1981 | Retired; Republican hold | John Cox (R) 75.5% Robert Barnette (D) 24.2% |
| 56th | Bill Janis | Republican | 2001 | Reelected | Bill Janis (R) 69.7% James Towey (D) 30.2% |
| 57th | David Toscano | Democratic | 2005 | Reelected | David Toscano (D) 78.2% Robert Brandon Smith III (I) 21.4% |
| 58th | Rob Bell | Republican | 2001 | Reelected | Rob Bell (R) 67.2% Cynthia Neff (D) 32.7% |
| 59th | Watkins Abbitt, Jr. | Independent | 1985 | Reelected | Watkins Abbitt, Jr. (I) unopposed |
| 60th | Clarke Hogan | Republican | 2001 | Retired; Republican hold | James E. Edmunds (R) unopposed |
| 61st | Tommy Wright | Republican | 2000 | Reelected | Tommy Wright (R) unopposed |
| 62nd | Riley Ingram | Republican | 1991 | Reelected | Riley Ingram (R) unopposed |
| 63rd | Rosalyn Dance | Democratic | 2005 | Reelected | Rosalyn Dance (D) unopposed |
| 64th | Bill Barlow | Democratic | 1991 | Reelected | Bill Barlow (D) 50.7% Stan Clark (R) 46.7% Albert Burckard Jr. (IG) 2.5% |
| 65th | Lee Ware | Republican | 1998 | Reelected | Lee Ware (R) 71.5% Gary Rinehardt (I) 28.3% |
| 66th | Kirk Cox | Republican | 1989 | Reelected | Kirk Cox (R) unopposed |
| 67th | Chuck Caputo | Democratic | 2005 | Defeated | James LeMunyon (R) 52.7% Chuck Caputo (D) 47.3% |
| 68th | Manoli Loupassi | Republican | 2007 | Reelected | Manoli Loupassi (R) 69.7% Bill Grogan (I) 29.8% |
| 69th | vacant | Betsy B. Carr (D) 72.7% Ernesto Sampson (R) 21.6% Shirley Harvey (I) 5.5% | |||
| 70th | Delores McQuinn | Democratic | 2009 | Reelected | Delores McQuinn (D) 77.6% Henry Otis Brown (I) 21.7% |
| 71st | Jennifer McClellan | Democratic | 2005 | Reelected | Jennifer McClellan (D) 82.4% Silver Persinger (I) 17.0% |
| 72nd | Jimmie Massie | Republican | 2007 | Reelected | Jimmie Massie (R) unopposed |
| 73rd | John O'Bannon | Republican | 2000 | Reelected | John O'Bannon (R) 62.3% Thomas Shields (D) 37.6% |
| 74th | Joe Morrissey | Democratic | 2007 | Reelected | Joe Morrissey (D) 76.2% Michael Gage (R) 23.7% |
| 75th | Roslyn Tyler | Democratic | 2005 | Reelected | Roslyn Tyler (D) unopposed |
| 76th | Chris Jones | Republican | 1997 | Reelected | Chris Jones (R) unopposed |
| 77th | Lionell Spruill | Democratic | 1993 | Reelected | Lionell Spruill (D) unopposed |
| 78th | John Cosgrove | Republican | 2001 | Reelected | John Cosgrove (R) unopposed |
| 79th | Johnny Joannou | Democratic | 1997 | Reelected | Johnny Joannou (D) unopposed |
| 80th | vacant | Matthew James (D) 68.5% Jennifer Lee (R) 31.3% | |||
| 81st | Barry Knight | Republican | 2009 | Reelected | Barry Knight (R) unopposed |
| 82nd | Harry "Bob" Purkey | Republican | 1985 | Reelected | Harry "Bob" Purkey (R) 60.4% Peter Schmidt (D) 35.1% John Parmele (I) 4.4% |
| 83rd | Joe Bouchard | Democratic | 2007 | Defeated | Chris Stolle (R) 59.5% Joe Bouchard (D) 40.4% |
| 84th | Sal Iaquinto | Republican | 2005 | Reelected | Sal Iaquinto (R) unopposed |
| 85th | Bob Tata | Republican | 1983 | Reelected | Bob Tata (R) 81.1% French D. Mackes Jr. (C) 18.4% |
| 86th | Tom Rust | Republican | 2001 | Reelected | Tom Rust (R) 53.8% Stevens Miller (D) 46.0% |
| 87th | Paula Miller | Democratic | 2004 | Reelected | Paula Miller (D) 56.6% John Amiral (R) 43.2% |
| 88th | Mark Cole | Republican | 2001 | Reelected | Mark Cole (R) unopposed |
| 89th | Kenny Alexander | Democratic | 2002 | Reelected | Kenny Alexander (D) 69.4% Anthony Triplin (I) 30.6% |
| 90th | Algie Howell | Democratic | 2003 | Reelected | Algie Howell (D) 66.6% Jason Call (R) 33.1% |
| 91st | Tom Gear | Republican | 2001 | Reelected | Tom Gear (R) 48.3% Gordon Helsel (I) 32.6% Samuel Eure (D) 19.0% |
| 92nd | Jeion Ward | Democratic | 2003 | Reelected | Jeion Ward (D) unopposed |
| 93rd | Phil Hamilton | Republican | 1988 | Defeated | Robin Abbott (D) 53.9% Phil Hamilton (R) 45.6% |
| 94th | Glenn Oder | Republican | 2001 | Reelected | Glenn Oder (R) 67.6% Gary West (D) 32.2% |
| 95th | Mamye BaCote | Democratic | 2003 | Reelected | Mamye BaCote (D) unopposed |
| 96th | Brenda Pogge | Republican | 2007 | Reelected | Brenda Pogge (R) unopposed |
| 97th | Chris Peace | Republican | 2006 | Reelected | Chris Peace (R) unopposed |
| 98th | Harvey Morgan | Republican | 1979 | Reelected | Harvey Morgan (R) unopposed |
| 99th | Albert C. Pollard | Democratic | 2008 | Reelected | Albert C. Pollard (D) 52.2% Catherine Crabill (R) 47.7% |
| 100th | Lynwood Lewis | Democratic | 2003 | Reelected | Lynwood Lewis (D) 64.0% Melody Scalley (R) 34.8% John W. Smith Jr. (I) 1.1% |
References
edit- ^ "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ^ "Election Results - Virginia Department of Elections".