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Virginia's current U.S. Senators are Democrats Mark Warner (serving since 2009) and Tim Kaine (serving since 2013). Virginia is allotted 11 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives; currently, 6 seats are held by Democrats and 5 seats are held by Republicans.
The 108 delegates (95 pledged delegates and 13 super delegates) from Virginia to the Democratic National Convention were allocated in this way. Among the pledged delegates, 62 of them were allocated based on the popular vote in each congressional district.
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The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 8, 2016, to elect a U.S. representative from each of Virginia's 11 congressional districts.
Virginia. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census and 2022 ACS data. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%. This page displays the current and historical members of U.S. Congress from Virginia. Here is the current partisan breakdown of the congressional members from Virginia.
RepresentativeYears ServedPartyLittleton W. Tazewell1800-1801Democratic-RepublicanJohn Stratton1801-1803FederalistJohn Taliaferro1801-1803, 1811-1813, 1824-1843RepublicanPhilip R. Thompson1801-1807Democratic-Republican- 10.5% Hispanic
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- 49.5% Male50.5% Female
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Virginia polls
Ballotpedia's battleground state polling averages were based on polls that came out over a 20- to 30-day period. For example, an average might have covered all polls that were released for a state between September 1, 2016, and September 30, 2016. They were not weighted. Polling averages were checked and updated daily.
Ballotpedia Battleground Poll
1. 1.1. See also: Ballotpedia's battleground poll, 2016 Ballotpedia partnered with Evolving Strategies and surveyed voters across seven battleground states (June 10 – 22) regarding their vote preference. We tested six election scenarios. In one set, we matched Hillary Clinton (D) in a series of two-way contests with Donald Trump (R), Ohio Governor John Kasich (R), and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R). In the second set, we matched these same candidates in a series of three-way contests that also i...
Prior to the November 8, 2016, election, each campaign put in place paid staff, volunteers, and political operatives in each state in efforts to gain votes and influence voter turnout on election day. The following details some of the key staff for each campaign in Virginia.
Democrats
Hillary Clinton won the Virginia Democratic primaries, defeating opponent Bernie Sanders by almost 30 percentage points. Multiple news outlets called the election in her favor shortly after polls closed at 7:00 pm EST. Clinton lost the Virginia Democratic primary in 2008 to Barack Obama. Clinton won nearly all of the counties in the eastern half of the state including those surrounding Washington, D.C.(she won Arlington County 67 to 33 percent). Sanders picked up some of the state's more rura...
Republicans
Donald Trump won the Virginia Republican primaries. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruzcame in second and third place, respectively. Exit poll data shows that Trump outperformed Rubio with men, older voters, voters without college degrees and voters with incomes below $100,000. Rubio won with women, younger voters, voters with college degrees and voters with incomes higher than $100,000. White voters, according to CNN exit poll data, made up 86 percent of Republican primary voters in Virginia on March 1...
Delegate selection
1. 1.1. See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
Virginia superdelegates
1. 1.1. See also: Superdelegates from Virginia, 2016 and Superdelegates and the 2016 Democratic National Convention 1. Bobby Scott (Virginia) 2. Don Beyer 3. Mark Warner 4. Terry McAuliffe 5. Tim Kaine 6. Gerald Connolly 7. Frank Leone 8. Fred Hudson 9. George Wallace 10. Jennifer McClellan 11. Sandra W. Brandt 12. Susan Swecker 13. Doris Crouse Mays
Presidential voting pattern
1. See also: Presidential voting trends in Virginia Virginia voted for the Democratic candidatein four out of the six presidential elections between 2000 and 2020.
List of United States Representatives from Virginia. Virginia was admitted as the 10th state to the United States of America on June 25, 1788. As of September 2024, a total of 424 individuals have represented Virginia in the U.S. House.
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Each district elects a representative to the House of Representatives for a two-year term. Representatives are also called congressmen/congresswomen. Americans in the United States’s six territories are represented in the House of Representatives by an additional six non-voting delegates.
