Virginia's 90th House of Delegates district explained

Virginia's 90th House of Delegates district elects one of the 100 members of the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. The district is made up of parts of the cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach.^{[1] [2]}

The 90th delegate seat was held by Joseph C. Lindsey from 2014 until his 2020 retirement to accept a judgeship.^{[3] [4] [5]} Angelia Williams Graves was sworn in after winning a 2021 special election.^[6]

District officeholders

Years	Delegate	Party	Electoral history
nowrap	January 12, 1983  - January 3, 2002	Billy Robinson		Democratic	Defeated in bid for reelection
nowrap	January 3, 2002  - January 14, 2004	Winsome Sears		Republican	Declined to seek reelection; Unsuccessfully ran for US House of Representatives
nowrap	January 14, 2004  - June 30, 2014	Algie Howell		Democratic	Retired
nowrap	September 18, 2014  - November 15, 2020	Joseph C. Lindsey		Democratic	First elected via special election in 2014; left in 2020 to accept judgeship
nowrap	January 13, 2021  - present	Angelia Williams Graves		Democratic	First elected via special election in 2021

Electoral history

Date	Election	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Virginia House of Delegates, 90th district
Nov 6, 2001^[7]	General	W E Sears		Republican	6,696	53
		W P Robinson Jr		Democratic	6,017	43
		Write Ins		4	0
		Republican defeated Democratic incumbent
Nov 4, 2003^[8]	General	A T Howell Jr		Democratic	3,850	97.47
		Write Ins		100	2.53
		Winsome Sears retired; seat changed from Republican to Democratic
Jun 14, 2005^[9]	rowspan="2" align="center"	Democratic primary	A T Howell Jr		1,040	60.82
	K A Boose		670	39.18
Nov 8, 2005^[10]	General	A T Howell Jr		Democratic	9,438	98.73
		Write Ins		121	1.27
Nov 6, 2007^[11]	General	Algie T. Howell, Jr.		Democratic	3,619	97.07
		Write Ins		109	2.92
Jun 9, 2009^[12]	rowspan="2" align="center"	Democratic primary	Algie T. Howell, Jr.		1,888	69.61
	Lionell Spruill, Jr.		824	30.38
Nov 3, 2009^[13]	General	Algie T. Howell, Jr.		Democratic	7,398	66.64
		Jason E. Call		Republican	3,672	33.07
		Write Ins		31	0.27
Aug 23, 2011^[14]	rowspan="2" align="center"	Democratic primary	Algie T. Howell, Jr.		1,313	59.76
	Richard "Rick" James		884	40.23
Nov 8, 2011^[15]	General	Algie T. Howell, Jr.		Democratic	4,193	97.08
		Write Ins		126	2.91
Jun 11, 2013^[16]	rowspan="2" align="center"	Democratic primary	Algie T. Howell, Jr.		1,759	68.18
	Richard "Rick" James		821	31.82

Notes and References

1. https://www.vpap.org/offices/house-of-delegates-90/redistricting/ House of Delegates District 90 map
2. Web site: House District 90 . Virginia Division of Legislative Services . . Map..
3. http://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/search/year_from:1947/year_to:2016/office_id:8/district_id:27392 Virginia Elections Database: district 90
4. https://www.vpap.org/offices/house-of-delegates-90/elections/ 90th district: Elections
5. News: Fox . Andy . November 10, 2020 . Judge enters order appointing Del. Joe Lindsey to fill Norfolk General District Court judge vacancy . WAVY . Portsmouth . December 3, 2020.
6. . Governor Northam Sets Special Election for 90th House of Delegates District . Office of the Governor of Virginia . December 1, 2020 . 2020-12-03.
7. Web site: General Election – November 6, 2001 . Virginia State Board of Elections . 2008-11-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090620212425/http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/ElectionResults/2001/nov2001/html/c_08_090.htm . 2009-06-20 . dead .
8. Web site: General Election, November 4, 2003 . Virginia State Board of Elections . https://archive.today/20130505163549/http://www.sbe.state.va.us/ElectionResults/2003/Nov/H_08_090.htm . dead . May 5, 2013 . 2013-04-16 .
9. Web site: Primary Election, June 14, 2005 . Virginia State Board of Elections . 2013-04-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130813132134/http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/ElectionResults/2005/Junr2005Primary/index.htm . August 13, 2013 .
10. Web site: General Election- November 8, 2005 . Virginia State Board of Elections . https://archive.today/20130505173025/http://www.sbe.state.va.us/ElectionResults/2005/nov2005/html/h_90.htm . dead . May 5, 2013 . 2013-04-16 .
11. Web site: November 6, 2007 General Election Official Results . Virginia State Board of Elections . 2013-04-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612202300/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2007/196E44FA-8B19-4240-9A44-737216DAA55D/Unofficial/8_p5_s.shtml . June 12, 2012 .
12. Web site: 2009 June Democratic Primary Official Results . Virginia State Board of Elections . 2013-04-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612200542/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2009/B19D959E-A4DD-4C27-BC08-30C8F2FF2F92/Official/8_s.shtml . 2012-06-12 .
13. Web site: November 2009 General Election Official Results . Virginia State Board of Elections . 2013-04-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054109/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2009/37C2EDEB-FACB-44C1-AF70-05FB616DCD62/Official/8_p5_s.shtml . 2016-03-04 .
14. Web site: August 2011 Democratic Primary Official Results . Virginia State Board of Elections . 2013-04-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120403044451/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2011/7269D271-CAE4-4EBA-8C12-DD99B60DDA88/Official/8_s.shtml . 2012-04-03 .
15. Web site: November 2011 General Election Official Results . Virginia State Board of Elections . 2013-04-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130520143116/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2011/EB178FD6-875D-4B0D-A295-900A0482F523/Official/8_s.shtml . 2013-05-20 .
16. Web site: Unofficial Results - Primary Election - June 2013 . Virginia State Board of Elections . 2013-06-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130615230559/http://electionresults.virginia.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=HOD&map=CTY . 2013-06-15 .