| Election Name: | 2019 Virginia House of Delegates elections |
| Country: | Virginia |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2017 Virginia House of Delegates election |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2021 Virginia House of Delegates election |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
| Seats For Election: | All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates |
| Majority Seats: | 51 |
| Turnout: | 42.4% 5.2[1] |
| Image1: | Eileen Filler-Corn (cropped).jpg |
| Image1 Size: | x160px |
| Leader1: | Eileen Filler-Corn |
| Party1: | Virginia Democratic Party |
| Leader Since1: | January 1, 2019 |
| Leaders Seat1: | 41st |
| Last Election1: | 49 |
| Seats1: | 55 |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,200,666 |
| Percentage1: | 52.7% |
| Swing1: | 0.4% |
| Speaker | |
| Before Election: | Kirk Cox |
| Before Party: | Virginia Republican Party |
| After Election: | Eileen Filler-Corn |
| After Party: | Virginia Democratic Party |
| Leader2: | Kirk Cox |
| Leader Since2: | January 10, 2018 |
| Party2: | Virginia Republican Party |
| Leaders Seat2: | 66th |
| Last Election2: | 51 |
| Seats2: | 45 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,002,105 |
| Percentage2: | 43.3% |
| Swing2: | 0.5% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
The 2019 Virginia House of Delegates election was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, concurrently with the elections for the Senate of Virginia, to elect members to the 161st Virginia General Assembly. All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates were up for election. It resulted in Democrats gaining 6 seats in the House of Delegates, and gaining control of both chambers of the General Assembly, marking the first time that Democrats held control of both legislative and executive branches in Virginia since 1993.
Primary elections were held on June 11, 2019.
In the 2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Republicans held on to a slim majority of 51-49 after a drawing in a tied race went in their favor. In those elections Democrats gained 15 seats in what was widely considered a rebuke of the presidency of President Donald Trump.[2] [3]
Since the last elections several State House districts were redrawn, following a federal district court decision that struck down 11 districts for racial discrimination.[4] The Republican majority in the House of Delegates appealed the decision directly to the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court affirmed the district court's decision in a 5–4 vote, arguing that the House of Delegates lacked standing in the case.[5]
In the aftermath of the 2019 Virginia Beach shooting, Governor Ralph Northam called for a special session of the Virginia Legislature in order for it to consider different gun-control bills. The House of Delegates reconvened on July 9, 2019 only for it to adjourn again after 90 minutes of session. This decision was made on a party-line vote. Northam expressed his disappointment that no gun-control measures were considered. Then-Speaker of the House of Delegates Kirk Cox called the special session "just an election year stunt". He criticized the Democrats' focus on gun-control bills without considering mental health and penalization of crimes.[6]
| 55 | 45 | |
| Democratic | Republican |
| Parties | Candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 2017 | align=center | 2019 | align=center | +/- | align=center | Strength | align=center | Vote | align=center | % | align=center | Change | |||||
| Democratic | align=right | align=right | 49 | align=right | 55 | align=right | +6 | align=right | 55.00% | align=right | 1,200,666 | align=right | 52.66% | align=right | -0.44 | |||
| Republican | align=right | align=right | 51 | align=right | 45 | align=right | -6 | align=right | 45.00% | align=right | 1,002,105 | align=right | 43.31% | align=right | -0.50 | |||
| Libertarian | align=right | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 9,647 | align=right | 0.42% | align=right | +0.19 | ||||
| - | Write-ins | align=right | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 42,902 | align=right | 1.88% | align=right | +0.39 | |||
| Independent | align=right | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 24,718 | align=right | 1.08% | align=right | |||||
| align=center colspan="2" | Total | align=center | align=center | 100 | align=center | 100 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | 2,280,038 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | - |
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
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Incumbent Republican Terry Kilgore has represented the 1st District since 1994.
Incumbent Democrat Jennifer Carroll Foy has represented the 2nd district since 2018.
Incumbent Republican Will Morefield has represented the 3rd district since 2010.
Incumbent Republican Todd Pillion has represented the 4th district since 2014. He was elected to the 40th Senate District in 2019.
Incumbent Republican Israel O'Quinn has represented the 5th district since 2012.
Incumbent Republican Jeff Campbell has represented the 6th district since 2014 special election.
Incumbent Republican Nick Rush has represented the 7th district since 2012.
Incumbent Republican Joseph McNamara has represented the 8th district since the 2018 special election.
Incumbent Republican Charles Poindexter has represented the 9th district since 2008.
Incumbent Democrat Wendy Gooditis has represented the 10th district since 2016.
Incumbent Democrat Sam Rasoul has represented the 11th district since 2014.
Incumbent Democrat Chris Hurst has represented the 12th district since 2018.
Incumbent Democrat Danica Roem has represented the 13th district since 2018.
Incumbent Republican Danny Marshall has represented the 14th district since 2002.
Incumbent Republican Todd Gilbert has represented the 15th district since 2006.
Incumbent Republican Les Adams has represented the 16th district since 2014.
Incumbent Republican Chris Head has represented the 17th district since 2012.
Incumbent Republican Michael Webert has represented the 12th district since 2012.
Incumbent Republican Terry Austin has represented the 19th district since 2014.
Incumbent Republican Richard Bell has represented the 20th district since 2010. He did not seek reelection, and was succeeded by Republican John Avoli.
Incumbent Democrat Kelly Fowler has represented the 21st district since 2018.
Incumbent Republican Kathy Byron has represented the 22nd district since 1998.
Incumbent Republican T. Scott Garrett has represented the 23rd district since 2010. He did not seek reelection, and was succeeded by Republican Wendell Walker.
Incumbent Republican Ronnie R. Campbell has represented the 24th district since a 2019 special election.
Incumbent Republican Steve Landes has represented the 25th district since 1996. He did not seek reelection.
Incumbent Republican Tony Wilt has represented the 26th district since a 2010 special election.
Incumbent Republican Roxann Robinson has represented the 27th district since a 2010 special election.
Incumbent Republican Bob Thomas has represented the 28th district since 2018. He was defeated in the Republican primary by Paul Milde, who was then defeated in the general election by Democrat Joshua G. Cole.
Incumbent Republican Chris Collins has represented the 29th district since 2016.
Incumbent Republican Nick Freitas has represented the 30th district since 2016. He ran and won as a write in candidate.
Incumbent Democrat Elizabeth Guzmán has represented the 31st district since 2018.
Incumbent Democrat David A. Reid has represented the 32nd district since 2018.
Incumbent Republican Dave LaRock has represented the 33rd district since 2014.
Incumbent Democrat Kathleen Murphy has represented the 34th district since the 2015 special election.
Incumbent Democrat Mark Keam has represented the 35th district since 2010.
Incumbent Democrat Kenneth R. Plum has represented the 36th district since 1982.
Incumbent Democrat David Bulova has represented the 37th district since 2006.
Incumbent Democrat Kaye Kory has represented the 38th district since 2010.
Incumbent Democrat Vivian Watts has represented the 39th district since 1996.
Incumbent Republican and Majority Caucus Chairman Tim Hugo had represented the 40th district since 2003. He was unseated by Democrat Dan Helmer.
Incumbent Democrat and Minority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates Eileen Filler-Corn has represented the 41st district since 2010.
Incumbent Democrat Kathy Tran has represented the 42nd district since 2018.
Incumbent Democrat Mark Sickles has represented the 43rd district since 2004.
Incumbent Democrat Paul Krizek has represented the 44th district since 2016.
Incumbent Democrat Mark Levine has represented the 45th district since 2016.
Incumbent Democrat and Minority Caucus Chair Charniele Herring has represented the 46th district since 2009.
Incumbent Democrat Patrick Hope has represented the 47th district since 2010.
Incumbent Democrat Rip Sullivan has represented the 48th district since 2014.
Incumbent Democrat and House Minority Whip Alfonso H. Lopez has represented the 49th district since 2012.
Incumbent Democrat Lee J. Carter has represented the 50th district since 2018.
Incumbent Democrat Hala Ayala represented the 51st district from 2018 to 2022.
Incumbent Democrat Luke Torian has represented the 52nd district since 2010.
Incumbent Democrat Marcus Simon has represented the 53rd district since 2014.
Incumbent Republican Bobby Orrock has represented the 54th district since 1990.
Incumbent Republican John McGuire has represented the 56th district since 2018.
Incumbent Democrat David Toscano has represented the 57th district since 2006. He did not seek reelection.
Incumbent Republican Rob Bell has represented the 58th district since 2002.