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2023 Virginia elections

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2023 Virginia elections

2021 November 7, 2023(2023-11-07) 2025 →

The2023 Virginia electionstook place on November 7, 2023. All 40 seats of theVirginia Senateand 100 seats in theVirginia House of Delegateswere up for election, as are many local offices.

Special elections also will take place during the year.

Federal[edit]

2023 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election[edit]

A special election was held on February 21, 2023 to fillVirginia's 4th congressional districtfor the remainder of DemocratDonald McEachin's term, who died on November 28, 2022, ofcolorectal cancer.[1]The Democratic nomineeJennifer McClellanwon the special election.[2]

State[edit]

Special elections[edit]

Virginia's 24th House of Delegates district[edit]

An election was held on January 10, 2023, to fillVirginia's 24th House of Delegates district,following the death of Republican incumbentRonnie R. Campbellon December 13, 2022, due to cancer.[3]

Virginia's 35th House of Delegates district[edit]

An election was held on January 10, 2023, to fillVirginia's 35th House of Delegates district,following the resignation of Democratic incumbentMark Keamon September 6, 2022, to become Deputy Assistant Secretary for Travel and Tourism within theInternational Trade Administration.[4]

Virginia's 7th Senate district[edit]

2023 Virginia Senate
7th District special election

← 2019 January 10, 2023(2023-01-10) 2023 →

Virginia’s 7thstate senatedistrict
Candidate Aaron Rouse Kevin H. Adams
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 19,923 19,227
Percentage 50.84% 49.07%

Precinct results
Rouse:50–60%60–70%70–80%80–90%
Adams:50–60%60–70%

State senator before election

Jen Kiggans
Republican

Elected State senator

Aaron Rouse
Democratic

An election was held on January 10, 2023, to fillVirginia's 7th Senate district,following the resignation of Republican incumbentJen Kigganson November 15, 2022, to become a U.S. Representative.[5]DemocratAaron Rouse,an at-largeVirginia Beach City Councilmember since 2018, narrowly defeated Republican Kevin Adams, a retired U.S. Navy lieutenant commander and small business owner.[6]With the election of Rouse, the district was flipped from Republican to Democratic control.

New state legislative maps took effect on January 11, 2023, at the start of 2023 legislative session; however, this special election took place under previous district lines.

House of Delegates[edit]

State senate[edit]

Local[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Gov. Youngkin announces special election for seat held by late Congressman Donald McEachin".WAVY-TV.December 12, 2022.
  2. ^"2023 February Special".results.elections.virginia.gov.RetrievedFebruary 23,2023.
  3. ^Geary, Justin (December 13, 2022)."Delegate Ronnie Campbell dies".WDBJ.RetrievedDecember 15,2022.
  4. ^Moomaw, Graham (September 6, 2022)."Democrat Mark Keam stepping down from Virginia House".Virginia Mercury.RetrievedJanuary 8,2023.
  5. ^Mirshahi, Dean (November 15, 2022)."Special election to fill Kiggans' Virginia Senate seat set for Jan. 10".WRIC-TV.RetrievedJanuary 8,2023.
  6. ^"Jan. 10 Special Election".Virginia Public Access Project.VPAP.RetrievedJanuary 11,2023.

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