Virginia's 10th congressional district

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Virginia's 10th congressional district
Current Representative Frank Wolf (RVienna)
Population (2000) 643,512
Median income $71,560
Ethnicity 80.6% White, 6.9% Black, 6.6% Asian, 7.1% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.5% other
Cook PVI R+2[1]

Virginia's Tenth Congressional District is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The residents of the 10th District are currently represented by Republican Congressman Frank Wolf, first elected to the 10th's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980.

The district currently includes portions of Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Prince William, and Warren Counties. Congressional districts are redrawn every ten years following a U.S. census. As it is currently configured, this district closely matches Virginia's voting patterns in statewide races with nearly identical margins as the final statewide results.

The 2010 race featured incumbent Frank Wolf, Democrat Jeff Barnett and Libertarian Bill Redpath with Wolf winning re-election.

The district from 2003 to 2013

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History [edit]

The modern 10th congressional district was formed in 1952. In the 1960s it consisted of Arlington, Alexandria and most of Fairfax County.

Voting [edit]

Election results from statewide races
Year Office Results
2008 President Obama 53 - 46%[citation needed]
2004 President Bush 55 - 44%[citation needed]
2001 Governor Earley 54 - 45%[citation needed]
Lieutenant Governor Katzen 57 - 41%[citation needed]
Attorney General Kilgore 65 - 35%[citation needed]
2000 President Bush 56 - 41%[citation needed]
Senator Allen 59 - 41%[citation needed]
1997 Governor Gilmore 62 - 37%[citation needed]
Lieutenant Governor Hager 59 - 37%[citation needed]
Attorney General Earley 62 - 38%[citation needed]
1996 President Dole 54 - 38%[citation needed]
Senator Warner 60 - 40%[citation needed]

2010 election [edit]

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Frank Wolf (incumbent) 131,116 62.86%
Democratic Jeff Barnett 72,604 34.81%
Libertarian Bill Redpath 4,607 2.20%
Totals 208,327 100.00%

Source:[2]

2008 election [edit]

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Frank Wolf (incumbent) 198,287 60.14%
Democratic Judy Feder 123,630 37.49%
Independent Neeraj Nigam 7,353 2.23%
Invalid or blank votes  %
Totals 329,629 100.00%
Voter turnout  %

Source:[3]

Here are the results of the June 10, 2008 primary:[4]

Democratic Primary
Judy Feder 5,462 61.79%
Mike Turner 3,377 38.20%
Republican Primary
Frank Wolf 16,723 91.24%
Vern McKinley 1,605 8.75%

List of representatives [edit]

Representative Lived Party Term Note
District created: March 4, 1789
Samuel Griffin (1746–1810) Pro-Administration March 4, 1789 - March 3, 1791
Anti-Administration March 4, 1791 - March 3, 1793 Elected VA-13
Carter B. Harrison (1756–1808) Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 - March 3, 1795
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1799 Declined to run
Edwin Gray (1743-.......) Democratic-Republican March 4, 1799 - March 3, 1803 Elected to VA-19
John Dawson (1762–1814) Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1813 Elected to VA-11
Aylett Hawes (1768–1833) Democratic-Republican March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1817 Declined to run
George F. Strother (1783–1840) Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 - February 10, 1820 Resigned
Vacant February 11, 1820 - November 12, 1820 Special election
Thomas L. Moore (1789–1862) Democratic-Republican November 13, 1820 - March 3, 1823 Declined to run
William C. Rives (1793–1868) Crawford D-R March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825
Jacksonian March 4, 1825 - April 17, 1829 Appointed Minister to France
Vacant April 18, 1829 - January 24, 1830 Special election
William F. Gordon (1787–1858) Jacksonian January 25, 1830 - March 3, 1833 Defeated
Joseph W. Chinn (1798–1840) Jacksonian March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835 Defeated
John Taliaferro (1768–1852) Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837
Whig March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1843 Declined to run
William Lucas (1800–1877) Democratic March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845 Defeated
Henry Bedinger III (1812–1858) Democratic March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1849 Defeated
Richard Parker (1810–1893) Democratic March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851 Elected VA Circuit Court judge
Charles J. Faulkner (1806–1884) Whig March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853 Elected to VA-8
Zedekiah Kidwell (1814–1872) Democratic March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1857 Declined to run
Sherrard Clemens (1820–1881) Democratic March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1861 Declined to run
William G. Brown (1800–1884) Unionist March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863 Declined to run
Vacant March 4, 1863 - June 19, 1863 Civil War
District eliminated June 20, 1863
District recreated March 4, 1885
John R. Tucker (1823–1897) Democratic March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1887 Declined to run
Jacob Yost (1853–1933) Republican March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889 Defeated
Henry S. Tucker III (1853–1932) Democratic March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1897 Declined to run
Jacob Yost (1853–1933) Republican March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1899 Declined to run
Julian M. Quarles (1848–1929) Democratic March 4, 1899 - March 3, 1901 Declined to run
Henry D. Flood (1865–1921) Democratic March 4, 1901 - December 8, 1921 Died
Vacant December 9, 1921 - March 20, 1922 Special election
Henry S. Tucker III (1853–1932) Democratic March 21, 1922 - July 23, 1932 Died
Vacant July 24, 1932 - November 7, 1932
Joel W. Flood (1894–1964) Democratic November 8, 1932 - March 3, 1933 Declined to run
District eliminated March 4, 1933
District re-created: January 3, 1953
Joel T. Broyhill (1919–2006) Republican January 3, 1953 - December 31, 1974 Resigned
Vacant December 31, 1974 - January 3, 1975
Joseph L. Fisher (1914–1992) Democratic January 3, 1975 - January 3, 1981 Defeated
Frank R. Wolf (b. 1939) Republican January 3, 1981 - Present

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