Virginia's 10th congressional district

Virginia's 10th congressional district
Current Representative		Frank Wolf (R–Vienna)
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

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 features incumbent Frank Wolf, Democrat Jeff Barnett and Libertarian Bill Redpath.

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2008	President	Obama 53 - 46%
2004	President	Bush 55 - 44%
2000	President	Bush 56 - 41%
1996	President	Dole 54 - 38%

2010 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 2008
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:

2008 election

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:

Here are the results of the June 10, 2008 primary:

Democratic Primary
Judy Feder	5,462	61.79%
Mike Turner	3,377	28.20%
Republican Primary
Frank Wolf	16,723	91.24%
Vern McKinley	1,605	8.75%

List of representatives

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

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• VA Democratic 10th CD website
• VA Republican 10th CD website
• William Redpath, Libertarian for US House, website