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2013 Virginia House of Delegates elections
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All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout43.0%[1] Increase
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Bill Howell David Toscano
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 8, 2003 November 19, 2011
Leader's seat 28th 57th
Last election 67 32
Seats won 67 33
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 1,088,032 817,066
Percentage 53.8% 40.4%
Swing Decrease 6.0% Increase 6.0%
Results of the November 2013 elections
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Speaker before election

Bill Howell
Republican

Elected Speaker

Bill Howell
Republican

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The Virginia House of Delegates election of 2013 was held on Tuesday, November 5.

Delegates not running for re-election

Delegate Seat First elected Party Date announced Ref.
John Cosgrove[n 1] 78th district 2001 width="1" bgcolor="Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | Republican August 6, 2013 [2]
John Cox 55th district 2009 width="1" bgcolor="Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | Republican March 5, 2013 [3]
Annie Crockett-Stark 6th district 2005 width="1" bgcolor="Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | Republican March 13, 2013 [4]
Sal Iaquinto 84th district 2005 width="1" bgcolor="Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | Republican February 23, 2013 [5]
Joe Johnson 4th district 1989 (1966–70) width="1" bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | Democratic February 26, 2013 [6]
Donald Merricks 16th district 2007 width="1" bgcolor="Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | Republican March 6, 2013 [7]
Bob Purkey 82nd district 1985 width="1" bgcolor="Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | Republican April 6, 2013 [8]
Lacey Putney 19th district 1961 width="1" bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Independent March 27, 2013 [9]
Jim Scott 53rd district 1991 width="1" bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | Democratic March 3, 2013 [10]
Bob Tata 85th district 1983 width="1" bgcolor="Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | Republican March 27, 2012 [11]

Results

Overview

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67 33
Republican Democratic
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Parties Candidates Seats Popular Vote
2011 2013 +/- Strength Vote % Change
Republican 67 67 Steady 67.00% 1,088,032 53.77%
Democratic 32 33 Increase1 33.00% 817,066 40.38%
Independent 1 0 Decrease1
 0.00% 47,817 2.36%
Libertarian 0 0 Steady 0.00% 15,252 0.75%
Independent Greens 0 0 Steady 0.00% 12,682 0.63%
- Write-ins 0 0 Steady 0.00% 42,773 2.11%
Total 100 100 0 100.00% 2,023,622 100.00% -


Seats that changed hands

Democratic to Republican (1)
Independent to Republican (1)
Republican to Democratic (2)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Cosgrove filed to run but entered the special election to replace 14th district Senator Harry Blevins after Blevins announced his early retirement. Cosgrove won and was subsequently replaced on the November ballot by Jay Leftwich.

References

  1. ^ "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  2. ^ Sheler, Jeff (August 7, 2013). "Cosgrove wins special election to fill Va. senate seat". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  3. ^ Schmidt, Markus (March 6, 2013). "Del. John Cox not running for re-election". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  4. ^ Sluss, Michael (March 13, 2013). "Crockett-Stark won't seek 5th term in House". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  5. ^ Sizemore, Bill (February 24, 2013). "Virginia Beach Del. Iaquinto won't seek re-election". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  6. ^ McGee, David (February 26, 2013). "Southwest Virginia delegate ending service 'while I'm ahead'". Bristol Herald Courier. Bristol. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  7. ^ Dashiell, Joe (March 6, 2013). "Delegate Don Merricks will not seek reelection to Virginia General Assembly". Roanoke: WDBJ7. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  8. ^ Walker, Julian (April 6, 2013). "Del. Purkey latest local Rep. not seeking re-election". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  9. ^ "Va. delegate ending legislative service after 5 decades". The Virginian-Pilot. March 27, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  10. ^ Benton, Nicholas F. (March 6, 2013). "State Del. Jim Scott, Human Rights Champion, Won't Seek 12th Term". Falls Church: Falls Church News-Press. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  11. ^ Walker, Julian (March 27, 2012). "Long-serving Va. Beach delegate won't seek re-election". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  12. ^ https://www.elections.virginia.gov/resultsreports/election-results/
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