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Virginia's 10th congressional district
Virginia's 10th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
Distribution
  • 85.53% urban[1]
  • 14.47% rural
Population (2016)827,279[2]
Median household
income		$122,092[2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+1[3]

Virginia's tenth congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is currently represented by Democrat Jennifer Wexton, who was first elected in 2018.

The district includes all of Clarke, Frederick, and Loudoun counties, parts of Fairfax and Prince William counties, and the independent cities of Manassas, Manassas Park and Winchester. The district closely matches Virginia's voting patterns in statewide races with nearly identical margins as the final statewide results.

Since it was re-created in 1952, the 10th district has been in Republican hands for 60 of 66 years, including long stints in office by Representatives Joel Broyhill (1953-74) and Frank Wolf (1981-2014). Barbara Comstock, a former aide to Wolf, succeeded him after the 2014 election.[4] Comstock was defeated by Wexton in the 2018 midterms.

According to Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, this district has many "wealthy and highly-educated voters" as of 14 April 2016.[5] Specifically, whites represent about 61% of the population, and immigrants (largely Hispanic and Asian) represent over 20%. Just over half of adults hold at least a four-year college degree. The median income is $120,384.[6]

The 10th district has 35,500 federal workers. By comparison, the 1st district has 46,900; the 11th has 51,900; and the 8th has 81,100.[7] The eastern part of the district is home to Dulles Airport and technology, telecom and aerospace companies including Verizon Business Global LLC, WorldCom Inc. and Aeronautical Systems Inc.[8]

History

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

Voting

Virginia's 10th congressional district used to be a Republican stronghold, having once voted by double-digit margins for Republican candidates. In 2000, incumbent Congressman Frank Wolf (R) won over 80% of the vote, although no Democrats filed to run. Two years later, Wolf defeated his Democratic challenger, John Stevens, by 43 points. In 2004, President George W. Bush won the district by 11 points. Over time, due to population growth in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, the margin, whether it be in Congressional or statewide races, has begun to narrow. In 2012, Mitt Romney narrowly carried the district by a point, while in 2016, Hillary Clinton won the district by 10 points.

Election results from statewide races
Year Office Results
1992 President Bush 50%–33%[9]
1996 President Dole 54%–38%[citation needed]
Senator Warner 60%–40%[citation needed]
1997 Governor Gilmore 62%–37%[citation needed]
Lieutenant Governor Hager 59%–37%[citation needed]
Attorney General Earley 62%–38%[citation needed]
2000 President Bush 56%–41%[10]
Senator Allen 59%–41%[citation needed]
2001 Governor Earley 54%–45%[citation needed]
Lieutenant Governor Katzen 57%–41%[citation needed]
Attorney General Kilgore 65%–35%[citation needed]
2004 President Bush 55%–44%[10]
2008 President Obama 51%–48%[11]
2012 President Romney 50%–49%[12]
2013 Governor Cuccinelli 48%–47%–5%[13]
Lieutenant Governor Northam 52%–48%[14]
Attorney General Obenshain 50%–50%[15]
2014 Senator Gillespie 52%–46%[16]
2016 President Clinton 52%–42%[17]
2017 Governor Northam 57%–43%[18]
Lieutenant Governor Fairfax 54%–46%
Attorney General Herring
2018 Senator Kaine 60%–38%[19]

Recent election results

1970 election

1970 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joel T. Broyhill (Incumbent) 67,468 54.53
Democratic Harold O. Miller 56,255 45.47
Total votes 123,723 100.00
Republican hold

Source: [1]

1972 election

1972 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joel T. Broyhill (Incumbent) 101,138 56.26
Democratic Harold O. Miller 78,638 43.74
Write-ins 2 <0.01
Total votes 179,778 100.00
Republican hold

Source: [2]

1974 election

1974 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph L. Fisher 67,184 53.62
Republican Joel T. Broyhill (Incumbent) 56,649 45.21
Independent Francis J. Speh 1,465 1.17
Write-ins 6 <0.01
Total votes 125,304 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican

Source: [3]

1976 election

1976 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph L. Fisher (Incumbent) 103,689 54.72
Republican Vincent F. Callahan Jr. 73,616 38.85
Independent E. Stanley Rittenhouse 12,124 6.40
Write-ins 60 0.03
Total votes 189,489 100.00
Democratic hold

Source: [4]

1978 election

1978 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph L. Fisher (Incumbent) 70,892 53.35
Republican Frank Wolf 61,981 46.64
Write-ins 9 0.01
Total votes 132,882 100.00
Democratic hold

Source: [5]

1980 election

1980 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf 110,840 51.14
Democratic Joseph L. Fisher (Incumbent) 105,883 48.85
Write-ins 21 0.01
Total votes 216,744 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

Source: [6]

1982 election

1982 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (Incumbent) 86,506 52.74
Democratic Ira M. Lechner 75,361 45.94
Independent Scott R. Bowden 2,162 1.32
Write-ins 6 <0.01
Total votes 164,035 100.00
Republican hold

Source: [7]

1984 election

1984 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (Incumbent) 158,528 62.50
Democratic John P. Flannery II 95,074 37.49
Write-ins 23 <0.01
Total votes 253,625 100.00
Republican hold

Source: [8]

1986 election

1986 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (Incumbent) 95,724 60.20
Democratic John G. Milliken 63,292 39.80
Write-ins 7 <0.01
Total votes 159,023 100.00
Republican hold

Source: [9]

1988 election

1988 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (Incumbent) 188,550 68.09
Democratic Bob L. Weinberg 88,284 31.88
Write-ins 74 0.03
Total votes 276,908 100.00
Republican hold

Source: [10]

1990 election

1990 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (Incumbent) 103,761 61.46
Democratic N. MacKenzie Canter III 57,249 33.91
Independent Barbara S. Minnich 5,273 3.12
Independent Lyndon LaRouche 2,293 1.36
Write-ins 249 0.15
Total votes 168,825 100.00
Republican hold

Source: [11]

1992 election

1992 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (Incumbent) 144,471 63.59
Democratic Raymond E. Vickery Jr. 75,775 33.35
Independent Alan R. Ogden 6,874 3.03
Write-ins 71 0.03
Total votes 227,191 100.00
Republican hold

Source: [12]

1994 election

1994 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (Incumbent) 153,311 87.34
Independent Alan R. Ogden 13,687 7.80
Independent Robert L. Rilee 8,267 4.71
Write-ins 266 0.15
Total votes 175,531 100.00
Republican hold

Source: [13]

1996 election

1996 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (Incumbent) 169,266 72.02
Democratic Bob L. Weinberg 59,145 25.17
Independent Gary A. Reams 6,500 2.77
Write-ins 102 0.04
Total votes 235,013 100.00
Republican hold

Source: [14]

1998 election

1998 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (Incumbent) 103,648 71.60
Democratic Cornell W. Brooks 36,476 25.20
Independent Robert A. Buchanan 4,506 3.11
Write-ins 125 0.09
Total votes 144,755 100.00
Republican hold

Source: [15]

2000 election

2000 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (Incumbent) 238,817 84.20
Independent Brian M. Brown 28,107 9.91
Independent Marc A. Rossi 16,031 5.65
Write-ins 682 0.24
Total votes 283,637 100.00
Republican hold

Source: "2000 ELECTION STATISTICS".

2002 election

2002 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (Incumbent) 115,917 71.72
Democratic John B. Stevens Jr. 45,464 28.13
Write-ins 234 0.14
Total votes 161,615 100.00
Republican hold

Source: "2002 ELECTION STATISTICS".

2004 election

2004 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (Incumbent) 205,982 63.77
Democratic James R. Socas 116,654 36.11
Write-ins 375 0.12
Total votes 323,011 100.00
Republican hold

Source: "2004 ELECTION STATISTICS".

2006 election

2006 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (Incumbent) 138,213 57.32
Democratic Judy Feder 98,769 40.96
Libertarian Wilbur N. Wood III 2,107 0.87
Independent Neeraj C. Nigam 1,851 0.77
Write-ins 194 0.08
Total votes 241,134 100.00
Republican hold

Source: "2006 Election Statistics".

2008 election

2008 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (Incumbent) 223,140 58.80
Democratic Judy Feder 147,357 38.83
Independent Neeraj C. Nigam 8,457 2.23
Write-ins 526 0.14
Total votes 379,480 100.00
Republican hold

Source: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

2010 election

2010 Virginia's 10th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (Incumbent) 131,116 62.87
Democratic Jeff Barnett 72,604 34.81
Libertarian Bill Redpath 4,607 2.21
Write-ins 229 0.11
Total votes 208,556 100.00
Republican hold

Source: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

2012 election

2012 Virginia's 10th Congressional District election[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (Incumbent) 214,038 58.41
Democratic Kristin Cabral 142,024 38.76
Independent Kevin Chisholm 9,855 2.69
Write-in 527 0.14
Total votes 366,444 100
Republican hold

2014 election

2014 Virginia's 10th Congressional District election[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barbara Comstock 125,914 56.49%
Democratic John Foust 89,957 40.36%
Libertarian Bill Redpath 3,393 1.52%
Independent Brad Eickholt 2,442 1.10%
Independent Greens Dianne Blais 946 0.42%
Write-in 258 0.12%
Total votes 222,910 100%
Republican hold

2016 election

2016 Virginia's 10th Congressional District election[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Barbara Comstock (Incumbent) 210,791 52.69% −3.8%
Democratic LuAnn Bennett 187,712 46.92% +6.56%
Write-in 1,580 0.39% +0.27%
Total votes 400,083 100% +177,173%
Republican hold

2018 election

2018 Virginia's 10th Congressional District election[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jennifer Wexton 206,101 56.2% +12.4%
Republican Barbara Comstock (Incumbent) 160,529 43.7% −14.4%
Write-in 598 0.16% −0.23%
Total votes 366,630 100% -33,453%
Democratic gain from Republican

List of members representing the district

Representative Party Years Cong
ress 		Electoral history
District created March 4, 1789

Samuel Griffin 		Pro-Administration March 4, 1789 –
March 3, 1791 		1st
2nd 		Elected in 1789.
Re-elected in 1790.
Redistricted to the 13th district.
Anti-Administration March 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793
Carter B. Harrison Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795 		3rd
4th
5th 		Elected in 1793.
Re-elected in 1795.
Re-elected in 1797.
Retired.
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1799
Edwin Gray Democratic-Republican March 4, 1799 –
March 3, 1803 		6th
7th 		Elected in 1799.
Re-elected in 1801.
Redistricted to the 19th district.
John Dawson Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1813 		8th
9th
10th
11th
12th 		Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1803.
Re-elected in 1805.
Re-elected in 1807.
Re-elected in 1809.
Re-elected in 1811.
Redistricted to the 11th district.
Aylett Hawes Democratic-Republican March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1817 		13th
14th 		Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1813.
Re-elected in 1815.
Retired.
George F. Strother Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –
February 10, 1820 		15th
16th 		Elected in 1817.
Re-elected in 1819.
Resigned.
Vacant February 11, 1820 –
November 12, 1820 		16th
Thomas L. Moore Democratic-Republican November 13, 1820 –
March 3, 1823 		16th
17th 		Elected to finish Strother's term in August 1820 and seated November 13, 1820.
Re-elected in 1821.
Retired.

William C. Rives 		Crawford Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825 		18th
19th
20th
21st 		Elected in 1823.
Re-elected in 1825.
Re-elected in 1827.
Re-elected in 1829.
Resigned to become U.S. Minister to France.
Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
April 17, 1829
Vacant April 18, 1829 –
January 24, 1830 		21st
William F. Gordon Jacksonian January 25, 1830 –
March 3, 1833 		21st
22nd 		Elected in 1829 to finish Rives's term and seated January 25, 1830.
Redistricted to the 12th district.
Joseph W. Chinn Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835 		23rd [data missing]
Lost re-election.
John Taliaferro Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837 		24th
25th
26th
27th 		[data missing]
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1843 		[data missing]
Retired.

William Lucas 		Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845 		28th [data missing]
Lost re-election.
Henry Bedinger III Democratic March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1849 		29th
30th 		[data missing]
Lost re-election.

Richard Parker 		Democratic March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851 		31st Elected Virginia Circuit Court judge

Charles J. Faulkner 		Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853 		32nd [data missing]
Redistricted to the 8th district.

Zedekiah Kidwell 		Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1857 		33rd
34th 		[data missing]
Retired.

Sherrard Clemens 		Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1861 		35th
36th 		[data missing]
Retired.

William G. Brown 		Unionist March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863 		37th [data missing]
Retired.
Vacant March 4, 1863 –
June 19, 1863 		38th Civil War
District eliminated June 20, 1863
District recreated March 4, 1885

John R. Tucker 		Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887 		49th [data missing]
Retired.
Jacob Yost Republican March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889 		50th [data missing]
Lost re-election.

Henry S. Tucker III 		Democratic March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1897 		51st
52nd
53rd
54th 		[data missing]
Retired.
Jacob Yost Republican March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1899 		55th [data missing]
Retired.

Julian M. Quarles 		Democratic March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1901 		56th [data missing]
Retired.

Henry D. Flood 		Democratic March 4, 1901 –
December 8, 1921 		57th
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th 		[data missing]
Died.
Vacant December 9, 1921 –
March 20, 1922 		67th

Henry S. Tucker III 		Democratic March 21, 1922 –
July 23, 1932 		67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd 		Elected to finish Flood's term.
Died.
Vacant July 24, 1932 –
November 7, 1932 		72nd
Joel W. Flood Democratic November 8, 1932 –
March 3, 1933 		Elected to finish Tucker's term.
Retired.
District eliminated March 4, 1933
District re-created: January 3, 1953

Joel T. Broyhill 		Republican January 3, 1953 –
December 31, 1974 		83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd 		[data missing]
Lost re-election.
Vacant December 31, 1974 –
January 3, 1975 		93rd

Joseph L. Fisher 		Democratic January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1981 		94th
95th
96th 		[data missing]
Lost re-election.

Frank R. Wolf 		Republican January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 2015 		97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th 		[data missing]
Retired.

Barbara Comstock 		Republican January 3, 2015 –
January 3, 2019 		114th
115th 		[data missing]
Lost re-election.

Jennifer Wexton 		Democratic January 3, 2019 –
present 		116th
117th
118th 		Elected in 2018.

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013

See also

References

  1. ^ Bureau, US Census. "Geography Program". www.census.gov. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ a b Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  3. ^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  4. ^ McCaffrey, Scott (July 20, 2018). "Ex-Del. Brink: Wexton has edge, but count Comstock out at your peril". Inside Nova.
  5. ^ Kondik, Kyle; Skelley, Geoffrey. "House 2016: How a Democratic Wave Could Happen". University of Virginia Center for Politics. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  6. ^ Brownstein, Ronald (July 20, 2018). "There are absolutely two Americas. Sometimes in the same state". NBC.
  7. ^ Portnoy, Jenna (August 1, 2018). "Rep. Comstock, running for reelection, won't vote for a government shutdown no matter how much Trump wants one". Washington Post.
  8. ^ Edgerton, Anna (August 9, 2018). "A 'Killer Campaigner' for the GOP Swims Against a Blue Tide in Virginia". Bloomberg.
  9. ^ Virginia Department of Elections. Official election results. The Library of Virginia.
  10. ^ a b "Presidential Results by Congressional District, 2000-2008".
  11. ^ Virginia State Board of Elections: Results by District, 2008 Presidential election. Accessed February 11, 2015.
  12. ^ Virginia State Board of Elections: Results by District, 2012 Presidential election. Accessed February 11, 2015.
  13. ^ "Governor>Votes by District". November 2013 General Election Official Results. Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  14. ^ "Lieutenant Governor>Votes by District". November 2013 General Election Official Results. Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  15. ^ "Attorney General>Votes by District". November 2013 General Election Official Results. Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  16. ^ "Turnout by Congressional District". The Virginia Public Access Project. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  17. ^ "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for the 2016 and 2012 elections". Daily Kos. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  18. ^ "2017 Governor's Election Results by US Congressional District". VPAP. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  19. ^ "2018 U.S. Senate Results by Congressional District". The Virginia Public Access Project. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  20. ^ "November 6, 2012 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  21. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  22. ^ "2016 November General". Results.elections.virginia.gov. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  23. ^ "2018 November General". Results.elections.virginia.gov. Retrieved November 26, 2018.

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