Virginia's 1st House of Delegates district

District map from the 2023 election

Virginia's 1st House of Delegates district is one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. District 1 represents part of Arlington County. The seat is held by Democrat Patrick Hope.[1] Hope was first elected in 2009.

Elections

2017

In the November 2017 election, Democrat Alicia Kallen ran against Kilgore.[2] It was the first time in a decade Kilgore had a challenger for the seat.[3] Kallen, 26, works at Norton Community Hospital.[2] However, she was unable to win the seat and Kilgore kept his position.

2021

Due to the 2021 Redistricting, House of Delegates District 1 has been moved to Northern Virginia, encompassing part of Arlington County.

District officeholders

Years Delegate Party Electoral history
January 12, 1972
–
January 12, 1994 		Ford C. Quillen Democratic Retired
January 12, 1994
–
January 10, 2024 		Terry Kilgore Republican First elected in 1994. Redistricted to the 45th District.
January 10, 2024
–
present

Patrick A. Hope Democrat Redistricted from the 47th District

Electoral history

Date Election Candidate Party Votes %
Virginia House of Delegates, 1st district
Nov 2, 1993[4] General Terry Gene Kilgore Republican 10,882 57.13
George F Cridlin Democratic 8,162 42.85
Write Ins 3 0.02
Ford C. Quillen retired; seat switched from Democratic to Republican
Nov 7, 1995[5] General Terry G. Kilgore Republican 13,909 99.91
Write Ins 12 0.09
Nov 4, 1997[6] General Terry G. Kilgore Republican 12,130 72.06
Jerry D. Taylor Democratic 4,703 27.94
Nov 2, 1999[7] General T G Kilgore Republican 13,983 99.91
Write Ins 13 0.09
Nov 6, 2001[8] General T G Kilgore Republican 12,777 99.87
Write Ins 16 0.13
Nov 4, 2003[9] General T G Kilgore Republican 14,279 99.91
Write Ins 13 0.09
Nov 8, 2005[10] General T G Kilgore Republican 14,194 68.74
R E Mccarty Democratic 6,445 31.21
Write Ins 9 0.04
Nov 6, 2007[11] General Terry G. Kilgore Republican 14,374 72.30
Jerry D. Taylor Democratic 5,491 27.62
Write Ins 14 0.07
Nov 3, 2009[12] General Terry G. Kilgore Republican 13,098 98.92
Write Ins 142 1.07
Nov 8, 2011[13] General Terry G. Kilgore Republican 16,465 98.64
Write Ins 226 1.35
Nov 5, 2013[14] General Terry G. Kilgore Republican 14,330 98.3
Write Ins 253 1.7
Nov 3, 2015[15] General Terry G. Kilgore Republican 16,716 98.4
Write Ins 271 1.6
Nov 7, 2017[16] General Terry G. Kilgore Republican 14,848 76.0
Alicia D. Kallen Democratic 4,639 23.8
Write Ins 42 0.2
Nov 5, 2019[17] General Terry G. Kilgore Republican 16,748 95.7
Write Ins 754 4.3
Nov 2, 2021[18] General Terry G. Kilgore Republican 21,910 97.3
Write Ins 602 2.7
Nov 7, 2023[19] General Patrick A. Hope Democrat 24,483 95.5
Write Ins 1,142 4.5

References

  1. ^ "Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings". virginiageneralassembly.gov. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Sorrell, Robert (June 10, 2017). "Alicia Kallen running for Virginia's 1st district delegate". Bristol Herald-Courier. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  3. ^ Bohner, Tiana (June 13, 2017). "Longtime SWVa. del. Terry Kilgore faces challenger, first time in 10 years". WCYB. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  4. ^ "The Virginia Elections and State Elected Officials Database Project, 1776-2007". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  5. ^ "1995 Election Results - HOD". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on July 25, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  6. ^ "1997 Election Results - HOD". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on July 24, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  7. ^ "Election Results - House of Delegates - Nov 1999 Gen Election". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  8. ^ "General Election- November 6, 2001". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on December 29, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  9. ^ "General Election- November 4, 2003". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on May 5, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  10. ^ "General Election- November 8, 2005". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  11. ^ "November 6, 2007 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  12. ^ "November 2009 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  13. ^ "November 2011 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  14. ^ "November 2013 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  15. ^ "November 2015 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  16. ^ "November 2017 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  17. ^ "November 2019 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  18. ^ "November 2021 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  19. ^ "November 2023 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2024.