2003 Virginia House of Delegates election

2003 Virginia House of Delegates elections
← 2001 November 4, 2003 2005 →
All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout30.8%[1] Decrease
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Bill Howell Frank Hall
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 8, 2003 January 9, 2002
Leader's seat 28th 69th
Last election 64 34
Seats won 61 37
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 3
Popular vote 630,430 403,531
Percentage 57.9% 37.0%
Swing Increase 1.9% Decrease 1.9%
Results:
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Independent hold
Speaker before election

Bill Howell
Republican

Elected Speaker

Bill Howell
Republican

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The Virginia House of Delegates election of 2003 was held on Tuesday, November 4.

Election results

Overview

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↓
61 37 2
Republican Democratic
Parties Candidates Seats Popular Vote
2001 2003 +/- Strength Vote % Change
Republican 74 64 61 Decrease 3 61.00% 630,430 57.85%
Democratic 57 34 37 Increase 3 37.00% 403,531 37.03%
Independent 11 2 2 Steady 2.00% 47,119 4.32%
Independent Greens 1 0 0 Steady 0.00% 362 0.03%
- Write-ins 0 0 Steady 0.00% 28,031 1.61%
Total 143 100 100 0 100.00% 1,089,815 100.00% -

Detailed Results

Party abbreviations: D - Democratic, R - Republican, I - Independent, IG - Independent Green, L - Libertarian

Note: Only House districts that were contested by more than one candidate, or that switched party control are included here.

District Incumbent Party Elected Status 2003 Result
5th Bill Carrico Republican 2001 Reelected Bill Carrico (R) 54.9%
Tom B. Graham (D) 45.1%
6th Benny Keister Democrat 2005 Reelected Benny Keister (D) 50.1%
Morgan Morris, Jr (R) 49.4%
8th Morgan Griffith Republican 2001 Reelected Morgan Griffith (R) 59.2%
Mark Q. Emick, Sr (D) 40.8%
9th Allen Dudley Republican 1993 Reelected Allen Dudley (R) 58.9%
Mark H. Newbill (D) 41.1%
15th Allen L. Louderback Republican 2001 Reelected Allen L. Louderback (R) 63.1%
Thomas A. Lewis (D) 36.8%
16th Robert Hurt Republican 2001 Reelected Robert Hurt (R) 61.6%
Kimble Reynolds, Jr. (D) 38.4%
17th A. Victor Thomas Democrat 1973 Retired William Fralin (R) 62.1%
Linda Wyatt (D) 31.8%
Gary Bowman (I) 6.1%
19th Lacey Putney Independent 1961 Reelected Lacey Putney (I) 73.6%
Art Lipscomb (D) 26.5%
21st John J. Welch Republican 2001 Reelected John J. Welch (R) 61.9%
Tim Jackson (D) 38.0%
24th Ben Cline Republican 2002 Reelected Ben Cline (R) 69.2%
Eric W. Sheffield (I) 30.8%
26th Glenn M. Weatherholtz Republican 1995 Reelected Glenn M. Weatherholtz (R) 54.5%
Lowell L. Fulk (D) 45.4%
31st Scott Lingamfelter Republican 2001 Reelected Scott Lingamfelter (R) 55.0%
David G. Brickley (D) 45.0%
32nd Dick Black Republican 1998 Reelected Dick Black (R) 52.0%
Patricia H Morrissey (D) 36.6%
David G. McWatters (I) 11.3%
35th Jeannemarie Devolites Republican 1997 Elected to State Senate Steve Shannon (D) 51.9%
Robert M McDowell (R) 48.1%
37th Chap Petersen Democratic 2001 Reelected Chap Petersen (D) 59.5%
Jack Rust (R) 40.5%
41st Jim Dillard Republican 1980 Reelected Jim Dillard (R) 63.5%
Michael J. Golden (I) 26.9%
John M. Wolfe (I) 9.2%
43rd Tom Bolvin Republican 1997 Defeated Mark D. Sickles (D) 53.8%
Tom Bolvin (R) 46.1%
44th Kristen J. Amundson Democrat 1999 Reelected Kristen J. Amundson (D) 56.3%
David Kennedy (R) 43.6%
45th Marian Van Landingham Democratic 1981 Reelected Marian Van Landingham (D) 63.6%
Robert J. Test (R) 36.2%
47th Jim Almand Democratic 1981 Retired Al Eisenberg (D) 65.5%
R. Christian Hoff (R) 34.4%
48th Robert H. Brink Democratic 1997 Reelected Robert H. Brink (D) 60.9%
Steve Sass (R) 39.0%
52nd Jack Rollison Republican 2003 Defeated in Primary Jeff Frederick (R) 56.7%
Charles Taylor (D) 43.2%
56th Bill Janis Republican 2001 Reelected Bill Janis (R) 57.8%
Hunter H. McGuire, III (D) 42.2%
59th Watkins Abbitt Independent 1985 Reelected Watkins Abbitt (I) 67.1%
Allen Hale (D) 32.9%
60th Clarke N. Hogan Republican 2001 Reelected Clarke N. Hogan (R) 66.4%
Brad Wike (D) 33.6%
64th William K. Barlow Democrat 1991 Reelected William K. Barlow (D) 56.6%
Troy Lapetina (R) 43.4%
65th Lee Ware Republican 1997 Reelected Lee Ware (R) 75.1%
Robert E. Williams (D) 24.9%
75th J. Paul Councill Democrat 1973 Reelected J. Paul Councill (D) 71.3%
John B. Nicholson (I) 28.7%
81st Terrie Suit Republican 1999 Reelected Terrie Suit (R) 69.6%
Lois Williams (D) 25.0%
Sharon Bivens (I) 5.4%
85th Bob Tata Republican 1983 Reelected Bob Tata (D) 73.5%
Eric Potter (R) 26.4%
86th Tom Rust Republican 2001 Reelected Tom Rust (R) 63.8%
Jim Kelly (D) 36.1%
88th Mark Cole Republican 2001 Reelected Mark Cole (R) 71.2%
Chuck Feldbush (D) 28.7%
90th Winsome Sears Republican 2001 Retired Algie T. Howell, Jr. (D) 99.4%
92nd Mary T. Christian Democrat 1985 Retired Jeion Ward (D) 54.1%
Dr. Alvin Bryant (R) 45.5%
95th Flora D. Crittenden Democrat 1993 Retired Mamye BaCote (D) 64.7%
Raymond Johnson (R) 34.4%
96th Melanie Rapp Republican 2000 Retired Melanie Rapp (R) 54.1%
Philip Forgit (D) 45.7%
98th Harvey Morgan Republican 1980 Reelected Harvey Morgan (R) 78.8%
Michael Rowe (I) 21.1%
99th Albert C. Pollard Democrat 1999 Retired Albert C. Pollard (D) 65.1%
Shawn Donahue (D) 34.9%
100th Robert Bloxom Republican 2000 Retired Lynwood Lewis (D) 59.3%
Thomas B. Dix (R) 40.6%

See also

References

  1. ^ "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "Election Results - Virginia Department of Elections".