2009 Virginia House of Delegates election


2009 Elections to the Virginia House of Delegates were held on November 3, 2009. Prior to the election, Republicans held 53 seats, Democrats held 43 seats, and Independents held 2 seats.
There were 2 seats previously held by Democrats that were vacant on election day: the 69th and the 80th. Eight incumbent Democrats were defeated, one incumbent Republican was defeated, and one open Republican seat was won by a Democrat.
The composition of the House of Delegates in 2010 was 59 Republicans, 2 Independents who caucus with the Republicans, and 39 Democrats.

Results

Overview

By House of Delegates district

Party abbreviations: D - Democratic, R - Republican, C - Constitution Party, I - Independent, IG - Independent Green, L - Libertarian
DistrictIncumbentPartyElectedStatus2009 Result
1stTerry KilgoreRepublican1993ReelectedTerry Kilgore unopposed
2ndBud PhillipsDemocratic1989ReelectedBud Phillips unopposed
3rdDan BowlingDemocratic2006DefeatedWill Morefield 57.1%
Dan Bowling 42.8%
4thJoe JohnsonDemocratic1989ReelectedJoe Johnson unopposed
5thC. W. CarricoRepublican2001ReelectedC. W. Carrico unopposed
6thAnne B. Crockett-StarkRepublican2005ReelectedAnne B. Crockett-Stark 65.2%
Carole Pratt 34.7%
7thDave NutterRepublican2001ReelectedDave Nutter 60.1%
Peggy Frank 39.8%
8thMorgan GriffithRepublican1993ReelectedMorgan Griffith 68.8%
Carter Turner 31.0%
9thCharles PoindexterRepublican2007ReelectedCharles Poindexter 79.0%
Sherman David Witcher 20.7%
10thWard ArmstrongDemocratic1991ReelectedWard Armstrong 56.5%
Edward Creed 43.4%
11thOnzlee WareDemocratic2003ReelectedOnzlee Ware 60.3%
Troy Bird 39.6%
12thJim ShulerDemocratic1993ReelectedJim Shuler 72.2%
Paul Cornett 27.3%
13thBob MarshallRepublican1991ReelectedBob Marshall 61.3%
John Bell 38.6%
14thDanny MarshallRepublican2001ReelectedDanny Marshall 64.1%
Seward Anderson 35.8%
15thTodd GilbertRepublican2005ReelectedTodd Gilbert 69.3%
John Lesinski 30.7%
16thDonald MerricksRepublican2007ReelectedDonald Merricks unopposed
17thWilliam FralinRepublican2003Retired; Republican holdWilliam Cleaveland 62.0%
Gwen Mason 37.9%
18thClay AtheyRepublican2001ReelectedClay Athey 82.4%
Todd Jack 17.0%
19thLacey PutneyIndependent1961ReelectedLacey Putney 64.1%
Lewis Medlin 20.6%
William Smith 15.1%
20thChris SaxmanRepublican2001Retired; Republican holdDickie Bell 71.2%
Erik Curren 28.7%
21stBobby MathiesonDemocratic2007DefeatedRon Villanueva 49.9%
Bobby Mathieson 49.8%
22ndKathy ByronRepublican1997ReelectedKathy Byron unopposed
23rdShannon ValentineDemocratic2006DefeatedT. Scott Garrett 50.4%
Shannon Valentine 49.4%
24thBen ClineRepublican2002ReelectedBen Cline 70.9%
Jeff Price 29.1%
25thSteve LandesRepublican1995ReelectedSteve Landes 73.2%
Greg Marrow 26.7%
26thMatt LohrRepublican2005ReelectedMatt Lohr 73.0%
Gene Hart Jr. 26.9%
27thSam NixonRepublican1994ReelectedSam Nixon unopposed
28thWilliam J. HowellRepublican1987ReelectedWilliam J. Howell 74.8%
Craig Ennis 24.5%
29thBeverly SherwoodRepublican1993ReelectedBeverly Sherwood 80.0%
Aaron Tweedie 19.7%
30thEd ScottRepublican2003ReelectedEd Scott 75.5%
Matthew Carson 24.4%
31stScott LingamfelterRepublican2001ReelectedScott Lingamfelter unopposed
32ndDavid PoissonDemocratic2005DefeatedTag Greason 57.5%
David Poisson 42.4%
33rdJoe MayRepublican1993ReelectedJoe May unopposed
34thMargi VanderhyeDemocratic2007DefeatedBarbara Comstock 50.8%
Margi Vanderhye 49.1%
35thSteve ShannonDemocratic2003Ran for Attorney General;
Democratic hold		Mark Keam 50.7%
James Hyland 49.2%
36thKen PlumDemocratic1981ReelectedKen Plum 59.9%
Hugh "Mac" Cannon 39.9%
37thDavid BulovaDemocratic2005ReelectedDavid Bulova 67.6%
Chris DeCarlo 24.7%
Anna Choi 6.9%
38thBob HullDemocratic1992Defeated in primary;
Democratic hold		Kaye Kory 59.5%
Danny Smith 40.2%
39thVivian E. WattsDemocratic1995ReelectedVivian E. Watts 56.4%
Joseph Bury 39.5%
Matthew Cholko 3.1%
James Leslie 0.9%
40thTim HugoRepublican2002ReelectedTim Hugo 63.4%
Sue Conrad 36.5%
41stDave MarsdenDemocratic2005ReelectedDave Marsden 49.6%
Kerry Bolognese 48.6%
Monique Berry 1.7%
42ndDave AlboRepublican1993ReelectedDave Albo 56.6%
Greg Werkheiser 43.3%
43rdMark SicklesDemocratic2003ReelectedMark Sickles 56.1%
Timothy Nank 43.8%
44thKris AmundsonDemocratic1999Retired; Democratic holdScott Surovell 53.4%
James McConville 44.9%
Glenda Gail Parker 1.6%
45thDavid EnglinDemocratic2005ReelectedDavid Englin 61.2%
Vicki Vasques 38.7%
46thCharniele HerringDemocratic2009ReelectedCharniele Herring 64.0%
Sasha Gong 35.9%
47thAl EisenbergDemocratic2003Retired; Democratic holdPatrick Hope 63.5%
Eric Brescia 31.7%
Joshua Ruebner 4.6%
48thBob BrinkDemocratic1997ReelectedBob Brink 62.3%
Aaron Ringel 37.6%
49thAdam EbbinDemocratic2003ReelectedAdam Ebbin unopposed
50thJackson MillerRepublican2006ReelectedJackson Miller 62.4%
Jeanette Rishell 37.5%
51stPaul NicholsDemocratic2007DefeatedRich Anderson 50.8%
Paul Nichols 49.1%
52ndJeff FrederickRepublican2003Retired; Democratic takeoverLuke Torian 51.9%
Rafael Lopez 47.8%
53rdJim ScottDemocratic1991ReelectedJim Scott 61.4%
Christopher Merola 38.5%
54thBobby OrrockRepublican1989ReelectedBobby Orrock unopposed
55thFrank HargroveRepublican1981Retired; Republican holdJohn Cox 75.5%
Robert Barnette 24.2%
56thBill JanisRepublican2001ReelectedBill Janis 69.7%
James Towey 30.2%
57thDavid ToscanoDemocratic2005ReelectedDavid Toscano 78.2%
Robert Brandon Smith III 21.4%
58thRob BellRepublican2001ReelectedRob Bell 67.2%
Cynthia Neff 32.7%
59thWatkins Abbitt, Jr.Independent1985ReelectedWatkins Abbitt, Jr. unopposed
60thClarke HoganRepublican2001Retired; Republican holdJames E. Edmunds unopposed
61stTommy WrightRepublican2000ReelectedTommy Wright unopposed
62ndRiley IngramRepublican1991ReelectedRiley Ingram unopposed
63rdRosalyn DanceDemocratic2005ReelectedRosalyn Dance unopposed
64thBill BarlowDemocratic1991ReelectedBill Barlow 50.7%
Stan Clark 46.7%
Albert Burckard Jr. 2.5%
65thLee WareRepublican1998ReelectedLee Ware 71.5%
Gary Rinehardt 28.3%
66thKirk CoxRepublican1989ReelectedKirk Cox unopposed
67thChuck CaputoDemocratic2005DefeatedJames LeMunyon 52.7%
Chuck Caputo 47.3%
68thManoli LoupassiRepublican2007ReelectedManoli Loupassi 69.7%
Bill Grogan 29.8%
69thvacantBetsy B. Carr 72.7%
Ernesto Sampson 21.6%
Shirley Harvey 5.5%
70thDelores McQuinnDemocratic2009ReelectedDelores McQuinn 77.6%
Henry Otis Brown 21.7%
71stJennifer McClellanDemocratic2005ReelectedJennifer McClellan 82.4%
Silver Persinger 17.0%
72ndJimmie MassieRepublican2007ReelectedJimmie Massie unopposed
73rdJohn O'BannonRepublican2000ReelectedJohn O'Bannon 62.3%
Thomas Shields 37.6%
74thJoe MorrisseyDemocratic2007ReelectedJoe Morrissey 76.2%
Michael Gage 23.7%
75thRoslyn TylerDemocratic2005ReelectedRoslyn Tyler unopposed
76thChris JonesRepublican1997ReelectedChris Jones unopposed
77thLionell SpruillDemocratic1993ReelectedLionell Spruill unopposed
78thJohn CosgroveRepublican2001ReelectedJohn Cosgrove unopposed
79thJohnny JoannouDemocratic1997ReelectedJohnny Joannou unopposed
80thvacantMatthew James 68.5%
Jennifer Lee 31.3%
81stBarry KnightRepublican2009ReelectedBarry Knight unopposed
82ndHarry "Bob" PurkeyRepublican1985ReelectedHarry "Bob" Purkey 60.4%
Peter Schmidt 35.1%
John Parmele 4.4%
83rdJoe BouchardDemocratic2007DefeatedChris Stolle 59.5%
Joe Bouchard 40.4%
84thSal IaquintoRepublican2005ReelectedSal Iaquinto unopposed
85thBob TataRepublican1983ReelectedBob Tata 81.1%
French D. Mackes Jr. 18.4%
86thTom RustRepublican2001ReelectedTom Rust 53.8%
Stevens Miller 46.0%
87thPaula MillerDemocratic2004ReelectedPaula Miller 56.6%
John Amiral 43.2%
88thMark ColeRepublican2001ReelectedMark Cole unopposed
89thKenny AlexanderDemocratic2002ReelectedKenny Alexander 69.4%
Anthony Triplin 30.6%
90thAlgie HowellDemocratic2003ReelectedAlgie Howell 66.6%
Jason Call 33.1%
91stTom GearRepublican2001ReelectedTom Gear 48.3%
Gordon Helsel 32.6%
Samuel Eure 19.0%
92ndJeion WardDemocratic2003ReelectedJeion Ward unopposed
93rdPhil HamiltonRepublican1988DefeatedRobin Abbott 53.9%
Phil Hamilton 45.6%
94thGlenn OderRepublican2001ReelectedGlenn Oder 67.6%
Gary West 32.2%
95thMamye BaCoteDemocratic2003ReelectedMamye BaCote unopposed
96thBrenda PoggeRepublican2007ReelectedBrenda Pogge unopposed
97thChris PeaceRepublican2006ReelectedChris Peace unopposed
98thHarvey MorganRepublican1979ReelectedHarvey Morgan unopposed
99thAlbert C. PollardDemocratic2008ReelectedAlbert C. Pollard 52.2%
Catherine Crabill 47.7%
100thLynwood LewisDemocratic2003ReelectedLynwood Lewis 64.0%
Melody Scalley 34.8%
John W. Smith Jr. 1.1%