Virginia's 47th House of Delegates district


Virginia's 47th House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. District 47 represents part of Arlington County. The seat is currently held by Democrat Patrick A. Hope.

Geography

District 47, representing part of Arlington County, is located in Virginia's 8th Congressional District.

Elections

first took office in 2010, after winning a three-way race in the 2009 general election; he earned 63.54% of the vote. He has been reelected in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017, each time winning at least 76% of the vote. In 2019, he ran unopposed in the general election. In July 2020, Matt Rogers, chief of staff for state senator Dave Marsden, announced his plans to run against Delegate Hope in the 2021 Democratic primary.