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(11-5-03)
Nov.
4th Election Results
Summary
In
the House of Delegates, all 100 seats
were up for election. Democrats picked up two open seats (the 35th district
in Fairfax County and the 100th district on the Eastern Shore) and Republicans
picked up one open seat (the 17th district in Roanoke). The Republicans
also lost one incumbent, Tom Bolvin, (R-43) in Fairfax County, for a net
loss of two seats in the House. Thus the House goes into the January General
Assembly session with 62 Republicans,
36
Democrats and two
Independents.
In
the Virginia Senate,
all
40 seats were up for election. Republicans
picked up one seat. Former Delegate Jeannemarie Devolites, of Fairfax
County, won the open 34th Senate District seat, which is being vacated
by Sen. Leslie Byrne as a result of redistricting.
Results
of General Assembly races - click
here
. (See below for
local election results.)
Governor
Warner aggressively recruited candidates and spent a substantial war chest
in an effort to reverse recent Republican gains in the General Assembly.
Especially targeted for defeat were outspoken, pro-life, tax-fighting
conservatives Sen. Ken Cuccinelli (Centreville), Del. Dick Black (Sterling)
and Del. Scott Lingamfelter (Woodbridge). Despite an impressive expenditure
of money and resources, voters sent political leaders in Richmond yet
another "Don't raise my taxes!" message by reelecting these
outspoken conservative leaders by more than ten percentage points each. This
was Sen. Cuccinelli's fourth winning contest for his 37th District Senate
seat in just 17 months.
Only
39 of 100 House of Delegates members and 19 of 40 Senators had serious opponents
this year. Sixty-one Delegates and twenty-one Senators had essentially a free
ride. As a historical note, voters in Arloington elected the first openly
gay Delegate (Adam Ebbin, D-49) and the first to openly support the gay legislative
agenda (Al Eisenberg, D-47) in Virginia's history.
Local
elections
across Virginia included local Boards of Supervisors, School Boards, Commonwealth
Attorneys & Sheriffs. Bond issues & election of other local
officials varied by locality.
Links
to local election results. Alexandria,
Arlington
County, Chesapeake,
Chesterfield
County, Fairfax
County, Norfolk,
Prince
William County, Williamsburg.
Call your local Voter Registrar/Electoral Board for other local election
results. Click
here for a list of their phone numbers.
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House:
H6, H26,
H31, H35,
H37, H43,
H52, H56,
H100
Senate:
S6, S17,
S22, S24,
S26, S29,
S32, S36,
S37
2003 Candidate
endorsements:
Taxpayer
Protection Pledge - List of Signers
Virginia
Partisans Gay & Lesbian Democratic Club endorsements
Virginia
Eagle Forum PAC endorsements
Fairfax
Education Association
Virginia
Society for Human Life PAC endorsements
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