Virginia's 1st House of Delegates district

Virginia's 1st State
House of Delegates
district

Delegate
  Patrick Hope
D–Arlington
Demographics69% White
4% Black
11% Hispanic
4% Asian
0% Native American
0% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0% Other
Population (2023)
 • Voting age
85,428[1]
18
Registered voters (2024)65,530[2]

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.[3] Hope was first elected in 2009.

Elections

2017

In the November 2017 election, Democrat Alicia Kallen ran against Kilgore.[4] It was the first time in a decade Kilgore had a challenger for the seat.[5] Kallen, 26, works at Norton Community Hospital.[4] 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[6] 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[7] General Terry G. Kilgore Republican 13,909 99.91
Write Ins 12 0.09
Nov 4, 1997[8] General Terry G. Kilgore Republican 12,130 72.06
Jerry D. Taylor Democratic 4,703 27.94
Nov 2, 1999[9] General T G Kilgore Republican 13,983 99.91
Write Ins 13 0.09
Nov 6, 2001[10] General T G Kilgore Republican 12,777 99.87
Write Ins 16 0.13
Nov 4, 2003[11] General T G Kilgore Republican 14,279 99.91
Write Ins 13 0.09
Nov 8, 2005[12] 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[13] 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[14] General Terry G. Kilgore Republican 13,098 98.92
Write Ins 142 1.07
Nov 8, 2011[15] General Terry G. Kilgore Republican 16,465 98.64
Write Ins 226 1.35
Nov 5, 2013[16] General Terry G. Kilgore Republican 14,330 98.3
Write Ins 253 1.7
Nov 3, 2015[17] General Terry G. Kilgore Republican 16,716 98.4
Write Ins 271 1.6
Nov 7, 2017[18] 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[19] General Terry G. Kilgore Republican 16,748 95.7
Write Ins 754 4.3
Nov 2, 2021[20] General Terry G. Kilgore Republican 21,910 97.3
Write Ins 602 2.7
Nov 7, 2023[21] General Patrick A. Hope Democrat 24,483 95.5
Write Ins 1,142 4.5

References

  1. ^ "State House District 1, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  2. ^ "House of Delegates District 1". VPAP.org. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  3. ^ "Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings". virginiageneralassembly.gov. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Sorrell, Robert (June 10, 2017). "Alicia Kallen running for Virginia's 1st district delegate". Bristol Herald-Courier. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  5. ^ Bohner, Tiana (June 13, 2017). "Longtime SWVa. del. Terry Kilgore faces challenger, first time in 10 years". WCYB. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  6. ^ "The Virginia Elections and State Elected Officials Database Project, 1776-2007". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  7. ^ "1995 Election Results - HOD". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on July 25, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  8. ^ "1997 Election Results - HOD". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on July 24, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "General Election- November 6, 2001". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on December 29, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  11. ^ "General Election- November 4, 2003". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on May 5, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  12. ^ "General Election- November 8, 2005". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  13. ^ "November 6, 2007 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  14. ^ "November 2009 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  15. ^ "November 2011 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  16. ^ "November 2013 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  17. ^ "November 2015 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  18. ^ "November 2017 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  19. ^ "November 2019 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  20. ^ "November 2021 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  21. ^ "November 2023 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2024.