2007 Virginia House of Delegates election

2007 Virginia House of Delegates elections

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All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 30.2%[1]
|  | Majority party  | Minority party

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Leader  | Bill Howell | Ward Armstrong
Party  | Republican | Democratic
Leader since  | January 8, 2003  | February 24, 2007
Leader's seat  | 28th | 10th
Last election  | 57 | 40
Seats won  | 54 | 44
Seat change  |  3  |  4
Popular vote  | 620,724 | 522,604
Percentage  | 51.0% | 42.9%
Swing  |  5.1%  |  6.2%

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Results:
Republican hold Republican gain
Democratic hold Democratic gain
Independent hold

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| Speaker before election

Bill Howell
Republican

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Bill Howell
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The Virginia House of Delegates election of 2007 was held on Tuesday, November 6.

## Results

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### Overview

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↓  54  | 44  | 2

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Republican | Democratic
Parties  | Candidates  | Seats  | Popular Vote

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2005  | 2007  | +/-  | Strength  | Vote  | %  | Change
| Republican |  | 57  | 54  |  3  | 59.00%  | 620,724  | 50.98%  |
| Democratic |  | 40  | 44  |  4  | 45.00%  | 522,604  | 42.92%  |
| Independent |  | 3  | 2  |  1  | 2.00%  | 53,157  | 4.37%  |
| Independent Greens |  | 0  | 0  |  | 0.00%  | 4,376  | 0.36%  |
\-  | Write-ins |  | 0  | 0  |  | 0.00%  | 16,812  | 1.38%  |
Total  |  | 100  | 100  | 0  | 100.00%  | 1,217,673  | 100.00%  | \-

### By House of Delegates district

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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 are included here.

District  | Incumbent  | Party  | Elected  | Status  | 2007 Result

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1st | Terry Kilgore | Republican  | 1993  | Reelected  | Terry Kilgore (R) 72.3%
Jerry Taylor (D) 27.6%
5th | Bill Carrico | Republican  | 2001  | Reelected  | Bill Carrico (R) 55.4%
Susie Dixon Garner (D) 44.5%
6th | Anne Crockett-Stark | Republican  | 2005  | Reelected  | Anne Crockett-Stark (R) 55.6%
Bill Thomas Jr. (D) 44.3%
7th | Dave Nutter | Republican  | 2001  | Reelected  | Dave Nutter (R) 52.7%
Peggy Frank (D) 47.3%
9th | Allen Dudley  | Republican  | 1993  | Retired  | Charles Poindexter (R) 46.4%
Eric Ferguson (D) 43.9%
Jerry Boothe (I) 9.6%
11th | Onzlee Ware | Democratic  | 2003  | Reelected  | Onzlee Ware (D) 62.1%
Mac McCadden (I) 37.3%
13th | Bob Marshall | Republican  | 1991  | Reelected  | Bob Marshall (R) 58.3%
Bruce Roemmelt (D) 41.6%
14th | Danny Marshall III | Republican  | 2001  | Reelected  | Danny Marshall III (R) 51.9%
Adam Tomer (D) 48.0%
16th | Robert Hurt  | Republican  | 2001  | Elected to State Senate  | Donald Merricks (R) 64.0%
Andy Parker (D) 35.9%
17th | William Fralin | Republican  | 2003  | Reelected  | William Fralin (R) 75.1%
Alexander Ballin (I) 24.7%
19th | Lacey Putney | Independent  | 1961  | Reelected  | Lacey Putney (I) 72.6%
Lewis Medlin Jr. (D) 27.2%
21st | John Welch  | Republican  | 2001  | Defeated  | Bobby Mathieson (D) 57.5%
John Welch (R) 42.1%
26th | Matt Lohr | Republican  | 2005  | Reelected  | Matt Lohr (R) 71.1%
Carolyn Frank (I) 28.5%
28th | Bill Howell | Republican  | 1987  | Reelected  | William Howell (R) 61.7%
Clyde Matthews (D) 34.8%
Craig Ennis (IG) 3.2%
31st | Scott Lingamfelter | Republican  | 2001  | Reelected  | Scott Lingamfelter (R) 55.3%
Bill Day (D) 44.5%
32nd | David Poisson | Democratic  | 2005  | Reelected  | David Poisson (D) 52.8%
Lynn Chapman (R) 47.1%
33rd | Joe May  | Republican  | 1993  | Reelected  | Joe May (R) 59.8%
Marty Martinez (D) 40.0%
34th | Vince Callahan  | Republican  | 1967  | Retired  | Margi Vanderhye (D) 51.5%
Dave Hunt (R) 48.4%
35th | Steve Shannon | Democratic  | 2003  | Reelected  | Steve Shannon (D) 63.4%
Arthur Purves (R) 36.6%
39th | Vivian Watts | Democratic  | 1995  | Reelected  | Vivian Watts (D) 78.3%
Laura C. Clifton (IG) 21.2%
40th | Tim Hugo | Republican  | 2003  | Reelected  | Tim Hugo (R) 57.1%
Rex Simmons (D) 42.8%
45th | David Englin | Democratic  | 2005  | Reelected  | David Englin (D) 64.2%
Mark Allen (R) 35.7%
49th | Adam Ebbin | Democratic  | 2003  | Reelected  | Adam Ebbin (D) 79.7%
James Ronald Fisher (IG) 19.1%
50th | Jackson Miller | Republican  | 2006  | Reelected  | Jackson Miller (R) 60.4%
Jeanette Rishell (D) 39.5%
51st | Michele McQuigg  | Republican  | 1997  | Elected to Clerk of Court  | Paul Nichols (D) 51.8%
Faisal Gill (R) 47.7%
52nd | Jeff Frederick | Republican  | 2003  | Reelected  | Jeff Frederick (R) 58.6%
Christopher Brown (D) 41.2%
54th | Bobby Orrock | Republican  | 1989  | Reelected  | Bobby Orrock (R) 73.7%
Kimbra Kincheloe (I) 26.2%
56th | Bill Janis | Republican  | 2001  | Reelected  | Bill Janis (R) 65.9%
Will Shaw (D) 34.0%
59th | Watkins Abbitt | Independent  | 1985  | Reelected  | Watkins Abbitt (I) 60.2%
Connie Brennan (D) 39.7%
67th | Chuck Caputo | Democratic  | 2005  | Reelected  | Chuck Caputo (D) 52.7%
Marc Cadin (R) 47.3%
68th | Katherine Waddell  | Independent  | 2005  | Defeated  | Manoli Loupassi (R) 54.1%
Katherine Waddell (I) 42.1%
Bill Grogan (I) 3.7%
69th | Frank Hall  | Democratic  | 1975  | Reelected  | Frank Hall (D) 82.8%
Ray Gargiulo (R) 17.0%
72nd | Jack Reid  | Republican  | 1989  | Retired  | Jimmie Massie (R) 67.2%
Tom Herbert (D) 32.7%
78th | John Cosgrove | Republican  | 2001  | Reelected  | John Cosgrove (R) 61.7%
Mick Meyer (D) 38.2%
82nd | Bob Purkey | Republican  | 1985  | Reelected  | Bob Purkey (R) 60.6%
Bob MacIver (D) 39.2%
83rd | Leo Wardrup | Republican  | 1991  | Retired  | Joe Bouchard (D) 50.6%
Chris Stolle (R) 49.2%
86th | Tom Rust | Republican  | 2001  | Reelected  | Tom Rust (R) 52.8%
Jay Donahue (D) 47.1%
87th | Paula Miller | Democratic  | 2005  | Reelected  | Paula Miller (D) 54.0%
Hank Giffin (R) 45.8%
88th | Mark Cole | Republican  | 2001  | Reelected  | Mark Cole (R) 62.2%
Carlos Del Toro (D) 37.6%
94th | Glenn Oder | Republican  | 2001  | Reelected  | Glenn Oder (R) 74.3%
William D. Pelkey (I) 25.1%
96th | Melanie Rapp | Republican  | 2001  | Retired  | Brenda Pogge (R) 56.8%
Troy Farlow (D) 36.6%
Pam Pouchot (I) 6.1%

## See also

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* 2007 United States elections
* 2007 Virginia elections
* 2007 Virginia Senate election

## References

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1. ^ "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
2. ^ "Election Results - Virginia Department of Elections".

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