Virginia's 23rd 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 23 represents part of the city of Lynchburg and parts of Amherst and Bedford counties. The seat is currently held by Republican Wendell Walker, who succeeded T. Scott Garrett after he did not seek reelection in the 2019 election.[1][2]
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District officeholders
| Years | Delegate | Party | Electoral history | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 8, 1992 – January 10, 1996 | Stephen Newman | Republican | Declined to seek reelection; elected to the Senate of Virginia | |
| January 10, 1996 – January 11, 2006 | Preston Bryant | Republican | Resigned; Appointed Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources | |
| January 11, 2006 – January 13, 2010 |  | Shannon Valentine | Democratic | Elected via special election; Defeated in bid for reelection |
| January 13, 2010 – January 8, 2020 | T. Scott Garrett | Republican | First elected in 2009 | |
| January 8, 2020 – present | Wendell Walker | Republican | First elected in 2019 | |
Electoral history
| Date | Election | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia House of Delegates, 23rd district | |||||
| Jan 10, 2006[3] | Special | Shannon R. Valentine | Democratic | 7,887 | 57.50 |
| Michael B. Harrington | Republican | 5,817 | 42.41 | ||
| Write Ins | 12 | 0.09 | |||
| Preston Bryant resigned; seat switched from Republican to Democratic | |||||
| Nov 6, 2007[4] | General | Shannon R. Valentine | Democratic | 4,551 | 95.60 |
| Write Ins | 209 | 4.39 | |||
| Jun 9, 2009[5] | Republican primary | T. Scott Garrett | 2,126 | 54.01 | |
| Jeff S. Helgeson | 1,810 | 45.98 | |||
| Nov 3, 2009[6] | General | T. Scott Garrett | Republican | 10,813 | 50.41 |
| Shannon R. Valentine | Democratic | 10,604 | 49.44 | ||
| Write Ins | 31 | 0.14 | |||
| Incumbent lost; seat switched from Democratic to Republican | |||||
| Nov 8, 2011[7] | General | T. Scott Garrett | Republican | 11,978 | 92.26 |
| Write Ins | 1,004 | 7.73 | |||
References
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