Virginia's 12th House of Delegates district

Virginia's 12th House of Delegates district elects one of the hundred Delegates of the Virginia House of Delegates, United States.

Under redistricting effective for the 2023 Virginia House of Delegates election, the 12th district number was reassigned to part of northern Virginia's Fairfax County,[1] while the district number 42,[2] previously used elsewhere in Fairfax, was applied to a new southwestern district including most of the old 12th.

The new District 12 in the Tysons and Vienna area, includes parts of the old districts 34, 35, 37, 39, 41 and 53.[3]

Before redistricting, the old 12th included the city of Radford, Giles County, and portions of Montgomery County and Pulaski County. After redistricting, most of the old 12th became part of the new 42nd district, formed from parts of the previous districts 12, 7 and 8, still including Radford City and all of Giles County, but incorporating different parts of Pulaski and Montgomery counties. Significantly, the new district no longer includes the Montgomery County town of Blacksburg, which had been home to previous Democrat delegates from the 12th, Joan Munford, Jim Shuler and Chris Hurst.[4]

Electoral history

 
Republican Jason Ballard of Pearisburg, was elected 12th district delegate in the 2021 election.

2017

Former local Roanoke TV news anchor Chris Hurst of Blacksburg was elected in 2017 as part of a wave of new Democrats in the House of Delegates.[5] He earned 54.3% of the vote, defeating three-term Republican incumbent Joseph R. Yost.[6]

District officeholders
Years Delegate Party Electoral history
January 13, 1982
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January 12, 1983		 Mary Sue Terry Democratic Redistricted; Elected as delegate in the 10th district[7]
January 12, 1983
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1990		 J. Robert Dobyns Democratic
1990
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1992		 Thomas G. Baker, Jr Republican
1992
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January 12, 1994		 Joan Munford Democratic Retired
January 12, 1994
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January 9, 2002		 Jim Shuler Democratic
January 9, 2002
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January 2004		 Creigh Deeds Democratic
January 2004
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January 11, 2012		 Jim Shuler Democratic
January 11, 2012
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January 10, 2018		 Joseph R. Yost Republican Defeated in bid for reelection
January 10, 2018
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January 12, 2022		 Chris Hurst Democratic Defeated in bid for re-election
January 12, 2022
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present		 Jason Ballard Republican First elected in 2021

References
  1. "House of Delegates District 12". Vpap.org. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  2. "House of Delegates District 42". Vpap.org. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  3. "House of Delegates District 12". Vpap.org. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  4. "House of Delegates District 42". Vpap.org. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  5. Forman, Carmen; Korth, Robby (November 7, 2017). "Chris Hurst upsets Del. Joseph Yost in New River Valley race". Roanoke Times. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  6. Tatum, Sophie (November 8, 2017). "Former TV anchor Chris Hurst, whose girlfriend was killed on live TV, wins race for Virginia house". CNN Digital. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  7. "Virginia Elections Database » Search Elections". Virginia Elections Database. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
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