Virginia's 8th House of Delegates district

Virginia's 8th 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 8 consists of Roanoke, Salem, Montgomery County, and Craig County. It has been represented by Republican Joseph McNamara, and previously by Greg Habeeb from 2012 until his resignation in August 2018.[1] In 2017, he won against Democrat Steve McBride.[2][3]

District officeholders
Years Delegate Party Electoral history
January 8, 1992
–
January 12, 1994		 G. Steven Agee Republican Declined to seek reelection
January 12, 1994
–
January 3, 2011		 Morgan Griffith Republican
  • Majority Leader of the House of Delegates (2000-10)
  • Declined to seek reelection
  • Elected to the US House of Representatives
January 3, 2011
–
August 31, 2018		 Greg Habeeb Republican First elected in 2010. Resigned.
November 6, 2018 Joseph McNamara Elected via special election held due to resignation of Delegate Greg Habeeb.

Electoral history
2015 General Election, Virginia 8th House of Delegates
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Greg Habeeb 16,684 100.00% n/a
Total votes 16,684 100.00% n/a
2016 General Election, Presidential
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Donald Trump 24,060 62.38% n/a
Democratic Hillary Clinton 12,413 32.18% n/a
Libertarian Gary Johnson 1,323 3.43% n/a
Independent Evan McMullin 527 1.37% n/a
Green Jill Stein 248 0.64% n/a
Total votes 38,571 100.00% n/a
2017 General Election, Virginia 8th House of Delegates
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Greg Habeeb
Democratic Steve McBride
Total votes

References
  1. "Virginia Elections Database » Search Elections". Historical.elections.virginia.gov. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  2. "Elections: House of Delegates District 8". Vpap.org. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  3. Forman, Carmen (March 31, 2017). "Democrat to challenge Del. Greg Habeeb in 8th District | Politics". roanoke.com. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  • "House District 8" (PDF). Virginia Division of Legislative Services. Map.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)


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