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Political party strength in Virginia

Politics in the US state of Virginia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The following table indicates party affiliation in the Commonwealth of Virginia for the individual offices of:

It also indicates the historical composition of the collective:

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1776–1851

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1852–present

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Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
  1. Member of the Council of State acting as governor.
  2. Died in office.
  3. Member of the Council of State acting as governor; was later elected in his own right.
  4. Resigned to take an elected seat in the U.S. Senate.
  5. Re-elected a Democratic speaker.
  6. First popularly-elected governor.
  7. Held office in the Restored Government of Virginia.
  8. Unelected military governor.
  9. Elected John Brown Baldwin, a Conservative, as Speaker.
  10. Unelected military governor, then elected in his own right.
  11. Initially appointed to fill a vacancy, later elected in his own right. Resigned to become judge on the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
  12. Appointed by governor to fill vacancy.
  13. Resigned to run for governor.
  14. Initially elected in a special election to complete Collins's term.
  15. Won special election to complete Reynolds's term.
  16. Republicans and Democrats negotiated a power-sharing agreement to split control of the chamber after the tie.
  17. Republicans won a special election to claim the majority in the chamber after Democrat Charles Waddell resigned his seat.[1][2]
  18. The 1997 general election yielded a 51-48-1 Democrat majority. David Brickley resigned his seat right afterward, however, and a special election for District 51 was called. His seat flipped to the Republicans, and with Independent Lacey Putney siding with the Republicans, the chamber was tied. Democrats retained the Speakership through a power-sharing agreement.[3][4]
  19. In August 2002, Goode switched parties and became a Republican.
  20. Chief deputy attorney general elected attorney general by the General Assembly.
  21. Independents caucused with Republicans.
  22. Control of Senate decided by Lieutenant Governor.
  23. On June 9, 2014, Democrat Phillip Puckett resigned from the Virginia State Senate. He was replaced by Republican Ben Chafin in an August 19 special election.
  24. Republican State Senator Jennifer Kiggans vacated her seat after she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrat Aaron Rouse won the special election to succeed her.
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