Virginia's 13th House of Delegates district

Virginia's 13th House of Delegates district elects one of the hundred delegates of the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. The 13th district consists of Falls Church as well as a portion of Fairfax County. Its seat is currently held by Marcus Simon.^[3]

Virginia's 13th State House of Delegates district
District map from the 2023 election
Delegate	Marcus Simon D–Falls Church since January 10, 2024
Demographics	48% White 6% Black 23% Hispanic 18% Asian 1% Other 4% Multiracial
Population (2023)  • Voting age	85,213[1] 18
Registered voters (2024)	54,296[2]

2017 election

In the 2017 off-cycle general election, Bob Marshall ran for re-election to hold his seat which he had held since 1992.^[4] His Democratic opponent was Danica Roem,^[5] who has lived in Manassas her entire life.^[6] Roem campaigned on infrastructure issues, economic development, a minimum wage increase, school funding reform and civil rights issues.^[7] Commenting on Marshall's proposed bill to regulate use of restrooms in schools, at highway rest stops, and in other government buildings,^[8] Roem said that Marshall's "legislative priorities are more concerned with where I go to the bathroom than how his constituents get to work."^[9]

On November 7, 2017 during the general election, Roem defeated Republican incumbent Bob Marshall by a wide margin, making Roem the first openly transgender person to be elected to the Virginia Assembly and the highest-elected transgender person in the United States to date.^[10][11]

District officeholders

Years	Delegate	Party	Electoral history
January 11, 1978 – January 13, 1982	Mary Sue Terry	Democratic	Declined to seek reelection
January 13, 1982 – 1983	Charles R. Hawkins	Republican	Declined to seek reelection
1983 – January 8, 1992	Joan H. Munford	Democratic	Declined to seek reelection
January 8, 1992 – January 10, 2018	Bob Marshall	Republican	Defeated in bid for reelection
January 10, 2018 – January 10, 2024	Danica Roem	Democratic	First elected in 2017 (redistricted to the 20th District successfully ran for Senate District 30)
January 10, 2024 – present	Marcus Simon	Democratic	Redistricted from the 53rd District

Electoral history

As of the 2010 census, a total of 80,579 civilians reside within Virginia's thirteenth state house district.^[12]

Primary results

Virginia House of Delegates, District 13, Democratic Primary, June 14, 2017^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Danica Roem	1,863	43
	Democratic	Steven Jansen	1,364	31
	Democratic	Mansimran Kahlon	820	19
	Democratic	Andrew Adams	290	7

General election results

Virginia House of Delegates, District 13, General Election, November 7, 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Danica Roem	11,885	54.14%
	Republican	Bob Marshall	9,980	45.46%[10]

See also

• Virginia's 13th House of Delegates district election, 2017