Virginia's 1st House of Delegates district

Virginia's 1st 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 1 represents part of Arlington County. The seat is held by Democrat Patrick Hope.^[3] Hope was first elected in 2009.

Virginia's 1st State House of Delegates district
Delegate	Patrick Hope D–Arlington
Demographics	69% White 4% Black 11% Hispanic 4% Asian 0% Native American 0% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0% Other
Population (2023)  • Voting age	85,428[1] 18
Registered voters (2024)	65,530[2]

Elections

2017

In the November 2017 election, Democrat Alicia Kallen ran against Kilgore.^[4] It was the first time in a decade Kilgore had a challenger for the seat.^[5] Kallen, 26, works at Norton Community Hospital.^[4] However, she was unable to win the seat and Kilgore kept his position.

2021

Due to the 2021 Redistricting, House of Delegates District 1 has been moved to Northern Virginia, encompassing part of Arlington County.

District officeholders

Years	Delegate		Party	Electoral history
January 12, 1972 – January 12, 1994		Ford C. Quillen	Democratic	Retired
January 12, 1994 – January 10, 2024		Terry Kilgore	Republican	First elected in 1994. Redistricted to the 45th District.
January 10, 2024 – present		Patrick A. Hope	Democrat	Redistricted from the 47th District

Electoral history

Date	Election	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Virginia House of Delegates, 1st district
Nov 2, 1993[6]	General	Terry Gene Kilgore	Republican	10,882	57.13
		George F Cridlin	Democratic	8,162	42.85
		Write Ins		3	0.02
		Ford C. Quillen retired; seat switched from Democratic to Republican
Nov 7, 1995[7]	General	Terry G. Kilgore	Republican	13,909	99.91
		Write Ins		12	0.09
Nov 4, 1997[8]	General	Terry G. Kilgore	Republican	12,130	72.06
		Jerry D. Taylor	Democratic	4,703	27.94
Nov 2, 1999[9]	General	T G Kilgore	Republican	13,983	99.91
		Write Ins		13	0.09
Nov 6, 2001[10]	General	T G Kilgore	Republican	12,777	99.87
		Write Ins		16	0.13
Nov 4, 2003[11]	General	T G Kilgore	Republican	14,279	99.91
		Write Ins		13	0.09
Nov 8, 2005[12]	General	T G Kilgore	Republican	14,194	68.74
		R E Mccarty	Democratic	6,445	31.21
		Write Ins		9	0.04
Nov 6, 2007[13]	General	Terry G. Kilgore	Republican	14,374	72.30
		Jerry D. Taylor	Democratic	5,491	27.62
		Write Ins		14	0.07
Nov 3, 2009[14]	General	Terry G. Kilgore	Republican	13,098	98.92
		Write Ins		142	1.07
Nov 8, 2011[15]	General	Terry G. Kilgore	Republican	16,465	98.64
		Write Ins		226	1.35
Nov 5, 2013[16]	General	Terry G. Kilgore	Republican	14,330	98.3
		Write Ins		253	1.7
Nov 3, 2015[17]	General	Terry G. Kilgore	Republican	16,716	98.4
		Write Ins		271	1.6
Nov 7, 2017[18]	General	Terry G. Kilgore	Republican	14,848	76.0
		Alicia D. Kallen	Democratic	4,639	23.8
		Write Ins		42	0.2
Nov 5, 2019[19]	General	Terry G. Kilgore	Republican	16,748	95.7
		Write Ins		754	4.3
Nov 2, 2021[20]	General	Terry G. Kilgore	Republican	21,910	97.3
		Write Ins		602	2.7
Nov 7, 2023[21]	General	Patrick A. Hope	Democrat	24,483	95.5
		Write Ins		1,142	4.5