Virginia's 68th House of Delegates district

Virginia's 68th House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. District 68, in Chesterfield County, Richmond, and Henrico County, Virginia, is represented by Democrat Dawn Adams.[1]

From 2008 to 2018, the 68th district was represented by Republican Manoli Loupassi from 2008 to 2018.[2] He lost his 2017 reelection bid to Adams by 325 votes (of more than 40,000 cast).[3]

The 68th district is one of 11 House of Delegates districts that courts found unconstitutionally gerrymandered by race and are expected to be redrawn for the 2019 election.[4] Under the redistricting plan drafted by political scientist Bernard Grofman, the 68th is expected to remain a swing district.[4]

District officeholders
Years Delegate Party Electoral history
January 12, 1983
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September 15, 1986		 Joseph B. Benedetti Republican Elected to Senate
September 15, 1986
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January 10, 1990		 E. Hatcher Crenshaw Jr. Republican Lost reelection
January 10, 1990
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January 9, 1992		 Edgar Eck Democratic Did not seek reelection
January 9, 1992
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January 9, 2002		 Panny Rhodes Republican Did not seek reelection
January 9, 2002
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January 11, 2006		 Brad Marrs Republican Defeated in bid for reelection
January 11, 2006
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January 9, 2008		 Katherine Waddell Independent Defeated in bid for reelection
January 9, 2008
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January 10, 2018		 G. Manoli Loupassi Republican Defeated in bid for reelection
January 10, 2018
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present		 Dawn Adams Democratic First elected in 2017

References
  1. Martz, Michael (November 8, 2017). "Democrats make significant gains in House of Delegates contests". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
  2. "Virginia Elections Database » Search Elections". virginia.gov. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  3. "Dawn Adams is first open lesbian in Virginia House". PBS NewsHour. November 9, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  4. Lazarus, Jeremy (January 4, 2019). "Richmond would have only 4 House representatives under redistricting plan". Richmond Free Press. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  • "House District 68" (PDF). Virginia Division of Legislative Services. Map.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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