2011 Virginia House of Delegates election

2011 Virginia House of Delegates elections
All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates; 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	28.6% 11.8
	Results:; Republican hold Republican gain; Democratic hold Independent hold
Speaker before election; Bill Howell; Republican	Elected Speaker ; Bill Howell; Republican

The Virginia House of Delegates election of 2011 was held on Tuesday, November 8. Before the election, the House of Delegates consisted of 58 Republicans, 39 Democrats, 2 Independents, with one vacant seat previously held by a Republican (Glenn Oder of the 94th district, who resigned in August 2011). Redistricting eliminated three seats: Southwestern Virginia's 2nd district, the Martinsville-area 10th district, and the Norfolk-based 87th district. These three seats were moved to Northern Virginia. Republicans gained seven seats from the Democrats and one seat from a retiring independent, making the House's composition 67 Republicans, 32 Democrats, and 1 Independent.

Thirteen incumbents chose not to seek another term in the House: Bud Phillips (D-2), Bill Carrico (R-5), Dave Nutter (R-7), Jim Shuler (D-12), Bill Cleaveland (R-17), Clay Athey (R-18), Adam Ebbin (D-49), Bill Janis (R-56), Watkins Abbitt, Jr. (I-59), Paula Miller (D-87), Glenn Oder (R-94), Harvey Morgan (R-98), and Albert C. Pollard (R-99).

Three Delegates retired in order to seek State Senate seats: Bill Carrico (R-5) opted to run for the open 40th district seat, Dave Nutter (R-7) decided to challenge incumbent Democratic Senator John Edwards in the 21st district, and Adam Ebbin (D-49) chose to run for the open 30th district seat. Del. Ward Armstrong (D-10) decided to challenge Republican Del. Charles Poindexter in the 9th district rather than retire.^[2]

Results

Overview

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67	32	1
Republican	Democratic

Parties		Candidates	Seats				Popular Vote
Parties		Candidates	2009	2011	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Republican		59	67	8	67.00%	762,993	59.84%
	Democratic		39	32	7	32.00%	438,174	34.37%
	Independent		2	1	1	1.00%	37,956	2.98%
	Libertarian		0	0		0.00%	7,623	0.60%
	Independent Greens		0	0		0.00%	3,555	0.28%
-	Write-ins		0	0		0.00%	24,715	1.94%
Total			100	100	0	100.00%	1,275,016	100.00%	-

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Ballotpedia^[4]	Safe R	October 31, 2011

By House of Delegates district

Party abbreviations: D - Democratic Party, R - Republican Party, L - Libertarian Party, IG - Independent Green Party, I - Independent.

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	2011 Result
2nd	Bud Phillips	Democratic	1989	Retired (District eliminated); Republican pickup	Mark Dudenhefer (R) 56.0% Esteban Garces (D) 43.8%
3rd	Will Morefield	Republican	2009	Reelected	Will Morefield (R) 59.7% Vern Presley (D) 40.3%
5th	Bill Carrico	Republican	2001	Elected to State Senate; Republican hold	Israel O'Quinn (R) 69.3% Michael Osborne (I) 30.4%
9th	Charles Poindexter	Republican	2007	Reelected	Charles Poindexter (R) 52.7% Ward Armstrong (D) 47.2%
10th	Ward Armstrong	Democratic	1991	Ran in 9th District (District eliminated); Republican pickup	Randy Minchew (R) 58.4% David Butler (D) 41.6%
12th	Jim Shuler	Democratic	1993	Retired; Republican pickup	Joseph Yost (R) 51.6% Don Langrehr (D) 48.3%
13th	Bob Marshall	Republican	1991	Reelected	Bob Marshall (R) 59.6% Carl Genthner (D) 40.3%
17th	Bill Cleaveland	Republican	2009	Retired; Republican hold	Chris Head (R) 65.5% Freeda Cathcart (D) 34.3%
18th	Clay Athey	Republican	2001	Retired; Republican hold	Michael Webert (R) 69.4% Bob Zwick (D) 30.4%
19th	Lacey E. Putney	Independent	1961	Reelected	Lacey E. Putney (I) 41.6% Jerry Johnson (R) 31.7% Lewis Medlin (D) 26.6%
20th	Dickie Bell	Republican	2009	Reelected	Dickie Bell (R) 71.1% Laura Kleiner (D) 28.8%
21st	Ron Villanueva	Republican	2009	Reelected	Ron Villanueva (R) 57.3% Adrianne Bennett (D) 42.5%
31st	Scott Lingamfelter	Republican	2001	Reelected	Scott Lingamfelter (R) 58.6% Roy Coffey (D) 41.2%
34th	Barbara Comstock	Republican	2009	Reelected	Barbara Comstock (R) 54.8% Pam Danner (D) 45.1%
36th	Kenneth R. Plum	Democratic	1981	Reelected	Kenneth R. Plum (D) 64.1% Mac Cannon (R) 35.9%
37th	David Bulova	Democratic	2005	Reelected	David Bulova (D) 58.3% Brian Schoeneman (R) 41.7%
38th	Kaye Kory	Democratic	2009	Reelected	Kaye Kory (D) 77.1% James Leslie (IG) 22.8%
39th	Vivian E. Watts	Democratic	1995	Reelected	Vivian E. Watts (D) 76.5% Dimitri Kolazas (I) 23.1%
40th	Tim Hugo	Republican	2002	Reelected	Tim Hugo (R) 74.1% Dianne Blais (I) 25.7%
41st	Eileen Filler-Corn	Democratic	2010	Reelected	Eileen Filler-Corn (D) 68.3% Michael Kane (L) 31.5%
42nd	Dave Albo	Republican	1993	Reelected	Dave Albo (R) 62.1% Jack Dobbyn (D) 37.8%
44th	Scott Surovell	Democratic	2009	Reelected	Scott Surovell (D) 59.4% John Barsa (R) 39.1% Joseph Glean (I) 1.5%
48th	Bob Brink	Democratic	1997	Reelected	Bob Brink (D) 68.4% Kathleen Mallard (I) 24.3% Janet Murphy (IG) 6.9%
52nd	Luke Torian	Democratic	2009	Reelected	Luke Torian (D) 60.6% Cleveland Anderson (R) 39.1%
54th	Bobby Orrock	Republican	1989	Reelected	Bobby Orrock (R) 73.2% Matthew David Simpson (I) 25.0%
57th	David Toscano	Democratic	2005	Reelected	David Toscano (D) 80.4% Robert Smith (I) 19.1%
59th	Watkins Abbitt, Jr.	Independent	1985	Retired; Republican pickup	Matt Fariss (R) 53.0% Connie Brennan (D) 41.2% Linda Wall (I) 5.6%
64th	Bill Barlow	Democratic	1991	Defeated	Richard Morris (R) 55.2% Bill Barlow (D) 44.6%
67th	James LeMunyon	Republican	2009	Reelected	James LeMunyon (R) 59.2% Eric Clingan (D) 40.7%
74th	Joe Morrissey	Democratic	2007	Reelected	Joe Morrissey (D) 72.9% Dwayne Whitehead (I) 26.8%
75th	Roslyn Tyler	Democratic	2005	Reelected	Roslyn Tyler (D) 65.9% Al Peschke (R) 33.8%
87th	Paula Miller	Democratic	2004	Retired (District eliminated); Republican pickup	David Ramadan (R) 49.9% Mike Kondratick (D) 49.5%
93rd	Robin Abbott	Democratic	2009	Defeated	Michael Watson (R) 51.7% Robin Abbott (D) 48.1%
94th	vacant				David Yancey (R) 59.9% Gary West (D) 39.9%
95th	Mamye BaCote	Democratic	2003	Reelected	Mamye BaCote (D) 76.7% Glenn McGuire (L) 22.7%
98th	Harvey Morgan	Republican	1979	Retired; Republican hold	Keith Hodges (R) 78.3% Andrew Shoukas (D) 21.4%
99th	Albert C. Pollard	Democratic	2008	Retired; Republican pickup	Margaret Ransone (R) 69.1% Nicholas Smith (D) 30.7%