Virginia's 89th House of Delegates district

Virginia's 89th 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 89, consisting of parts of Norfolk, Virginia,[1][2] is currently represented by Democrat Jackie Glass.

District map from the 2023 election

Elections

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District 89 was represented by Daun Hester from 2013, after she won a 2012 special election.[3][4] In 2017, Hester stepped down to run for Norfolk City Treasurer,[5] and Jerrauld "Jay" Jones (son of Jerrauld C. Jones, who held the seat for eight terms) ran for the seat.[6] Joe Dillard, president of the Norfolk NAACP, also ran, as did Libertarian Terry Hurst.[7]

In 2021, following the announcement that Jay Jones and his wife are expecting their first child in summer 2022, he resigned.[8][9][10] Jackie Glass won the special election for the seat.[11]

District officeholders

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Years Delegate Party Notes
January 12, 1983

January 11, 1984
Bob Washington Democratic Did not seek reelection
January 11, 1984

January 13, 1988
Yvonne B. Miller Democratic First African-American woman to be elected to the state house
January 13, 1988

June 5, 2002
Jerrauld Jones Democratic
August 2002

September 17, 2012
Kenny Alexander Democratic
December 20, 2012

January 10, 2018
Daun Hester Democratic Elected in a special election
January 10, 2018

December 31, 2021
Jay Jones Democratic First elected in 2017

Resigned in 2021

January 12, 2022

present
Jackie Glass Democratic Elected in a special election

References

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  1. ^ House of Delegates District 89 map at Virginia Public Access Project site
  2. ^ "House District 89" (PDF). Virginia Division of Legislative Services. Map.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  3. ^ "Virginia Elections Database » Search Elections". Historical.elections.virginia.gov. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "Elections: House of Delegates District 89". Virginia Public Access Project. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  5. ^ "Editorial: Take democracy out of the firehouse". The Virginian-Pilot. March 6, 2017.
  6. ^ "Jerrauld 'Jay' Jones To Run For 89th Delegate". New Journal and Guide. February 16, 2017.
  7. ^ "House of Delegates District 89:General Election: Nov. 7, 2017". Virginia Public Access Project.
  8. ^ Sullivan, Ali. "Special election to fill Jay Jones' 89th District seat set for Jan. 11". pilotonline.com. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  9. ^ Vozzella1 Schneider2, Laura1 Gregory2 (December 16, 2021). "Jay Jones says he's leaving Virginia House of Delegates this year". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 3, 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "My Letter to Virginia". Delegate Jay Jones. December 16, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  11. ^ "Jackie Glass (Virginia)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 1, 2022.