Virginia's 38th 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 38 represents part of Fairfax County, Virginia. The district is currently represented by Democrat Kaye Kory.[1]
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Electoral history
editIn the 1982, a general election was held for all Virginia House of Delegates seats following redistricting (typically Virginia's state-level legislative elections are held on odd-number years).[2] That year, Democrat Nora Anderson Squyres narrowly defeated Republican Gwendalyn F. Cody in the contest to represent the 38th district, winning by just 180 votes; however, another general election was held the following year and Cody defeated Squyres. Cody then served a two-year term before being defeated by Democrat Leslie Byrne in 1985. Byrne represented the seat for the next six years until her election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992, becoming the first woman ever elected to represent a Virginia district in the House of Delegates.[3]
In December 1992, Democrat Robert D. Hull won the special election to fill the vacated seat. He was subsequently reelected seven times consecutively, serving until he faced a primary challenge from Democrat Kaye Kory, who previously served on the Fairfax County School Board.[4] Kory won the primary by a narrow margin and was elected to the seat in 2009,[4][5] winning the general with just under 60% of the vote.[5] Since then, Kory has been re-elected four times (2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017), generally earning about 75% of the vote.[5]
In 2019, Kory faced her first primary challenge, from Andres Jimenez.[5]
District officeholders
edit| Years | Delegate | Party | Electoral history | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1983[citation needed] – January 1984[citation needed] |
Nora Anderson Squyres | Democratic | First elected in November 1982[6] | |
| January 1984[citation needed] – January 1986[citation needed] |
Gwendalyn F. Cody | Republican | First elected in 1983[7] | |
| January 8, 1986 – 1992[citation needed] |
|
Leslie Byrne | Democratic | Vacated seat following election to the US House of Representatives |
| January 4, 1993 – January 3, 2010 |
Robert D. Hull | Democratic | Elected in December 1992 special following Byrne's election to US House of Representatives.
Defeated in June 2009 Democratic primary by Kaye Kory 49.34% to 50.66%[8] | |
| January 13, 2010 – present |
|
Kaye Kory | Democratic | First elected in 2009 |
References
edit- ^ "Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings - Delegate Kaye Kory". virginiageneralassembly.gov. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
- ^ Isikoff, Michael (October 27, 1982). "U.S. Senate Race Highlights 1982 Virginia Election". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
- ^ "THE 1992 ELECTIONS: STATE BY STATE; South". The New York Times. November 4, 1992. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
- ^ a b "Hull 'Surprised' By Challenge From Fellow Dem in Primary". Falls Church News-Press Online. May 28, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Elections for Kory, Kaye". www.vpap.org. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
- ^ "Virginia Elections Database » 1982 House of Delegates General Election District 38". Virginia Elections Database. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
- ^ "Virginia Elections Database » 1983 House of Delegates General Election District 38". Virginia Elections Database. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
- ^ "Hull, Robert D: Overview - VPAP". www.vpap.org. Retrieved March 2, 2019.