Virginia's 10th congressional district
Virginia's tenth congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is currently represented by Democrat Jennifer Wexton, who was first elected in 2018.
| Virginia's 10th congressional district | |||
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.tif.png) Virginia's 10th congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
| Representative |
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| Distribution |
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| Population (2016) | 827,279[2] | ||
| Median income | $122,092[2] | ||
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | D+1[3] | ||
The district includes all of Clarke, Frederick, and Loudoun counties, parts of Fairfax and Prince William counties, and the independent cities of Manassas, Manassas Park and Winchester. The district closely matches Virginia's voting patterns in statewide races with nearly identical margins as the final statewide results.
Since it was re-created in 1952, the 10th district has been in Republican hands for 60 of 66 years, including long stints in office by Representatives Joel Broyhill (1953-74) and Frank Wolf (1981-2014). Barbara Comstock, a former aide to Wolf, succeeded him after the 2014 election.[4] Comstock was defeated by Wexton in the 2018 midterms.
According to Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, this district has many "wealthy and highly-educated voters" as of 14 April 2016.[5] Specifically, whites represent about 61% of the population, and immigrants (largely Hispanic and Asian) represent over 20%. Just over half of adults hold at least a four-year college degree. The median income is $120,384.[6]
The 10th district has 35,500 federal workers. By comparison, the 1st district has 46,900; the 11th has 51,900; and the 8th has 81,100.[7] The eastern part of the district is home to Dulles Airport and technology, telecom and aerospace companies including Verizon Business Global LLC, WorldCom Inc. and Aeronautical Systems Inc.[8]
History
The modern 10th congressional district was formed in 1952. In the 1960s it consisted of Arlington, Alexandria and most of Fairfax County.
Voting
Virginia's 10th congressional district used to be a Republican stronghold, having once voted by double-digit margins for Republican candidates. In 2000, incumbent Congressman Frank Wolf (R) won over 80% of the vote, although no Democrats filed to run. Two years later, Wolf defeated his Democratic challenger, John Stevens, by 43 points. In 2004, President George W. Bush won the district by 11 points. Over time, due to population growth in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, the margin, whether it be in Congressional or statewide races, has begun to narrow. In 2012, Mitt Romney narrowly carried the district by a point, while in 2016, Hillary Clinton won the district by 10 points.
| Election results from statewide races | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Results |
| 1992 | President | Bush 50%–33%[9] |
| 1996 | President | Dole 54%–38% |
| Senator | Warner 60%–40% | |
| 1997 | Governor | Gilmore 62%–37% |
| Lieutenant Governor | Hager 59%–37% | |
| Attorney General | Earley 62%–38% | |
| 2000 | President | Bush 56%–41%[10] |
| Senator | Allen 59%–41% | |
| 2001 | Governor | Earley 54%–45% |
| Lieutenant Governor | Katzen 57%–41% | |
| Attorney General | Kilgore 65%–35% | |
| 2004 | President | Bush 55%–44%[10] |
| 2008 | President | Obama 51%–48%[11] |
| 2012 | President | Romney 50%–49%[12] |
| 2013 | Governor | Cuccinelli 48%–47%–5%[13] |
| Lieutenant Governor | Northam 52%–48%[14] | |
| Attorney General | Obenshain 50%–50%[15] | |
| 2014 | Senator | Gillespie 52%–46%[16] |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 52%–42%[17] |
| 2017 | Governor | Northam 57%–43%[18] |
| Lieutenant Governor | Fairfax 54%–46% | |
| Attorney General | Herring | |
| 2018 | Senator | Kaine 60%–38%[19] |
Recent election results
1970 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Joel T. Broyhill (Incumbent) | 67,468 | 54.53 | |
| Democratic | Harold O. Miller | 56,255 | 45.47 | |
| Total votes | 123,723 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1972 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Joel T. Broyhill (Incumbent) | 101,138 | 56.26 | |
| Democratic | Harold O. Miller | 78,638 | 43.74 | |
| Write-ins | 2 | <0.01 | ||
| Total votes | 179,778 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1974 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joseph L. Fisher | 67,184 | 53.62 | |||
| Republican | Joel T. Broyhill (Incumbent) | 56,649 | 45.21 | |||
| Independent | Francis J. Speh | 1,465 | 1.17 | |||
| Write-ins | 6 | <0.01 | ||||
| Total votes | 125,304 | 100.00 | ||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
1976 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joseph L. Fisher (Incumbent) | 103,689 | 54.72 | |
| Republican | Vincent F. Callahan Jr. | 73,616 | 38.85 | |
| Independent | E. Stanley Rittenhouse | 12,124 | 6.40 | |
| Write-ins | 60 | 0.03 | ||
| Total votes | 189,489 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
1978 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joseph L. Fisher (Incumbent) | 70,892 | 53.35 | |
| Republican | Frank Wolf | 61,981 | 46.64 | |
| Write-ins | 9 | 0.01 | ||
| Total votes | 132,882 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
1980 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Wolf | 110,840 | 51.14 | |||
| Democratic | Joseph L. Fisher (Incumbent) | 105,883 | 48.85 | |||
| Write-ins | 21 | 0.01 | ||||
| Total votes | 216,744 | 100.00 | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1982 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Wolf (Incumbent) | 86,506 | 52.74 | |
| Democratic | Ira M. Lechner | 75,361 | 45.94 | |
| Independent | Scott R. Bowden | 2,162 | 1.32 | |
| Write-ins | 6 | <0.01 | ||
| Total votes | 164,035 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1984 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Wolf (Incumbent) | 158,528 | 62.50 | |
| Democratic | John P. Flannery II | 95,074 | 37.49 | |
| Write-ins | 23 | <0.01 | ||
| Total votes | 253,625 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1986 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Wolf (Incumbent) | 95,724 | 60.20 | |
| Democratic | John G. Milliken | 63,292 | 39.80 | |
| Write-ins | 7 | <0.01 | ||
| Total votes | 159,023 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1988 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Wolf (Incumbent) | 188,550 | 68.09 | |
| Democratic | Bob L. Weinberg | 88,284 | 31.88 | |
| Write-ins | 74 | 0.03 | ||
| Total votes | 276,908 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1990 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Wolf (Incumbent) | 103,761 | 61.46 | |
| Democratic | N. MacKenzie Canter III | 57,249 | 33.91 | |
| Independent | Barbara S. Minnich | 5,273 | 3.12 | |
| Independent | Lyndon LaRouche | 2,293 | 1.36 | |
| Write-ins | 249 | 0.15 | ||
| Total votes | 168,825 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1992 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Wolf (Incumbent) | 144,471 | 63.59 | |
| Democratic | Raymond E. Vickery Jr. | 75,775 | 33.35 | |
| Independent | Alan R. Ogden | 6,874 | 3.03 | |
| Write-ins | 71 | 0.03 | ||
| Total votes | 227,191 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1994 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Wolf (Incumbent) | 153,311 | 87.34 | |
| Independent | Alan R. Ogden | 13,687 | 7.80 | |
| Independent | Robert L. Rilee | 8,267 | 4.71 | |
| Write-ins | 266 | 0.15 | ||
| Total votes | 175,531 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1996 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Wolf (Incumbent) | 169,266 | 72.02 | |
| Democratic | Bob L. Weinberg | 59,145 | 25.17 | |
| Independent | Gary A. Reams | 6,500 | 2.77 | |
| Write-ins | 102 | 0.04 | ||
| Total votes | 235,013 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1998 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Wolf (Incumbent) | 103,648 | 71.60 | |
| Democratic | Cornell W. Brooks | 36,476 | 25.20 | |
| Independent | Robert A. Buchanan | 4,506 | 3.11 | |
| Write-ins | 125 | 0.09 | ||
| Total votes | 144,755 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2000 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Wolf (Incumbent) | 238,817 | 84.20 | |
| Independent | Brian M. Brown | 28,107 | 9.91 | |
| Independent | Marc A. Rossi | 16,031 | 5.65 | |
| Write-ins | 682 | 0.24 | ||
| Total votes | 283,637 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
Source: "2000 ELECTION STATISTICS".
2002 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Wolf (Incumbent) | 115,917 | 71.72 | |
| Democratic | John B. Stevens Jr. | 45,464 | 28.13 | |
| Write-ins | 234 | 0.14 | ||
| Total votes | 161,615 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
Source: "2002 ELECTION STATISTICS".
2004 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Wolf (Incumbent) | 205,982 | 63.77 | |
| Democratic | James R. Socas | 116,654 | 36.11 | |
| Write-ins | 375 | 0.12 | ||
| Total votes | 323,011 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
Source: "2004 ELECTION STATISTICS".
2006 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Wolf (Incumbent) | 138,213 | 57.32 | |
| Democratic | Judy Feder | 98,769 | 40.96 | |
| Libertarian | Wilbur N. Wood III | 2,107 | 0.87 | |
| Independent | Neeraj C. Nigam | 1,851 | 0.77 | |
| Write-ins | 194 | 0.08 | ||
| Total votes | 241,134 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
Source: "2006 Election Statistics".
2008 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Wolf (Incumbent) | 223,140 | 58.80 | |
| Democratic | Judy Feder | 147,357 | 38.83 | |
| Independent | Neeraj C. Nigam | 8,457 | 2.23 | |
| Write-ins | 526 | 0.14 | ||
| Total votes | 379,480 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
Source: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2010 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Wolf (Incumbent) | 131,116 | 62.87 | |
| Democratic | Jeff Barnett | 72,604 | 34.81 | |
| Libertarian | Bill Redpath | 4,607 | 2.21 | |
| Write-ins | 229 | 0.11 | ||
| Total votes | 208,556 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
Source: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2012 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Wolf (Incumbent) | 214,038 | 58.41 | |
| Democratic | Kristin Cabral | 142,024 | 38.76 | |
| Independent | Kevin Chisholm | 9,855 | 2.69 | |
| Write-in | 527 | 0.14 | ||
| Total votes | 366,444 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2014 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Barbara Comstock | 125,914 | 56.49% | |
| Democratic | John Foust | 89,957 | 40.36% | |
| Libertarian | Bill Redpath | 3,393 | 1.52% | |
| Independent | Brad Eickholt | 2,442 | 1.10% | |
| Independent Greens | Dianne Blais | 946 | 0.42% | |
| Write-in | 258 | 0.12% | ||
| Total votes | 222,910 | 100% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2016 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Barbara Comstock (Incumbent) | 210,791 | 52.69% | -3.8% | |
| Democratic | LuAnn Bennett | 187,712 | 46.92% | +6.56% | |
| Write-in | 1,580 | 0.39% | +0.27% | ||
| Total votes | 400,083 | 100% | +177,173% | ||
| Republican hold | |||||
2018 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jennifer Wexton | 206,101 | 56.2% | +12.4% | ||
| Republican | Barbara Comstock (Incumbent) | 160,529 | 43.7% | -14.4% | ||
| Write-in | 598 | 0.16% | -0.23% | |||
| Total votes | 366,630 | 100% | -33,453% | |||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
List of members representing the district
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1789 | ||||
 Samuel Griffin |
Pro-Administration | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791 |
1st 2nd |
Elected in 1789. Re-elected in 1790. Redistricted to the 13th district. |
| Anti-Administration | March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 | |||
| Carter B. Harrison | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 |
3rd 4th 5th |
Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Re-elected in 1797. Retired. |
| Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799 | |||
| Edwin Gray | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803 |
6th 7th |
Elected in 1799. Re-elected in 1801. Redistricted to the 19th district. |
| John Dawson | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1813 |
8th 9th 10th 11th 12th |
Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1805. Re-elected in 1807. Re-elected in 1809. Re-elected in 1811. Redistricted to the 11th district. |
| Aylett Hawes | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
13th 14th |
Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1813. Re-elected in 1815. Retired. |
| George F. Strother | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – February 10, 1820 |
15th 16th |
Elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Resigned. |
| Vacant | February 11, 1820 – November 12, 1820 |
16th | ||
| Thomas L. Moore | Democratic-Republican | November 13, 1820 – March 3, 1823 |
16th 17th |
Elected to finish Strother's term in August 1820 and seated November 13, 1820. Re-elected in 1821. Retired. |
 William C. Rives |
Crawford Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th 20th 21st |
Elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Resigned to become U.S. Minister to France. |
| Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – April 17, 1829 | |||
| Vacant | April 18, 1829 – January 24, 1830 |
21st | ||
| William F. Gordon | Jacksonian | January 25, 1830 – March 3, 1833 |
21st 22nd |
Elected in 1829 to finish Rives's term and seated January 25, 1830. Redistricted to the 12th district. |
| Joseph W. Chinn | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
23rd | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
| John Taliaferro | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
24th 25th 26th 27th |
[data unknown/missing] |
| Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 |
[data unknown/missing] Retired. | ||
 William Lucas |
Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
| Henry Bedinger III | Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849 |
29th 30th |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
 Richard Parker |
Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | Elected Virginia Circuit Court judge |
 Charles J. Faulkner |
Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | [data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 8th district. |
 Zedekiah Kidwell |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857 |
33rd 34th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired. |
 Sherrard Clemens |
Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 |
35th 36th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired. |
 William G. Brown |
Unionist | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
37th | [data unknown/missing] Retired. |
| Vacant | March 4, 1863 – June 19, 1863 |
38th | Civil War | |
| District eliminated | June 20, 1863 | |||
| District recreated | March 4, 1885 | |||
 John R. Tucker |
Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 |
49th | [data unknown/missing] Retired. |
| Jacob Yost | Republican | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 |
50th | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
 Henry S. Tucker III |
Democratic | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1897 |
51st 52nd 53rd 54th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired. |
| Jacob Yost | Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 |
55th | [data unknown/missing] Retired. |
 Julian M. Quarles |
Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 |
56th | [data unknown/missing] Retired. |
 Henry D. Flood |
Democratic | March 4, 1901 – December 8, 1921 |
57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th |
[data unknown/missing] Died. |
| Vacant | December 9, 1921 – March 20, 1922 |
67th | ||
Henry S. Tucker III |
Democratic | March 21, 1922 – July 23, 1932 |
67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Elected to finish Flood's term. Died. |
| Vacant | July 24, 1932 – November 7, 1932 |
72nd | ||
| Joel W. Flood | Democratic | November 8, 1932 – March 3, 1933 |
Elected to finish Tucker's term. Retired. | |
| District eliminated March 4, 1933 | ||||
| District re-created: January 3, 1953 | ||||
 Joel T. Broyhill |
Republican | January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1974 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
| Vacant | December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
93rd | ||
 Joseph L. Fisher |
Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981 |
94th 95th 96th |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
 Frank R. Wolf |
Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2015 |
97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired. |
.jpg) Barbara Comstock |
Republican | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019 |
114th 115th |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
 Jennifer Wexton |
Democratic | January 3, 2019 – present |
116th | Elected in 2018. |
Historical district boundaries
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See also
- Virginia's congressional districts
- List of United States congressional districts
- Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 2018
References
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- Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
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- Kondik, Kyle; Skelley, Geoffrey. "House 2016: How a Democratic Wave Could Happen". University of Virginia Center for Politics. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
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- Portnoy, Jenna (August 1, 2018). "Rep. Comstock, running for reelection, won't vote for a government shutdown no matter how much Trump wants one". Washington Post.
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- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "2016 November General". Results.elections.virginia.gov. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
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