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

References

Martz, Michael (2017-11-08). "Democrats make significant gains in House of Delegates contests". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
"Virginia Elections Database » Search Elections". virginia.gov. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
"Dawn Adams is first open lesbian in Virginia House". PBS NewsHour. 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
Lazarus, Jeremy (January 4, 2019). "Richmond would have only 4 House representatives under redistricting plan". Richmond Free Press. Retrieved 2019-03-04.

External links

"House District 68" (PDF). Virginia Division of Legislative Services. Map.

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[1] Martz, Michael (2017-11-08). "Democrats make significant gains in House of Delegates contests". Richmond Times-Dispatch.

[2] "Virginia Elections Database » Search Elections". virginia.gov. Retrieved 4 April 2017.

[3] "Dawn Adams is first open lesbian in Virginia House". PBS NewsHour. 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2019-03-04.

[:0-4] Lazarus, Jeremy (January 4, 2019). "Richmond would have only 4 House representatives under redistricting plan". Richmond Free Press. Retrieved 2019-03-04.