The 2023 Virginia House of Delegates election took place on November 7, 2023, concurrently with elections for the Virginia Senate, to elect members of the 163rd Virginia General Assembly. All 100 delegates were elected to two-year terms from single-member districts. Nomination primaries held through the Department of Elections were held on June 20, 2023. Democrats gained three seats, winning back control with a 51–49 majority after having previously lost it in 2021.
Background.
Following the 2021 election, Republicans regained control of the House of Delegates, which had been lost to the Democrats in 2019. They controlled a narrow majority of 52 seats prior to the 2023 election.
After the 2022 General Assembly session, House Democrats voted via a secret ballot to remove former speaker and then-minority leader Eileen Filler-Corn from the top of party leadership. House Democrats would replace Filler-Corn with Don Scott as the new minority leader.
The 2023 election was the first held under new district maps following redistricting as a result of the 2020 census. In 2020, voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to create an independent redistricting committee. This committee ultimately failed to agree on a newly drawn map. The districts delegates ran in were created by two special masters appointed by the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Governor Glenn Youngkin sought a Republican trifecta, already having control of the House of Delegates after the 2021 election, he sought to hold the House and flip Virginia's Senate to enact his conservative agenda over Democratic objections. However, this is the first state-level election in Virginia following the U.S. Supreme Court's "Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization" decision the previous year, which ruled that abortion is not a constitutional right in the United States. Youngkin attempted to change Republican messaging on abortion by proposing a 15-week abortion "limit" instead of using the word "ban", hoping his abortion plan would come across as sensible to Virginia voters, but it backfired. Democrats recaptured control of the House of Delegates, flipping three seats. Democrats also maintained their majority in the Senate, re-establishing unified Democratic rule of the Virginia legislature.
Retirements.
25 incumbents did not seek re-election.
Republicans.
Ten Republicans did not seek re-election.
Democrats.
Fifteen Democrats did not seek re-election.
Resignations.
Six seats were left vacant on the day of the general election due to resignations in 2023.
Democrats.
Two Democrats resigned before the end of their terms.
Republicans.
Four Republicans resigned before the end of their terms.
Incumbents defeated.
In primary election.
One incumbent delegate, a Republican, was defeated in the June 20 primary election.
In general election.
Two incumbent delegates, a Republican and an independent, were defeated in the November 7 general election.
Special elections.
There were four special elections for the 162nd Virginia General Assembly. The first was held on January 11, 2022. The following two were held on January 10, 2023. The fourth was held on August 29, 2023.
District 89 (special).
Incumbent Democrat Jay Jones, first elected in 2017, retired on December 31, 2021.
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