Virginia's 10th congressional district
Virginia's 10th congressional district | |||
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Population (2019) | 857,693[2] | ||
Median household income | $132,226[2] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+6[3] |
Virginia's 10th 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.
The district includes all of Clarke County, Frederick County and Loudoun County, parts of Fairfax County and Prince William County, as well as 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.
Beginning when it was re-created in 1952, the 10th district was in Republican hands for 60 of 66 years, including long stints in office by Joel Broyhill (1953–74) and Frank Wolf (1981-2014). Barbara Comstock, a former aide to Wolf, succeeded him after the 2014 election.[4] Wexton defeated Comstock in the 2018 midterms, becoming only the second Democrat to win it.
Demographics[edit]
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 and Aeronautical Systems Inc.[8]
History[edit]
The modern 10th congressional district was formed in 1952. For the next two decades, it consisted of Arlington, Alexandria and most of Fairfax County. As a result of redistricting following the 1970 census, it lost Alexandria and was pushed westward to take in Loudoun County. Joel T. Broyhill had represented it since its creation, but lost in the 1974 wave to Democrat Joseph L. Fisher. Fisher held the seat for three terms before losing to Republican Frank Wolf in 1980. Wolf easily held the seat until his retirement in 2014. That year, the seat was won by fellow Republican Barbara Comstock, a state delegate and former aide to Wolf. Comstock served for two terms before losing to Democratic State Senator Jennifer Wexton in 2018.
Voting[edit]
Virginia's 10th congressional district used to be a Republican stronghold, having once voted by double-digit margins for Republican candidates. In 2000, ten-term incumbent Republican Congressman Frank Wolf won over 80% of the vote and did not face a Democratic opponent. 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. In recent years, the district has become much friendlier to Democrats due to population growth in the Washington, D.C. suburbs. In 2012, Mitt Romney narrowly carried the district by a point, while in 2016, Hillary Clinton won the district by 10 points.
In 2017, Democrats scored major gains in the state legislative elections, leaving Comstock as the only elected Republican above the county level in much of the district. Ralph Northam also easily carried the district in the gubernatorial race. This proved to be a precursor to Comstock's defeat by Wexton a year later.
Election results from statewide races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
1992 | President | Bush 50%–33%[9] |
1996 | President | Dole 54%–38%[citation needed] |
Senator | Warner 60%–40%[citation needed] | |
1997 | Governor | Gilmore 62%–37%[citation needed] |
Lieutenant Governor | Hager 59%–37%[citation needed] | |
Attorney General | Earley 62%–38%[citation needed] | |
2000 | President | Bush 56%–41%[10] |
Senator | Allen 59%–41%[citation needed] | |
2001 | Governor | Earley 54%–45%[citation needed] |
Lieutenant Governor | Katzen 57%–41%[citation needed] | |
Attorney General | Kilgore 65%–35%[citation needed] | |
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% | |
2018 | Senator | Kaine 60%–38%[19] |
2020 | President | Biden 58%–39%[20] |
2021 | Governor | McAuliffe 52%–47% |
Recent election results[edit]
1970s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
1980s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
1990s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
2000s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
2010s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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% | +79.48% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Democratic | Jennifer Wexton | 206,356 | 56.1% | +9.2% | ||
Republican | Barbara Comstock (Incumbent) | 160,841 | 43.7% | -9.0% | ||
Write-in | 598 | 0.2% | -0.2% | |||
Total votes | 367,795 | 100% | -8.4% | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
2020s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jennifer Wexton (incumbent) | 268,734 | 56.5% | +0.4% | |
Republican | Aliscia Andrews | 206,253 | 43.4% | -0.3% | |
Write-in | 559 | 0.1% | -0.1% | ||
Total votes | 475,546 | ||||
Democratic hold |
List of members representing the district[edit]
Historical district boundaries[edit]
See also[edit]
- Virginia's congressional districts
- List of United States congressional districts
- Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 2018
References[edit]
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