Virginia's 2nd House of Delegates district

Virginia's 2nd House of Delegates district is one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. District 2 represents part of Arlington county. The seat is currently held by Democrat Adele McClure.^[1]

District map from the 2023 election

Elections

2017

The seat was previously held by Republican L. Mark Dudenhefer.^[2] He announced in January 2017 he would not seek reelection.^[3] Democrat Jennifer Carroll Foy won the June 2017 primary to become the Democratic candidate.^[4] She initially faced Republican Laquan Austion; however he withdrew from the race in August 2017.^[5] Republicans selected Michael Makee to run instead.^[6] Carroll Foy won the November general election.

2019

Carroll Foy was re-elected.

2021 special election

Carroll Foy resigned effective December 12, 2020, to focus on her campaign for the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election.^[7] Democrat Candi King won an election to fill the seat on January 5, 2021.^[8]

District officeholders

Years	Delegate	Party	Electoral history
January 13, 1982 – January 12, 1983	Joseph A. Johnson	Democratic
	Grover Jennings
January 12, 1983 – January 13, 1988	James W. Robinson	Democratic	Lost primary election
January 13, 1988 – June 1991	J. Jack Kennedy Jr.	Democratic	Resigned upon special election to Senate
January 8, 1992 – January 11, 2012	Bud Phillips	Democratic	Retired following redistricting
January 11, 2012 – January 8, 2014	Mark Dudenhefer	Republican	Defeated in bid for reelection
January 8, 2014 – January 13, 2016	Michael Futrell	Democratic	Defeated in bid for reelection
January 13, 2016 – January 10, 2018	Mark Dudenhefer	Republican	Declined to seek reelection
January 10, 2018 – December 12, 2020	Jennifer Carroll Foy	Democratic	Resigned to run for Governor.
January 13, 2021 – January 10, 2024	Candi King	Democratic	First elected in 2021. Redistricted to the 23rd District.
January 10, 2024 – present	Adele Y. McClure	Democratic	First elected in 2023.

References

1. "Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings". virginiageneralassembly.gov. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
2. "Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings". virginiageneralassembly.gov. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
3. Koma, Alex (January 21, 2017). "Josh King tries another go at Second District seat". INSIDENOVA.COM. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
4. "2017 Virginia Democratic primary results". WTOP. June 13, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
5. Palermo, Jill (August 11, 2017). "Following master's degree snafu, Austion bows out of delegate race". Fauquier Times. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
6. Vicinanzo, Amanda (August 18, 2017). "Traffic, education are key issues for new GOP nominee for District 2 House seat". The Free Lance-Star. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
7. "Virginia Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy Steps Down to Focus on Governor Campaign". NBC4 Washington. December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
8. "Democrat Candi King wins special election for 2nd District House of Delegates seat". Prince William Times. January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021.

External links

• 2nd House of Delegates district map