2025 Virginia House of Delegates Election Preview
There is not just a Governor’s race next year in Virginia, but also all 100 seats in the House of Delegates are up for election. Democrats currently hold a narrow 51-49 majority which they won in the 2023 elections, with a special election pending in HD-26.
Control of the House of Delegates will be critical for whoever ends up being Governor. If likely Democratic nominee Abigail Spanberger wins, she would need a Democratic House to pass her agenda, as opposed to one controlled by Republicans who will no doubt try to block Democratic legislation.
The House of Delegates also will play an important role in passing amendments to the Virginia Constitution, which then goes to voters in a referendum. Currently, Democrats have proposed three amendments – to protect reproductive rights, marriage equality, and voting rights. Democrats would need to win the House again in November 2025 in order for those amendments to appear on the ballot in November 2026 for voters to decide.
Now that the stakes have been laid out, let’s take a look at the individual seats that will decide who controls the majority and whether Democrats can make gains like the last time Trump was in the White House. VPAP has a helpful map to look at the 2024 results by Virginia General Assembly districts. For each seat, the swing comparing the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections has also been estimated to give a sense where each party has gained or lost support during those four years.
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