Virginia's 9th congressional district
Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP Virginia's 9th congressional district | |
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 Virginia's 9th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |
| Current Representative | Morgan Griffith (R–Salem) |
| Area | 9,113.87 sq mi (23,604.8 km2) |
| Distribution |
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| Population (2016) | 707,012[2] |
| Median income | $41,698 |
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | R+19[3] |
Virginia's ninth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia, covering much of the southwestern part of the state. The 9th is Virginia's second-largest district in area, covering 9,113.87[4] square miles (slightly larger than the whole state of New Jersey). The current representative is Morgan Griffith (R).
The largely white district was aligned with the Democratic Party well into the 20th century, when Virginia was among the Solid South states and African Americans were disenfranchised. Its voters have had a strong social conservative bent, and since the 1990s have increasingly voted for Republican presidential candidates. It last supported a Democrat for president in 1996, and has supported a Democrat in only two statewide contests since then.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain received 59% of the vote in the 9th district in 2008, his best performance in any of Virginia's eleven congressional districts. The 9th District is the only district in Virginia that cast more votes for Hillary Clinton than Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primary. Clinton won more than 60% of the vote; local Congressman Rick Boucher endorsed Obama.
Contents
1 Recent election results from statewide races
2 Area covered
2.1 Counties
2.2 Cities
3 List of representatives
4 Historical district boundaries
5 See also
6 Notes
7 References
Recent election results from statewide races
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | U.S. President | Clinton 46–43– 10%[5] |
U.S. Senator | Warner 55–44%[6] | |
U.S. Representative | Boucher 65–31%[7] | |
| 1997 | Governor | Gilmore 57–41%[8] |
Lieutenant Governor | Hager 51–44%[9] | |
Attorney General | Earley 56–44%[10] | |
| 1998 | U.S. Representative | Boucher 61–39%[11] |
| 2000 | U.S. President | Bush 55–42%[12] |
U.S. Senator | Allen 57–43%[13] | |
U.S. Representative | Boucher 70–30%[14] | |
| 2001 | Governor | Warner 52–47%[15] |
Lieutenant Governor | Katzen 49–49% | |
Attorney General | Kilgore 69–31% | |
| 2002 | U.S. Senator | Warner 83–8–9%[16] |
U.S. Representative | Boucher 66–34%[17] | |
| 2004 | U.S. President | Bush 60–39%[18] |
U.S. Representative | Boucher 59–39%[19] | |
| 2005 | Governor | Kilgore 55–43%[20] |
Lieutenant Governor | Bolling 57–43%[21] | |
Attorney General | McDonnell 58–42%[22] | |
| 2006 | U.S. Senator | Allen 55–44%[23] |
U.S. Representative | Boucher 68–32%[24] | |
| 2008 | U.S. President | McCain 59–40%[25] |
U.S. Senator | Warner 63–36%[26] | |
U.S. Representative | Boucher 97–3%[27] | |
| 2009 | Governor | McDonnell 66–34%[28] |
Lieutenant Governor | Bolling 66–34%[29] | |
Attorney General | Cuccinelli 66–34%[30] | |
| 2010 | U.S. Representative | Griffith 51–46%[31] |
| 2012 | U.S. President | Romney 63–35%[32] |
U.S. Senator | Allen 62–38%[33] | |
U.S. Representative | Griffith 61–39%[34] | |
| 2013 | Governor | Cuccinelli 61–32–7%[35] |
Lieutenant Governor | Jackson 61–39%[36] | |
Attorney General | Obenshain 67–33%[37] | |
| 2014 | U.S. Senator | Gillespie 59–38–2%[38] |
U.S. Representative | Griffith 72–24%[39] | |
| 2016 | U.S. President | Trump 68.8–27.3 |
U.S. Representative | Griffith 68.6–28.3% | |
| 2017 | Governor | Gillespie 67.5-31.4% |
Lieutenant Governor | Vogel 69.1%-30.9% | |
Attorney General | Adams 69.2–30.8% |
Area covered
It covers all or part of the following political subdivisions:
Counties
The entirety of:
- Lee
- Wise
- Dickenson
- Buchanan
- Scott
- Russell
- Tazewell
- Washington
- Smyth
- Bland
- Giles
- Grayson
- Wythe
- Pulaski
- Montgomery
- Carroll
- Craig
- Floyd
- Patrick
Portions of:
- Alleghany
- Roanoke
- Henry
Cities
- Bristol
- Covington
- Galax
- Martinsville
- Norton
- Radford
- Salem
List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Term | Electoral history |
|---|---|---|---|
District created: March 4, 1789 | |||
 Theodorick Bland | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1790 | Died. |
Vacant | June 2, 1790 – December 6, 1790 | ||
 William B. Giles | Anti-Administration | December 7, 1790 – March 4, 1795 | Resigned. |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – October 2, 1798 | ||
Vacant | October 3, 1798 – December 2, 1798 | ||
Joseph Eggleston | Democratic-Republican | December 3, 1798 – March 4, 1801 | Retired. |
| William B. Giles | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1803 | Appointed to U.S. Senate. |
Philip R. Thompson | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1807 | Retired. |
John Love | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1811 | Retired. |
Aylett Hawes | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813 | Elected VA-10. |
John P. Hungerford | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1817 | Retired. |
William L. Ball | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1823 | Elected to VA-13. |
 Andrew Stevenson | Crawford D-R | March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825 | Redistricted to the 11th congressional district |
Jackson | March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1833 | ||
William P. Taylor | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835 | Lost re-election. |
John Roane | Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837 | Retired. |
 Robert M. T. Hunter | Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1843 | Lost re-election. |
Samuel Chilton | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845 | Retired. |
John S. Pendleton | Whig | March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849 | Lost re-election. |
Jeremiah Morton | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851 | Lost re-election. |
 James F. Strother | Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 | Lost re-election. |
 John Letcher | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1859 | Retired to run for Governor of Virginia. |
 John T. Harris | Independent Democrat | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 | Retired. |
Vacant | March 4, 1861 – June 19, 1863 | Civil War | |
District eliminated June 20, 1863 | |||
District re-created: March 4, 1873 | |||
 Rees T. Bowen | Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 | Retired. |
 William Terry | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 | Lost re-election. |
 Auburn L. Pridemore | Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 | Lost re-election. |
 James B. Richmond | Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 | Lost re-election. |
 Abram Fulkerson | Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | Retired. |
 Henry Bowen | Readjuster | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 | Lost re-election. |
Connally F. Trigg | Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 | Lost re-election. |
| Henry Bowen | Republican | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 | Lost re-election. |
 John A. Buchanan | Democratic | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893 | Retired. |
James W. Marshall | Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | Lost re-election. |
 James A. Walker | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1899 | Lost re-election. |
William F. Rhea | Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1903 | Lost re-election. |
 Campbell Slemp | Republican | March 4, 1903 – October 13, 1907 | Died. |
Vacant | October 14, 1907 – December 16, 1907 | ||
 C. Bascom Slemp | Republican | December 17, 1907 – March 4, 1923 | Retired. |
 George C. Peery | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1929 | Retired. |
Joseph C. Shaffer | Republican | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | Lost re-election. |
John W. Flannagan Jr. | Democratic | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 | Elected to VA-AL. |
District eliminated March 4, 1933 | |||
District recreated: January 3, 1935 | |||
John W. Flannagan Jr. | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1949 | Retired. |
 Thomas B. Fugate | Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | Retired. |
 William C. Wampler | Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | Lost re-election. |
 W. Pat Jennings | Democratic | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1967 | Lost re-election. |
| William C. Wampler | Republican | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1983 | Lost re-election. |
 Frederick C. Boucher | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2011 | Lost re-election. |
 Morgan Griffith | Republican | January 3, 2011 – Present | First elected in 2010. |
Historical district boundaries
2003–2013
See also
- Virginia's congressional districts
- List of United States congressional districts
Notes
^ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=51&cd=09
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
^ "Summarized by Congressional District". Commonwealth Of Virginia – State Board of Elections ELECTION RESULTS November 5, 1996 General Election For Office of PRESIDENT/VICE PRESIDENT of the United States. Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
^ "Summarized by Congressional District". Commonwealth Of Virginia – State Board of Elections ELECTION RESULTS November 5, 1996 General Election For Office of UNITED STATES SENATE. Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
^ "Seventh Congressional District". Commonwealth Of Virginia/ELECTION RESULTS/NOVEMBER 5, 1996 GENERAL ELECTION/For Office of United States House of Representatives/By Locality and Precinct for Congressional District 009. Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
^ "Summary by Congressional District". Commonwealth Of Virginia/ELECTION RESULTS/NOVEMBER 4, 1997 GENERAL ELECTION/For Office of GOVERNOR/By Congressional District. Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
^ "Commonwealth Of Virginia ELECTION RESULTS NOVEMBER 4, 1997 GENERAL ELECTION For Office of LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR By Congressional District". Commonwealth Of Virginia/ELECTION RESULTS/NOVEMBER 4, 1997 GENERAL ELECTION/For Office of LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR/By Congressional District. Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
^ "SUMMARY OF NOVEMBER 4, 1997 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS/by Congressional District". Commonwealth Of Virginia/ELECTION RESULTS/NOVEMBER 4, 1997 GENERAL ELECTION/For Office of ATTORNEY GENERAL/By Congressional District. Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
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^ "U.S. House of Representatives". November 2, 2010 General and Special Elections Official Results. Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
^ "President>President And Vice President>Votes By District". November 2012 Official Results. Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
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^ "2014 U.S. Senate General Election". November 2014 Official Results. Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ "U.S. House of Representatives". November 2014 Official Results. Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
References
Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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