Virginia's 10th congressional district

Virginia's 10th congressional district
Virginia's 10th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Barbara Comstock (R–McLean)
Distribution
  • 85.53[1]% urban
  • 14.47% rural
Population (2016) 827,279[2]
Median income $120,384
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+1[3]

Virginia's Tenth Congressional District is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The 10th District is represented by Republican Congresswoman Barbara Comstock, first elected to the 10th's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014.

The district includes all of Clarke, Frederick, and Loudoun and the Independent Cities of Manassas, Manassas Park, Winchester, along with portions of Fairfax, and Prince William counties. The district closely matches Virginia's voting patterns in statewide races with nearly identical margins as the final statewide results.

Since it was created in 1952, the 10th District has been in Republican hands for 60 of 66 years, including long stints in office by Reps. Joel Broyhill (1953-74) and Frank Wolf (1981-2014). Comstock, a former aide to Wolf, succeeded him after the 2014 election.[4]

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 only about 61% of the population in the 10th, and immigrants (largely Hispanic and Asian) represent over 20% of the population. Just over half of the adults in the 10th District hold at least a four-year college degree. The median income in the 10th 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, WorldCom Inc. and Aeronautical Systems Inc.[8]

History

The modern 10th congressional district was formed in 1952. In the 1960s it consisted of Arlington, Alexandria and most of Fairfax County.

Voting

Virginia's 10th Congressional District used to be a Republican-stronghold, having once voted by double-digit margins for Republican candidates. In 2000, incumbent Congressman Frank Wolf (R) won over 80% of the vote, although no Democrats filed to win. 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. Overtime, due to population growth in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, the margin, whether it be in Congressional or statewide races, has begun to narrow. In 2012, Mitt Romney narrowly carried the district by a point, while in 2016, Hillary Clinton won the district by nearly 10 points.

Election results from statewide races
Year Office Results
1992 President Bush 49.7–33.1%[9]
1996 President Dole 54–38%
Senator Warner 60–40%
1997 Governor Gilmore 62–37%
Lieutenant Governor Hager 59–37%
Attorney General Earley 62–38%
2000 President Bush 56–41%[10]
Senator Allen 59–41%
2001 Governor Earley 54–45%
Lieutenant Governor Katzen 57–41%
Attorney General Kilgore 65–35%
2004 President Bush 55–44%[10]
2008 President Obama 51–48.2%[11]
2012 President Romney 49.9–48.8%[12]
2013 Governor Cuccinelli 47.9-47.0%[13]
2016 President Clinton 52.2–42.2%[14]
2017 Governor Northam 56.6–43.3%[15]
Lieutenant Governor Fairfax 54.2–45.8%
Attorney General Herring

Recent election results

1970 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1970
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joel T. Broyhill (inc.) 67,468 54.53
Democratic Harold O. Miller 56,255 45.47
Total votes 123,723 100.00
Republican hold

Source:[16]

1972 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joel T. Broyhill (inc.) 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

Source:[17]

1974 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph L. Fisher 67,184 53.62
Republican Joel T. Broyhill (inc.) 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

Source:[18]

1976 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph L. Fisher (inc.) 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

Source:[19]

1978 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph L. Fisher (inc.) 70,892 53.35
Republican Frank Wolf 61,981 46.64
Write-ins 9 0.01
Total votes 132,882 100.00
Democratic hold

Source:[20]

1980 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf 110,840 51.14
Democratic Joseph L. Fisher (inc.) 105,883 48.85
Write-ins 21 0.01
Total votes 216,744 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

Source:[21]

1982 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (inc.) 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

Source:[22]

1984 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (inc.) 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

Source:[23]

1986 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (inc.) 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

Source:[24]

1988 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (inc.) 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

Source:[25]

1990 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1990
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (inc.) 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

Source:[26]

1992 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1992
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (inc.) 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

Source:[27]

1994 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1994
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (inc.) 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

Source:[28]

1996 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1996
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (inc.) 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

Source:[29]

1998 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (inc.) 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

Source:[30]

2000 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (inc.) 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

Source:[31]

2002 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (inc.) 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

Source:[32]

2004 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (inc.) 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

Source:[33]

2006 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (inc.) 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

Source:[34]

2008 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (inc.) 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

Source:[35]

2010 election

Virginia's 10th congressional district election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (inc.) 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

Source:[36]

2012 election

Virginia's 10th Congressional District election, 2012 [37]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wolf (inc.) 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

2014 election

Virginia's 10th Congressional District election, 2014 [38]
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2016 election

Virginia's 10th Congressional District election, 2016 [39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Barbara Jean Comstock (inc.) 210,791 52.69% -3.8%
Democratic LuAnn L. Bennett 187,712 46.92% +6.56%
Write-in 1,580 0.39% +0.27%
Total votes 400,083 100% +177,173
Republican hold

List of representatives

Representative Party Years Electoral history
District created: March 4, 1789
Samuel Griffin Pro-Administration March 4, 1789 –
March 3, 1791		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Anti-Administration March 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793		 Redistricted to the 13th district
Carter B. Harrison Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1799		 Retired
Edwin Gray Democratic-Republican March 4, 1799 –
March 3, 1803		 Redistricted to the 19th district
John Dawson Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1813		 Redistricted to the 11th district
Aylett Hawes Democratic-Republican March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1817		 Retired
George F. Strother Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –
February 10, 1820		 Resigned
Vacant February 11, 1820 –
November 12, 1820
Thomas L. Moore Democratic-Republican November 13, 1820 –
March 3, 1823		 Retired
William C. Rives Crawford D-R March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
April 17, 1829		 Appointed U.S. Minister to France
Vacant April 18, 1829 –
January 24, 1830
William F. Gordon Jacksonian January 25, 1830 –
March 3, 1833		 Redistricted to the 12th district
Joseph W. Chinn Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835		 Lost re-election
John Taliaferro Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1843		 Retired
William Lucas Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845		 Lost re-election
Henry Bedinger III Democratic March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1849		 Lost re-election
Richard Parker Democratic March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851		 Elected Virginia Circuit Court judge
Charles J. Faulkner Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853		 Redistricted to the 8th district
Zedekiah Kidwell Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1857		 Retired
Sherrard Clemens Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1861		 Retired
William G. Brown Unionist March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863		 Retired
Vacant March 4, 1863 –
June 19, 1863		 Civil War
District eliminated June 20, 1863
District recreated March 4, 1885
John R. Tucker Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887		 Retired
Jacob Yost Republican March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889		 Lost re-election
Henry S. Tucker III Democratic March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1897		 Retired
Jacob Yost Republican March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1899		 Retired
Julian M. Quarles Democratic March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1901		 Retired
Henry D. Flood Democratic March 4, 1901 –
December 8, 1921		 Died
Vacant December 9, 1921 –
March 20, 1922
Henry S. Tucker III Democratic March 21, 1922 –
July 23, 1932		 Died
Vacant July 24, 1932 –
November 7, 1932
Joel W. Flood Democratic November 8, 1932 –
March 3, 1933		 Retired
District eliminated March 4, 1933
District re-created: January 3, 1953
Joel T. Broyhill Republican January 3, 1953 –
December 31, 1974		 Lost re-election
Vacant December 31, 1974 –
January 3, 1975
Joseph L. Fisher Democratic January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1981		 Lost re-election
Frank R. Wolf Republican January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 2015		 Retired
Barbara Comstock Republican January 3, 2015 –

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013

Election results from recent presidential races

Year Results
2000 Bush 56–41%
2004 Bush 55–44%
2008 Obama 53–46%
2012 Romney 50.8–49.2%
2016 Clinton 52.2–42.2%

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
  2. ↑ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=51&cd=10
  3. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ McCaffrey, Scott (20 July 2018). "Ex-Del. Brink: Wexton has edge, but count Comstock out at your peril". Inside Nova.
  5. ↑ Kondik, Kyle; Skelley, Geoffrey. "House 2016: How a Democratic Wave Could Happen". University of Virginia Center for Politics. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Brownstein, Ronald (20 July 2018). "There are absolutely two Americas. Sometimes in the same state". NBC.
  7. ↑ Portnoy, Jenna (1 August 2018). "Rep. Comstock, running for reelection, won't vote for a government shutdown no matter how much Trump wants one". Washington Post.
  8. ↑ Edgerton, Anna (9 August 2018). "A 'Killer Campaigner' for the GOP Swims Against a Blue Tide in Virginia". Bloomberg.
  9. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections. Official election results. The Library of Virginia.
  10. 1 2 "Presidential Results by Congressional District, 2000-2008".
  11. ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections: Results by District, 2008 Presidential election. Accessed February 11, 2015.
  12. ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections: Results by District, 2012 Presidential election. Accessed February 11, 2015.
  13. ↑ Daily Kos Virginia 2013 gubernatorial results by Congressional District . Accessed October 27, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for the 2016 and 2012 elections". Daily Kos. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  15. ↑ "2017 Governor's Election Results by US Congressional District". VPAP. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  16. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1970election.pdf
  17. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1972election.pdf
  18. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1974election.pdf
  19. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf
  20. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1978election.pdf
  21. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf
  22. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1982election.pdf
  23. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1984election.pdf
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  25. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1988election.pdf
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  27. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992election.pdf
  28. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994election.pdf
  29. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996election.pdf
  30. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998election.pdf
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  32. ↑ "2002 ELECTION STATISTICS".
  33. ↑ "2004 ELECTION STATISTICS".
  34. ↑ "2006 Election Statistics".
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  36. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
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  38. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  39. ↑ "2016 November General". Results.elections.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
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