Democratic Party of Virginia

The Democratic Party of Virginia (VA Dems) is based in Richmond in the Commonwealth of Virginia.[2] It is affiliated with the national Democratic Party of the United States. The organization is governed by a State Party Plan,[3] which guarantees an open and fair candidate selection process. Although the party has members and elected officials throughout the state, it draws its highest number of votes from the Tidewater area, Metropolitan Richmond, and suburban Washington, D.C.

Democratic Party of Virginia
Chairperson	Susan Swecker
Governor of Virginia	Ralph Northam
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia	Justin Fairfax
Senate President Pro Tempore	Louise Lucas
Senate Majority Leader	Dick Saslaw
House Speaker	Eileen Filler-Corn
Founded	1924 (1924)
Headquarters	919 East Main Street.[1] Richmond, Virginia 23223
Youth wing	Young Democrats of Virginia
Women's wing	National Federation of Democratic Women
Overseas wing	Democrats Abroad
LGBT wing	LGBT Democrats of Virginia
Ideology	Majority: Modern liberalism Social liberalism Factions: Centrism Conservatism Democratic socialism Left-wing populism Progressivism Social democracy
Political position	Center to Centre-left
National affiliation	Democratic Party
Colors	Blue
Statewide Executive Offices	3 / 3
Senate	21 / 40
House of Delegates	55 / 100
U.S. Senate	2 / 2
U.S. House of Representatives	7 / 11
Website
www.vademocrats.org

Historically, the Democratic Party has dominated Virginia politics. At the federal level, since the 2008 United States presidential election, Virginia has always voted for the Democratic United States presidential candidate. Since the 2012 Virginia elections, Virginia has always voted for the Democratic statewide candidate. Since the 116th United States Congress, Democrats in the United States House of Representatives have been in the majority in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

At the state level, since the 2013 Virginia elections, Virginia has always voted for the Democratic gubernational, lieutenant gubernational, and attorney general candidates. Since the 1851 Virginia gubernational election, the first gubernatorial election in Virginia in which the governor was elected by direct popular vote, 34 Virginia Governors have been Democrats. Since the 1851 Virginia lieutenant gubernational election, the first lieutenant gubernatorial election in Virginia in which the lieutenant governor was elected by direct popular vote, 29 Virginia Lieutenant Governors have been Democrats. Since the 1851 Virginia Attorney General election, the first Attorney General election in Virginia in which the Attorney General was elected by direct popular vote, 25 Attorneys General have been Democrats. After the 2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Democrats expanded to a majority of 55 seats, with Republicans holding 45. They additionally regained control of the Virginia Senate, with 21 seats to the Republican's 19.