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House of Delegates

American  

noun

  1. the lower house of the General Assembly in Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland.


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And you didn’t have a blowout victory in, say, the Virginia House of Delegates in the way that you did in 2025.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

The GOP lost at least 13 of its 48 seats in the 100-member House of Delegates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

The unicorn’s husband, Brandon Givens, a raccoon and a candidate for 11th District House of Delegates in Virginia, said he and his wife had witnessed authoritarianism in Kazakhstan as teachers there.

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2025

In West Virginia, a former member of the House of Delegates, Derrick Evans, is running for the Republican nomination in the 1st Congressional District.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

He then became a part of the restored State government, serving his fellow citizens as a member of the House of Delegates, to which he was twice re-elected.

From The History of the Negro Church by Woodson, Carter Godwin