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House of Delegates

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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

Jones, the son of two prominent judges, served in Virginia’s House of Delegates from 2018 to 2021.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2025

Skaff resigned his House of Delegates seat from Kanawha County last September after stepping down as the chamber’s Democratic leader in August.

From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024

Under the state constitution, the legislative department was divided into a House of Delegates and a Senate; eligibles were to be freeholders elected by freeholders.

From Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Mathew Joseph Holt

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