Virginia's 45th House of Delegates district
Virginia legislative district

District map from the 2023 election

Virginia's 45th House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. District 45 includes the city of Norton, the counties of Lee, Scott, and Wise, and part of Dickenson County. The seat has been represented by Republican Terry Kilgore since 1994.[1]

Geography

District 45 consists of far southwest Virginia, and borders the states of Kentucky and Tennessee.[1] It is in Virginia's 9th Congressional District.[1]

Electoral history

Democrat Mark Levine won a five-way Democratic Primary in June 2015[2] and was elected without opposition that fall. He was re-elected without opposition in 2017, receiving the highest vote total of any 2017 candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates.[3]

Levine ran for reelection unchallenged in the November 2019 general election and was elected to a third term. Levine lost renomination in 2021.[4]

Following the state's redistricting in 2021, Virginia's 1st House of Delegates district moved to northeast Virginia and the 45th was moved to the southwest Virginia. The geographic area has been represented by Republican Terry Kilgore since 1994, who ran unopposed for the 45th district in 2023.[5]

Election results

Virginia's 45th House of Delegates district Democratic Primary, 2015[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mark H. Levine 2,679 28
Democratic Craig T. Fifer 2,343 24
Democratic Julie N. Jakopic 2,243 23
Democratic Clarence K. Tong 1,668 17
Democratic Laurence M. Altenburg, II 698 7
Turnout 9,631
Virginia's 45th House of Delegates district General Election, 2015[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mark H. Levine 16,055 95%
Write-ins 832 5%
Turnout 16,887
Virginia's 45th House of Delegates district General Election, 2017[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mark H. Levine (inc.) 31,417 95%
Write-ins 1,599 5%
Turnout 33,016
Virginia's 45th House of Delegates district General Election, 2019[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mark H. Levine (inc.) 19,824 92%
Write-ins 1,852 8%
Turnout 21,676
Virginia's 45th House of Delegates district General Election, 2021[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Elizabeth Bennett-Parker 31,310 73%
Republican JD Maddox 11,069 26%
Turnout 42,496

References

  1. ^ a b c "Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings". virginiageneralassembly.gov. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Patricia (June 28, 2015). "Murder, custody and justice: The making of a political candidate". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  3. ^ "Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings – Delegate Mark H. Levine". virginiageneralassembly.gov. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  4. ^ "Elections: House of Delegates District 45". www.vpap.org. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  5. ^ "Terry Kilgore". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  6. ^ "2015 House of Delegates Democratic Primary District 45th". Virginia Department of Elections.
  7. ^ "2015 House of Delegates General Election District 45th". Virginia Department of Elections.
  8. ^ "2017 House of Delegates General Election District 45th". Virginia Department of Elections.
  9. ^ "2019 House of Delegates General Election District 45th". Virginia Department of Elections.
  10. ^ "2021 November General". results.elections.virginia.gov. Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
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