Democratic Party of Virginia

The Democratic Party of Virginia is the affiliate (associated with) of the Democratic Party. The Virginia Democrats are based in Richmond, Virginia.

Democratic Party of Virginia
Chairperson	Susan Swecker
Secretary	Isaac Sarver
Spokesperson	Grant Fox, Communications Director
Senate President Pro Tempore	Louise Lucas
Senate Majority Leader	Dick Saslaw
House Speaker	Eileen Filler-Corn
Founded	1924 (1924)
Headquarters	919 East Main Street Richmond, Virginia 23223
Newspaper	Blue Virginia (unofficial)
Student wing	Virginia College Democrats
Youth wing	Virginia Young Democrats
Women's wing	Virginia Democratic Women’s Caucus
Overseas wing	Democrats Abroad
LGBT wing	LGBT Democrats of Virginia
High School Wing	Virginia Young Democrats Teen Caucus
Ideology	Centrism Modern liberalism Progressivism Marxism
Political position	Center-left
National affiliation	Democratic Party
Colors	Blue
Statewide Executive Offices	0 / 3
Senate	21 / 40
House of Delegates	48 / 100
U.S. Senate	2 / 2
U.S. House of Representatives	7 / 11
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors	9 / 10
Website
www.vademocrats.org

As of 2022, the Democrats are the largest party in the Senate of Virginia. Federally, Virginia has voted for every Democratic presidential candidate since 2008. The Democrats also hold seven out of the 11 state's U.S. House seats and both of the state's U.S. Senate seats.

Organization

Local Democratic Committees

Local Democratic Committees assist the Democratic Party by locality, though they can contain several localities.

Central Committee

The Central Committee controls all matters of the Party. The committee can create an annual budget and the method to nominate candidates for statewide offices.

Current elected officials

Senior Senator Warner

Members of Congress

U.S. Senate

Democrats have controlled both of Virginia's seats in the U.S. Senate since 2008:

• Class I: Tim Kaine (Junior Senator)
• Class II: Mark Warner (Senior Senator, Vice Chair of Senate Democratic Caucus, Vice Chair of Senate Intelligence Committee)

U.S. House of Representatives

Out of Virginia's 11 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, seven are held by Democrats:

• VA-02: Elaine Luria
• VA-03: Bobby Scott
• VA-04: Donald McEachin
• VA-07: Abigail Spanberger
• VA-08: Don Beyer
• VA-10: Jennifer Wexton
• VA-11: Gerry Connolly

Statewide offices

As of 2022, Democrats control none of the three elected statewide offices.

Legislative leadership

• President pro tempore of the Senate of Virginia: Louise Lucas
• Senate Majority Leader: Dick Saslaw
• Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates: Eileen Filler-Corn
• House Majority Leader: Charniele Herring

2019 Virginia political crisis

See the main article: 2019 Virginia political crisis

In 2019, all three of Virginia's statewide executive office holders, all Democrats, were in various controversies. Governor Ralph Northam's medical school yearbook page had featured a person in blackface and a person in a Ku Klux Klan hood, Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax was accused of having sexually assaulted a professor in 2004, and Attorney General Mark Herring was revealed to have worn blackface at a college party. Parts of the Democratic Party of Virginia told Northam to resign from the governorship, but he did not. The national Democratic Party remained silent, as Northam's and Fairfax's resignation would have meant that Republican Speaker of the House Kirk Cox would have become governor. Ultimately, none of the three accused resigned.