Virginia's 9th congressional district
Virginia's ninth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia, covering much of the southwestern part of the state. The 9th is Virginia's second-largest district in area, covering 9,113.87[4][5] square miles (slightly larger than the whole state of New Jersey). Since 2011 it has been represented by Morgan Griffith (R), who took office after defeating Rick Boucher (D), the district's representative for 1983–2011.[6]
Virginia's 9th congressional district | |||
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Virginia's 9th congressional district - since January 3, 2013 | |||
Representative |
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Area | 9,113.87 sq mi (23,604.8 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2019) | 704,078[2] | ||
Median household income | $46,909[2] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+19[3] |
The Ninth was the most competitive congressional district in the early the 20th century, when Virginia was among the Solid South states. For twenty years (1903-1923), it was the only congressional district in Virginia - and one of the few in the entire former Confederacy - to be represented by a Republican. The district alternated between Democratic and Republican representation over the rest of the century. Some of the election results were so close - and questionable - that the district became known as "The Fighting Ninth."[7]
Since the 1990s its voters have increasingly cast ballots for Republican presidential candidates. It last supported a Democrat for president in 1996, and has supported a Democrat in only two statewide contests since then.
The 9th is the only district in Virginia that cast more votes for Hillary Clinton than Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primary. Clinton won more than 60% of the vote, despite local Congressman Rick Boucher endorsing Obama. Republican presidential candidate John McCain received 59% of the vote in the 9th district in the 2008 General Election, however, his best performance in any of Virginia's eleven congressional districts. Voters in the 9th district supported McCain over Obama in the general election, despite reelecting Democratic Congressman Rick Boucher.[8] In the 2010 midterm elections, in which Democrats lost their majority in Congress, Virginia State Delegate Morgan Griffith unseated Congressman Boucher by aligning Boucher with President Barack Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, both unpopular figures in the district at the time. Since then, the district has not supported a Democrat in a statewide or federal election (as of 2019).[9]
As of 2017, the 9th district had the highest poverty rate of any Virginia congressional district, at 18.7 percent.[10]
Recent election results from statewide races
Area covered
The 9th district covers all or part of the following political subdivisions:
List of members representing the district
Representative | Party | Term | Cong- ress |
Electoral history |
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District created: March 4, 1789 | ||||
Theodorick Bland |
Anti-Administration | March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1790 |
1st | Elected in 1789. Died. |
Vacant | June 2, 1790 – December 6, 1790 |
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William B. Giles |
Anti-Administration | December 7, 1790 – March 3, 1795 |
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th |
Elected in July 1790 to finish Bland's term and seated December 7, 1790. Re-elected later in 1790. Re-elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Re-elected in 1797. Resigned. |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – October 2, 1798 | |||
Vacant | October 3, 1798 – December 2, 1798 |
5th | ||
Joseph Eggleston | Democratic-Republican | December 3, 1798 – March 3, 1801 |
5th 6th |
Elected to finish Giles's term. Re-elected in 1799. [data unknown/missing] |
William B. Giles |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 |
7th | Elected in 1801. Redistricted to the 16th district and retired. |
Philip R. Thompson | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 |
8th 9th |
Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1805. Re-elected in 1807. Re-elected in 1809. Retired. |
John Love | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1811 |
10th 11th |
Elected in 1807. Re-elected in 1809. Moved to the 7th district and lost re-election there. |
Aylett Hawes | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 |
12th | Elected in 1811. Redistricted to the 10th district. |
John P. Hungerford | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
13th 14th |
Elected in 1813. Re-elected in 1815. Lost re-election. |
William L. Ball | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823 |
15th 16th 17th |
Elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Redistricted to the 13th district. |
Andrew Stevenson |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd |
Redistricted from the 23rd district and re-elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. [data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 11th congressional district |
Jackson | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833 | |||
William P. Taylor | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
23rd | Elected in 1833. Lost re-election. |
John Roane | Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
24th | Elected in 1833. Retired. |
Robert M. T. Hunter |
Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 |
25th 26th 27th |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
Samuel Chilton | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th | [data unknown/missing] Retired. |
John S. Pendleton | Whig | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849 |
29th 30th |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
Jeremiah Morton | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
James F. Strother |
Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
John Letcher |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859 |
33rd 34th 35th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for Governor of Virginia. |
John T. Harris |
Independent Democratic | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
36th | [data unknown/missing] Retired. |
Inactive | March 4, 1861 – June 19, 1863 |
37th 38th |
Civil War | |
District moved to West Virginia June 20, 1863 | ||||
District recreated March 4, 1873 | ||||
Rees T. Bowen |
Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | [data unknown/missing] Retired. |
William Terry |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
Auburn L. Pridemore |
Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
45th | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
James B. Richmond |
Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
46th | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
Abram Fulkerson |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
47th | [data unknown/missing] Retired. |
Henry Bowen |
Readjuster | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
Connally F. Trigg | Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 |
49th | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
Henry Bowen |
Republican | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 |
50th | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
John A. Buchanan |
Democratic | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 |
51st 52nd |
[data unknown/missing] Retired. |
James W. Marshall | Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
53rd | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
James A. Walker |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 |
54th 55th |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
William F. Rhea | Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 |
56th 57th |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
Campbell Slemp |
Republican | March 4, 1903 – October 13, 1907 |
58th 59th 60th |
[data unknown/missing] Died. |
Vacant | October 14, 1907 – December 16, 1907 |
60th | ||
C. Bascom Slemp |
Republican | December 17, 1907 – March 3, 1923 |
60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th |
Elected to finish Slemp's term. Retired. |
George C. Peery |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929 |
68th 69th 70th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired. |
Joseph C. Shaffer | Republican | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931 |
71st | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
John W. Flannagan Jr. | Democratic | March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 |
72nd | Elected in 1930. Redistricted to at-large seat. |
District eliminated March 4, 1933 | ||||
District recreated January 3, 1935 | ||||
John W. Flannagan Jr. | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1949 |
74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th |
Redistricted from at-large seat and re-elected in 1934. Retired. |
Thomas B. Fugate |
Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 |
81st 82nd |
[data unknown/missing] Retired. |
William C. Wampler |
Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
83rd | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
W. Pat Jennings |
Democratic | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1967 |
84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
William C. Wampler |
Republican | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1983 |
90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
Frederick C. Boucher |
Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2011 |
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
Morgan Griffith |
Republican | January 3, 2011 – Present |
112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th |
Elected in 2010. |
Recent election results
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Rick Boucher | 137,488 | 69.80 | |
Republican | Michael Osborne | 59,335 | 30.1 | |
Total votes | 196,855 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Rick Boucher (inc.) | 100,075 | 65.76 | |
Republican | Jay Katzen (write-in) | 52,076 | 34.22 | |
Write-ins | 32 | 0.02 | ||
Total votes | 152,183 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Rick Boucher (inc.) | 150,039 | 59.32 | |
Republican | Kevin R. Triplett | 98,499 | 38.94 | |
Independent | Seth A. Davis | 4,341 | 1.72 | |
Write-ins | 68 | 0.03 | ||
Total votes | 252,947 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Rick Boucher (incumbent) | 129,705 | 67.76 | |
Republican | Bill Carrico | 61,574 | 32.17 | |
Write-ins | 136 | 0.07 | ||
Total votes | 191,415 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Rick Boucher (incumbent) | 207,306 | 97.07 | |
Write-ins | 6,264 | 2.93 | ||
Total votes | 213,570 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Morgan Griffith | 95,726 | 51.21 | |||
Democratic | Rick Boucher (incumbent) | 86,743 | 46.41 | |||
Independent | Jeremiah Heaton | 4,282 | 2.29 | |||
Write-in | 166 | 0.09 | ||||
Total votes | 186,917 | 100 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Morgan Griffith (inc.) | 184,882 | 61.29 | |
Democratic | Anthony Flaccavento | 116,400 | 38.59 | |
Write-in | 376 | 0.12 | ||
Total votes | 301,658 | 100 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Morgan Griffith (incumbent) | 117,465 | 72.1 | |
Independent | William Carr | 39,412 | 24.2 | |
n/a | Write-ins | 5,940 | 3.7 | |
Total votes | 162,817 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Morgan Griffith (incumbent) | 212,838 | 68.6 | |
Democratic | Derek Kitts | 87,877 | 28.3 | |
Independent | Janice Boyd | 9,050 | 2.9 | |
n/a | Write-ins | 549 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 310,314 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Morgan Griffith (incumbent) | 160,933 | 65.2 | |
Democratic | Anthony Flaccavento | 85,833 | 34.7 | |
n/a | Write-ins | 214 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 246,980 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Morgan Griffith (incumbent) | 271,851 | 94.0 | |
Write-in | 17,423 | 6.0 | ||
Total votes | 289,274 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Historical district boundaries
Notes
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