Virginia's 94th House of Delegates district

District map from the 2023 election

Virginia's 94th House of Delegates district elects one of the 100 members of the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. The district is made up of part of Newport News, Virginia.[1][2]

The district has been represented by Democrat Shelly Simonds since 2020.[3][4] In 2017, an extremely close race in this district made national headlines. Following a three-judge panel decision declaring the race a tie, the winner of the 2017 general election was determined by lot with David Yancey winning.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ House of Delegates District 94 map at Virginia Public Access Project site.
  2. ^ "House District 94" (PDF). Virginia Division of Legislative Services. Map.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  3. ^ Virginia Elections Database: district 94 at Virginia Department of Elections site
  4. ^ 94th district: Elections. Virginia Public Access Project site.
  5. ^ Ress, Reema Amin, Dave. "BREAKING: After 94th District recount, judges rule it's a tie". dailypress.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Morrison, Jim; Nirappil, Fenit (December 20, 2017). "Court tosses out one-vote victory in recount that had briefly ended a Republican majority in Virginia". Washington Post. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  7. ^ Moomaw, Graham. "Del. David E. Yancey wins tiebreaker for key Virginia House of Delegates seat". www.fredericksburg.com. Retrieved January 4, 2018.