Virginia's 12th House of Delegates district elects one of the hundred Delegates of the Virginia House of Delegates, United States.
Under redistricting effective for the 2023 Virginia House of Delegates election, the 12th district number was reassigned to part of northern Virginia's Fairfax County, while the district number 42, previously used elsewhere in Fairfax, was applied to a new southwestern district including most of the old 12th.
The new District 12 in the Tysons and Vienna area, includes parts of the old districts 34, 35, 37, 39, 41 and 53.
The current Delegate is Democrat Holly Seibold
Before redistricting, the old 12th included the city of Radford, Giles County, and portions of Montgomery County and Pulaski County. After redistricting, most of the old 12th became part of the new 42nd district, formed from parts of the previous districts 12, 7 and 8, still including Radford City and all of Giles County, but incorporating different parts of Pulaski and Montgomery counties. Significantly, the new district no longer includes the Montgomery County town of Blacksburg, which had been home to previous Democratic delegates from the 12th, Joan Munford, Jim Shuler and Chris Hurst.
Elections Republican Jason Ballard of Pearisburg, was elected 12th district delegate in the 2021 election.
District officeholders Years Delegate Party Electoral history January 13, 1982–January 12, 1983 Mary Sue Terry Democratic Redistricted; Elected as delegate in the 10th district January 12, 1983–1990 J. Robert Dobyns Democratic 1990–1992 Thomas G. Baker, Jr Republican 1992–January 12, 1994 Joan Munford Democratic Retired January 12, 1994–January 9, 2002 Jim Shuler Democratic January 9, 2002–January 2004 Creigh Deeds Democratic January 2004–January 11, 2012 Jim Shuler Democratic January 11, 2012–January 10, 2018 Joseph R. Yost Republican Defeated in bid for reelection January 10, 2018–January 12, 2022 Chris Hurst Democratic Defeated in bid for re-election January 12, 2022–January 10, 2024 Jason Ballard Republican First elected in 2021 (redistricted to the 42nd District) January 10, 2024–present Holly Seibold Democratic Redistricted from the 35th District
Electoral history Date Election Candidate Party Votes % Virginia House of Delegates, 12th district Nov 6, 2001 General Robert Creigh Deeds Democratic 12,595 77.7 K. M. Orion Republican 3,611 22.3 Write Ins 12 0.1 Jan 8, 2002 Special J. M. Shuler Democratic 7,284 70.8 L. J. Linkous Republican 3,006 29.2 Write Ins 2 0 Nov 4, 2003 General J. M. Shuler Democratic 9,867 99.9 Write Ins 11 0.1 Nov 8, 2005 General J. M. Shuler Democratic 14,390 79.1 D. T. Kern Republican 3,767 20.7 Write Ins 36 0.2 Nov 6, 2007 General James M. Shuler Democratic 12,145 99.5 Write Ins 67 0.5 Nov 3, 2009 General James M. Shuler Democratic 12,716 72.2 Paul M. Cornett Republican 4,799 27.3 Write Ins 88 0.5 Nov 8, 2011 General Joseph Ryan Yost Republican 8,104 51.6 Donald Brian Langrehr Democratic 7,582 48.3 Write Ins 19 0.1 Nov 5, 2013 General Joseph Ryan Yost Republican 9,541 52.3 James David Harder Democratic 8,650 47.4 Write Ins 62 0.3 Nov 3, 2015 General Joseph Ryan Yost Republican 9,245 58.3 Laurie Ann Buchwald Democratic 6,587 41.5 Write Ins 23 0.1 Nov 7, 2017 General Christopher Laird Hurst Democratic 12,495 54.4 Joseph Ryan Yost Republican 10,458 45.5 Write Ins 36 0.2 Nov 5, 2019 General Christopher Laird Hurst Democratic 11,135 53.6 Travis Forrest Hite Republican 9,643 46.4 Write Ins 12 0.1 Nov 2, 2021 General Jason Sherman Ballard Republican 13,871 55.1 Christopher Laird Hurst Democratic 11,224 44.6 Write Ins 88 0.3 Nov 7, 2023 General Holly M. Seibold Democratic 18,550 92.4 Write Ins 1,519 7.6
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