Virginia's 6th congressional district
| Virginia's 6th congressional district | ||
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| Current Representative | Bob Goodlatte (R–Roanoke) | |
| Population (2000) | 643,504 | |
| Median income | $37,773 | |
| Ethnicity | 85.9% White, 11.0% Black, 1.0% Asian, 2.0% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.0% other | |
| Cook PVI | R+12[1] | |
Virginia's sixth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It covers much of the west-central portion of the state, including Roanoke, Lynchburg and most of the Shenandoah Valley. Due to recent redistricting, the district now covers all or part of Warren, Shenandoah, Page, Rockingham, Highland, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Rockbridge, Botetourt, Roanoke, and Amherst Counties as well as the cities of Harrisonburg, Staunton, Waynesboro, Lexington, Buena Vista, Lynchburg, and Roanoke. The current representative is Bob Goodlatte (R), who has held the seat since 1993.
Businessman Sam Rasoul received the Democratic Party's nomination, unsuccessfully challenging Goodlatte in 2008. Businesswoman Janice Lee Allen Ph.D. ran as an Independent.
In 2010, Jeffrey Vanke ran for the seat, also as an Independent, with endorsement from the Modern Whig Party as did Libertarian candidate Stuart Bain.
Bob Goodlatte won the Republican nomination in the June 12, 2012 GOP primary, fending off a challenge from Karen Kwiatkowski. Democratic candidate Andy Schmookler challenged Bob Goodlatte in the November 6, 2012 general election.
The district was one of the first areas of Virginia to turn Republican. Many of the old Byrd Democrats in the area began splitting their tickets and voting Republican at the national level as early as the 1930s, and some counties in the district haven't supported a Democrat for president since Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Voting
| Election results from presidential races | ||
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| Year | Office | Results |
| 2008 | President | McCain 57 - 42%[citation needed] |
| 2004 | President | Bush 63 - 36%[citation needed] |
| 2001 | Governor | Earley 51 - 49%[citation needed] |
| Lieutenant Governor | Katzen 54 - 45%[citation needed] | |
| Attorney General | Kilgore 67 - 33%[citation needed] | |
| 2000 | President | Bush 60 - 37%[citation needed] |
| Senator | Allen 58 - 42%[citation needed] | |
| 1997 | Governor | Gilmore 60 - 38%[citation needed] |
| Lieutenant Governor | Hager 53 - 43%[citation needed] | |
| Attorney General | Earley 62 - 38%[citation needed] | |
| 1996 | President | Dole 50 - 40%[citation needed] |
| Senator | Warner 54 - 46%[citation needed] | |
List of representatives
| Representative | Lived | Party | Term | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created: March 4, 1789 | ||||
| 75px Isaac Coles | (1747–1813) | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791 | Defeated |
 Abraham B. Venable |
(1758–1811) | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 | Elected to VA-7 |
| 75px Isaac Coles | (1747–1813) | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | |
| Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 | Declined to run | ||
| Matthew Clay | (1754–1815) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803 | Elected to VA–14 |
| Abram Trigg | (1750-.......) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809 | Declined to run |
| Daniel Sheffey | (1770–1830) | Federalist | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1817 | Defeated |
| 75px Alexander Smyth | (1765–1830) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823 | Elected to VA-22 |
 George Tucker |
(1775–1861) | Crawford D-R | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Defeated |
| Thomas Davenport | (.......–1838) | Jackson | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833 | |
| Anti-Jackson | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | Defeated | ||
| Walter Coles | (1790–1857) | Jackson | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | |
| Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 | Elected to VA-3 | ||
 John W. Jones |
(1791–1848) | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | Declined to run |
| 75px James A. Seddon | (1815–1880) | Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 | Declined to run |
 John M. Botts |
(1802–1869) | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | Defeated |
| 75px James A. Seddon | (1815–1880) | Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | Declined to run |
| John S. Caskie | (1821–1869) | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | Elected to VA-3 |
| Paulus Powell | (1809–1874) | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859 | Defeated |
| Shelton F. Leake | (1812–1884) | Independent Democrat | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | Declined to run |
| Vacant | March 4, 1861 – January 26, 1870 | Civil War | ||
| 75px William Milnes, Jr. | (1827–1889) | Conservative | January 27, 1870 – March 3, 1871 | Defeated |
 John T. Harris |
(1823–1899) | Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | Elected to VA-7 |
| 75px Thomas Whitehead | (1825–1901) | Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Declined to run |
 John R. Tucker |
(1823–1897) | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1885 | Elected to VA–10 |
 John W. Daniel |
(1842–1910) | Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 | Elected to the U.S. Senate |
| Samuel I. Hopkins | (1843–1914) | Labor Party | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 | Declined to run |
| 75px Paul C. Edmunds | (1836–1899) | Democratic | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895 | Declined to run |
| 75px Peter J. Otey | (1840–1902) | Democratic | March 4, 1895 – May 4, 1902 | Died |
| Vacant | May 5, 1902 – November 3, 1902 | |||
 E. Carter Glass |
(1858–1946) | Democratic | November 4, 1902 – December 16, 1918 | Appointed U.S. Secretary of Treasury |
| Vacant | December 17, 1918 – February 24, 1918 | Special election | ||
| James P. Woods | (1868–1948) | Democratic | February 25, 1918 – March 3, 1923 | Defeated |
 Clifton A. Woodrum |
(1887–1950) | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933 | Elected to VA-AL |
| District eliminated March 4, 1933 | ||||
| District recreated January 3, 1935 | ||||
| Clifton A. Woodrum |
(1887–1950) | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – December 31, 1945 | Resigned |
| Vacant | December 31, 1945 – January 22, 1946 | Special election January 22, 1946 | ||
 J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. |
(1898–1986) | Democratic | January 22, 1946 – April 17, 1948 | Elected Attorney General of Virginia |
| Vacant | April 17, 1948 – November 2, 1948 | |||
| Clarence G. Burton | (1886–1982) | Democratic | November 2, 1948 – January 3, 1953 | Defeated |
| 75px Richard H. Poff | (1923-2011) | Republican | January 3, 1953 – August 29, 1972 | Appointed Virginia Supreme Court justice |
| Vacant | August 29, 1972 – November 7, 1972 | |||
| 75px M. Caldwell Butler | (1925-2014) | Republican | November 7, 1972 – January 3, 1983 | Declined to run |
| 75px James R. Olin | (1920-2006) | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | Declined to run |
 Robert W. Goodlatte |
(b. 1952) | Republican | January 3, 1993 – present | |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
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