- Your state representative represents the interests of your district in the Virginia State Senate.
- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process.
- The state Senate, along with the House of Delegates, makes up our state lawmaking body: the Virginia General Assembly.
- General Assembly members work together with the Governor to create the state budget. 
- There are 40 Virginia senators, each representing a single district.
- State Senators are elected to four-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $18,000.


Your representative and state lawmaker in the Virginia Senate

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State Senator

- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Virginia State House of Delegates.
- Your state delegate can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws. - All bills dealing with the state budget start in the Virginia House of Delegates.
- The state House of Delegates, along with the state Senate, makes up our state lawmaking body: the Virginia General Assembly.
- There are 100 members of the Virginia House of Representatives, each representing a single district.
- State Delegates are elected to two-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $17,640.

2023 Virginia candidates

Virginia State Senator, District 15

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Virginia State Senator, District 16

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Virginia State Senator, District 25

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Virginia State Delegate, District 12

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Virginia State Senator, District 26

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Virginia State Senator, District 29

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Virginia State Senator, District 30

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Virginia State Senator, District 31

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Virginia State Delegate, District 19

1 candidate

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Virginia State Senator, District 32

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