Virginia elections, 2010
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Elections in Virginia
for the 2010 election cycle will be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary election
s were held on June 8.
City and town elections were held on May 4. Three special elections were also held:
are up for election in 2010.
were up in special elections in 2010. Regular delegate elections are held every two years; the last election took place on November 3, 2009.
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
for the 2010 election cycle will be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary election
Primary election
A primary election is an election in which party members or voters select candidates for a subsequent election. Primary elections are one means by which a political party nominates candidates for the next general election....
s were held on June 8.
City and town elections were held on May 4. Three special elections were also held:
- June 15, 2010: House of DelegatesVirginia House of DelegatesThe Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbered years. The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from among the...
26th District - June 15, 2010: House of Delegates 27th District
- July 13, 2010: City of PortsmouthPortsmouth, VirginiaPortsmouth is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, the city had a total population of 95,535.The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard, is a historic and active U.S...
United States House
All 11 Virginia seats in the United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
are up for election in 2010.
State House of Delegates
Two seats in the Virginia House of DelegatesVirginia House of Delegates
The Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbered years. The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from among the...
were up in special elections in 2010. Regular delegate elections are held every two years; the last election took place on November 3, 2009.
Judicial positions
One Virginia Supreme Court seat will be up for election in 2010, due to retirement. In Virginia, Supreme Court Justices can be chosen by the Governor, but they must be elected by the state legislature.- Virginia judicial elections, 2010 at JudgepediaJudgepediaJudgepedia is a wiki-style website billed as an "interactive encyclopedia of courts and judges".-Mission:The mission of Judgepedia is to help readers find useful information about the court system and judiciary in the United States.-History:...
Ballot measures
At least three measures have been certified for the November 2, 2010 statewide election:- Question 1 - Exempt elderly from property taxes
- Question 2 - Exempt veterans from property taxes
- Question 3 - Increase the permissible size of the Revenue Stabilization Fund
- Virginia 2010 ballot measures at BallotpediaBallotpediaBallotpedia is a wiki-style website billed as "an interactive almanac of state politics". InfoWorld has called it one of the "Top 20 Election Day Web sites and online tools".-Purpose:...
External links
- Virginia State Board of Elections
- Candidates for Virginia U.S. Congress at Project Vote SmartProject Vote SmartProject Vote Smart is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States...
- Virginia Polls at Pollster.com
- Virginia Congressional Races in 2010 campaign finance data from OpenSecrets.orgCenter for Responsive PoliticsThe Center for Responsive Politics is a non-profit, nonpartisan research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics and the effect of money and lobbying activity on elections and public policy and maintains a public online database of its information.Their database...
- Virginia 2010 campaign finance data from Follow the Money