Virginia's 16th House of Delegates district

Virginia's 16th State
House of Delegates
district
Virginia's 16th State; House of Delegates; district
	District map from the 2023 election
Delegate
	Paul Krizek; D–Mount Vernon
	since January 10, 2024
Demographics	44% White; 18% Black; 28% Hispanic; 7% Asian; 1% Other; 3% Multiracial
Population (2023); • Voting age	85,706; 18
Registered voters (2024)	54,702

Delegate

	Paul Krizek D–Mount Vernon
since January 10, 2024

Demographics44% White
18% Black
28% Hispanic
7% Asian
1% Other
3% Multiracial

Population(2023)
Voting age85,706^[1]
18

Registered voters(2024)54,702^[2]

Virginia's 16th House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. District 16 represents parts of Fairfax County. The seat is currently held by Paul Krizek.^[3]

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Years	Delegate	Party	Electoral history
January 12, 1983 – January 9, 2002	Chip Woodrum	Democratic	District was redistricted; declined to seek reelection
January 9, 2002 – January 9, 2008	Robert Hurt	Republican	Declined to seek reelection; Elected to the State Senate of Virginia
January 9, 2008 – January 8, 2014	Donald Merricks	Republican	Declined to seek reelection
January 8, 2014 – January 10, 2024	Les Adams	Republican	First elected in 2013; resigned effective January 10, 2024^[4]
January 10, 2024 – present	Paul Krizek	Democratic	Redistricted from the 44th District

Date	Election	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Virginia House of Delegates, 16th district
Nov 6, 2001^[5]	General	R. Hurt	Republican	11,853	65.0
		R. W. Collins	Democratic	6,382	35.0
		Write Ins		2	0
Nov 4, 2003^[6]	General	R. Hurt	Republican	8,744	61.6
Nov 4, 2003^[6]	General	K. Reynolds, Jr	Democratic	5,441	38.4
Nov 8, 2005^[7]	General	R. Hurt	Republican	12,821	99.0
Nov 8, 2005^[7]	General	Write Ins		123	1
Nov 6, 2007^[8]	General	Donald W. Merricks	Republican	10,744	64.00
		G. Andy Parker	Democratic	6,034	35.94
		Write Ins		9	0.05
		Robert Hurt retired to run for state senate; seat stayed Republican
Nov 3, 2009^[9]	General	Donald W. Merricks	Republican	13,074	99.50
Nov 3, 2009^[9]	General	Write Ins		65	0.49
Nov 8, 2011^[10]	General	Donald W. Merricks	Republican	14,343	99.06
Nov 8, 2011^[10]	General	Write Ins		135	0.93
Nov 5, 2013^[11]	General	Leslie Ray Adams	Republican	13,292	63.1
		Elizabeth Jackson Jones	Democratic	7,740	36.7
		Write Ins		43	0.2
Nov 3, 2015^[12]	General	Leslie Ray Adams	Republican	12,538	98.1
Nov 3, 2015^[12]	General	Write Ins		237	1.9
Nov 7, 2017^[13]	General	Leslie Ray Adams	Republican	16,513	96.1
Nov 7, 2017^[13]	General	Write Ins		668	3.9
Nov 5, 2019^[14]	General	Leslie Ray Adams	Republican	13,146	74.6
		Dustin Wilson Evans	Libertarian	4,402	25.0
		Write Ins		83	0.5
Nov 2, 2021^[15]	General	Leslie Ray Adams	Republican	19,412	69.9
		Chance Brian Trevillian	Democratic	8,308	29.9
		Write Ins		35	0.1
Nov 7, 2023^[16]	General	Paul E. Krizek	Democratic	16,985	90.6
Nov 7, 2023^[16]	General	Write Ins		1,760	9.4

v t e Districts of the Virginia General Assembly
Senate	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
House	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

Virginia's 16th House of Delegates district

Electoral history

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