Diversity of House Candidates

VPAP takes a look at how the gender, race and age of House of Delegates hopefuls compare to the 100 members currently in office.

Bar chart showing the diversity of candidates running for the General Assembly including female, non-white, and under 40 years old categories. The bar chart compares both Democrats and Republicans, incumbents and non-incumbents of each party.

Source: Voter File and VPAP Research

July 2, 2021