Virginia's 8th House of Delegates district

Virginia's State
House of Delegates
district

District map from the 2023 election
Delegate
  Irene Shin
D–Herndon
Demographics39% White
8% Black
20% Hispanic
27% Asian
0% Native American
0% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
1% Other
6% Multiracial
Population (2024)
 • Voting age
87,554[1]
18
Registered voters57,668[2]

Virginia's 8th House of Delegates district is one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. District 8 contains portions of Fairfax County. It is currently represented Democrat Irene Shin.[3] The district was previously represented by Republican Joseph McNamara, who was redistricted out, and prior by Greg Habeeb from 2012 until his resignation in August 2018.[4] In 2017, he won against Democrat Steve McBride.[5][6]

District officeholders

Years Delegate Party Electoral history
January 8, 1992
–
January 12, 1994
G. Steven Agee Republican Declined to seek reelection
January 12, 1994
–
January 3, 2011
Morgan Griffith Republican
  • Majority Leader of the House of Delegates (2000-10)
  • Declined to seek reelection
  • Elected to the US House of Representatives
January 3, 2011
–
August 31, 2018
Greg Habeeb Republican First elected in 2010. Resigned.
November 26, 2018
–
January 10, 2024
Joseph McNamara Elected via special election held due to resignation of Delegate Greg Habeeb. (redistricted to the 40th District)
January 10, 2024
–
present
Irene Shin Democratic Redistricted from the 86th District

Electoral history

2015 General Election, Virginia 8th House of Delegates
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Greg Habeeb 16,684 100.00% n/a
Total votes 16,684 100.00% n/a
2016 General Election, Presidential
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Donald Trump 24,060 62.38% n/a
Democratic Hillary Clinton 12,413 32.18% n/a
Libertarian Gary Johnson 1,323 3.43% n/a
Independent Evan McMullin 527 1.37% n/a
Green Jill Stein 248 0.64% n/a
Total votes 38,571 100.00% n/a

References

  1. ↑ "State House District 8, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
  2. ↑ "House of Delegates District 8". VPAP.org. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings". virginiageneralassembly.gov. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Virginia Elections Database » Search Elections". Historical.elections.virginia.gov. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Elections: House of Delegates District 8". Vpap.org. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  6. ↑ Forman, Carmen (March 31, 2017). "Democrat to challenge Del. Greg Habeeb in 8th District | Politics". roanoke.com. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  • "House District 8" (PDF). Virginia Division of Legislative Services. Map.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)