Virginia's 30th House of Delegates district

Virginia's 30th State
House of Delegates
district

District map from the 2023 election
Delegate
  Geary Higgins
RWaterford
since January 10, 2024
Demographics72% White
5% Black
11% Hispanic
9% Asian
4% Multiracial
Population (2023)
 • Voting age
85,827[1]
18
Registered voters (2024)68,134[2]

Virginia's 30th 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 30 includes all of Orange County and Madison County and part of Culpeper County, Virginia.[3] The district had been represented by Republican Geary Higgins since 2023. His predecessor was Republican Nick Freitas. John Chilton McAuliff (D) won the seat after the 2025 election.

District officeholders

Years Delegate Party Electoral history
January 14, 2004

January 13, 2016
Edward T. Scott Republican Retired
January 13, 2016

January 10, 2024
Nick Freitas Republican Retired to run in Virginia's 62nd House of Delegates district
January 10, 2024

present
Geary Higgins Republican First elected in 2023

Electoral history

Date Election Candidate Party Votes %
Virginia House of Delegates, 30th district
Jun 10, 2003[4] Republican primary E T Scott 3,215 53.04
S R Found 1,526 25.18
D W Rogers 1,320 21.78
Nov 4, 2003[5] General E T Scott Republican 10,261 86.22
W C Thompson 1,637 13.76
Write Ins 3 0.03
George Broman retired; seat stayed Republican
Jun 14, 2005[6] Republican primary E T Scott 3,979 64.88
R M Jarvis 2,154 35.12
Nov 8, 2005[7] General E T Scott Republican 16,025 99.65
Write Ins 56 0.35
Nov 6, 2007[8] General Edward T. Scott Republican 16,503 99.29
Write Ins 118 0.70
Nov 3, 2009[9] General Edward T. Scott Republican 15,959 75.49
Matt A. Carson 5,154 24.38
Write Ins 27 0.12
Nov 8, 2011[10] General Edward T. Scott Republican 14,914 98.91
Write Ins 163 1.08
Nov 7, 2023[11] General Geary M. Higgins Republican 20,741 53.1
Robert L. Banse Jr. Democratic 18,238 46.7
Write Ins 66 0.17
Nov 4, 2025 General John Chilton McAuliff

Geary M. Higgins Write Ins

Democratic

Republican

19,878

18,571 58

51.62%

48.23% .15%

References

  1. ^ "State House District 30, VA". CensusReporter.org. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  2. ^ "House of Delegates District 30". VPAP.org. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  3. ^ HB5005 - House District 30 Archived December 29, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Commonwealth of Virginia - Division of Legislative Services. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  4. ^ "Election: Primaries - June 10, 2003". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on December 24, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  5. ^ "General Election- November 4, 2003". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  6. ^ "Primary Election- June 14, 2005". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on August 13, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  7. ^ "General Election- November 8, 2005". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  8. ^ "November 6, 2007 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  9. ^ "November 2009 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  10. ^ "November 2011 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  11. ^ "2023 November General and Special Elections". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on August 18, 2025. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
  • "House District 30" (PDF). Virginia Division of Legislative Services. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 29, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2017. Map.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)