Va. congressional delegation adds members

With Tuesday’s swearing-in ceremonies, Virginia’s congressional delegation will take on a new cast, adding a second Democratic senator and three new Democratic members of the House of Representatives.

Democrats will hold both Senate seats for the first time since 1970. With six Democrats and five Republicans, Democrats will hold a majority in the state’s House delegation for the first time since the early 1990s. Here’s a look at our representatives in Virginia’s new lineup:

Senators
Jim Webb
Democrat

First elected: 2006
Background: Webb, 62, a decorated Marine platoon and company commander in Vietnam, is a lawyer, a novelist and a former secretary of the Navy.
Web site: webb.senate.gov
Washington phone number: (202) 224-4024

Mark R. Warner
Democrat

First elected: Nov. 4 to succeed the retiring John W. Warner
Background: Mark Warner, 54, a former venture capitalist and former managing director of Columbia Capital Corp., was chairman of the Virginia Democratic Party from 1993 to 1995; a U.S. Senate candidate in 1996; and governor from 2002 to 2006.
E-mail address:
Washington phone number: (202) 224-2023

Representative
Eric I. Cantor
7th District
Republican

First elected: 2000
Background: Cantor, 45, is the No. 2 Republican in the House. The Henrico County resident served in the House of Delegates from 1991 to 2000.
Web site: cantor.house.gov
Washington phone number: (202) 225-2815

Virginia’s delegation is filled out as follows: Republican Robert J. Wittman in the 1st District, Democrat Glenn Nye in the 2nd District, Democrat Robert C. Scott in the 3rd District, Republican J. Randy Forbes in the 4th District, Democrat Tom Perriello in the 5th District, Republican Robert W. Goodlatte in the 6th District Democrat James P. Moran in the 8th District, Democrat Rick Boucher in the 9th District, Republican Frank R. Wolf in the 10th District and Democrat Gerald Connolly in the 11th District.