Virginia's 89th House of Delegates district
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Virginia's 89th 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 89, consisting of parts of Norfolk, Virginia,[https://www.vpap.org/offices/house-of-delegates-89/redistricting/ House of Delegates District 89 map] at Virginia Public Access Project site{{cite web |title=House District 89 |publisher=Virginia Division of Legislative Services |url=http://redistricting.dls.virginia.gov/2010/Data/2011HouseMaps/HB5005%20-%20House%2089.pdf |postscript=. Map.}} is currently represented by Republican Baxter Ennis.
Elections
District 89 was represented by Daun Hester from 2013, after she won a 2012 special election.{{cite web|url=http://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/search/year_from:1947/year_to:2016/office_id:8/district_id:27391 |title=Virginia Elections Database » Search Elections |website=Historical.elections.virginia.gov |access-date=2017-04-04}}{{cite web |url=http://www.vpap.org/offices/house-of-delegates-89/elections/?year_and_type=2012special |title=Elections: House of Delegates District 89 |publisher=Virginia Public Access Project |access-date=2017-04-04}} In 2017, Hester stepped down to run for Norfolk City Treasurer,{{cite news |title= Editorial: Take democracy out of the firehouse |date=March 6, 2017 |newspaper=The Virginian-Pilot |url=http://pilotonline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-take-democracy-out-of-the-firehouse/article_8144145c-14cb-574f-bf32-de5f497da5d0.html}} and Jerrauld "Jay" Jones (son of Jerrauld C. Jones, who held the seat for eight terms) ran for the seat.{{cite web |title=Jerrauld 'Jay' Jones To Run For 89th Delegate |date=February 16, 2017 |newspaper=New Journal and Guide |url=http://thenewjournalandguide.com/2017/02/16/jerrauld-jay-jones-run-89th-delegate/}} Joe Dillard, president of the Norfolk NAACP, also ran, as did Libertarian Terry Hurst.{{cite web |title=House of Delegates District 89:General Election: Nov. 7, 2017 |publisher=Virginia Public Access Project |url=http://www.vpap.org/offices/house-of-delegates-89/elections/}}
In 2021, following the announcement that Jay Jones and his wife are expecting their first child in summer 2022, he resigned.{{Cite web|last=Sullivan|first=Ali|title=Special election to fill Jay Jones' 89th District seat set for Jan. 11|url=https://www.pilotonline.com/government/elections/vp-nw-special-election-89-20211217-dhj2ssoxvjhapfzkdwvcv2vuki-story.html|access-date=2022-01-03|website=pilotonline.com}}{{Cite news|last=Vozzella1 Schneider2|first=Laura1 Gregory2|date=December 16, 2021|title=Jay Jones says he's leaving Virginia House of Delegates this year|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/16/jay-jones-virginia-delegate-resign/|access-date=January 3, 2022|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web|date=2021-12-16|title=My Letter to Virginia|url=https://jayjones.com/news/my-letter-to-virginia/|access-date=2022-01-03|website=Delegate Jay Jones|language=en-US}} Jackie Glass won the special election for the seat.{{Cite web|title=Jackie Glass (Virginia)|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jackie_Glass_(Virginia)|access-date=2022-02-01|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}
District officeholders
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! Years ! colspan=1 | Delegate ! Party ! Notes |
| nowrap | January 12, 1983 – January 11, 1984 | Bob Washington | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Did not seek reelection |
| nowrap | January 11, 1984 – January 13, 1988 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | First African-American woman to be elected to the state house |
| nowrap | January 13, 1988 – June 5, 2002 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic |
| nowrap | August 2002 – September 17, 2012 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic |
| nowrap | December 20, 2012 – January 10, 2018 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Elected in a special election |
| nowrap | January 10, 2018 – December 31, 2021 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | First elected in 2017 Resigned in 2021 |
| January 12, 2022 – present | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic |Elected in a special election |