162nd Virginia General Assembly

←	Senate of Virginia
Members	40
President of the Senate	Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears (R)
Senate Majority Leader	Dick Saslaw (D)
Senate Minority Leader	Tommy Norment (R)
Party control	Democratic (22)   Republican (18)
Virginia House of Delegates
Members	100
Speaker of the House	Todd Gilbert (R)
House Majority Leader	Terry Kilgore (R)
House Minority Leader	Don Scott (D)
Party control	Republican (51)   Democratic (45)

The 162nd Virginia General Assembly, consisting of members who were elected in both the

On November 14, 2021, the incoming Republican majority in the House unanimously nominated Delegate

For the third consecutive time since the beginning of the 160th Assembly in 2018, a record number of women are serving in the legislature: 34 in the House and 11 in the Senate, with the House having seen an increase of four women from the 161st Assembly.

Leadership

Senate

• Senate Majority Leader: Dick Saslaw (D)
• Senate Minority Leader: Tommy Norment (R)
• Senate Majority Caucus Chair: Mamie Locke (D)
• Senate President pro-tempore: L. Louise Lucas (D)
• Senate Majority Caucus Vice Chair: Scott Surovell (D)
• Senate Majority Caucus Vice Chair for Policy: Jeremy McPike (D)
• Senate Majority Caucus Secretary: Jennifer McClellan (D)
• Senate Majority Caucus Treasurer: Ghazala Hashmi (D)
• Senate Majority Whips: Barbara Favola (D) and Lionell Spruill (D)
• Senate Majority Sergeant at Arms: Jennifer Boysko (D)
• Clerk: Susan Clarke Schaar

Committee chairs and ranking members

The Senate of Virginia has 10 Standing Committees and a Committee on Rules.

House of Delegates

• Speaker: Todd Gilbert (R)
• House Majority Leader: Terry Kilgore (R)
• House Majority Caucus Chair: Kathy Byron (R)
• House Majority Whip: Jay Leftwich (R)
• House Minority Leader: vacant
• House Minority Caucus Chair: Charniele Herring
• House Minority Treasurer: Betsy Carr
• House Minority Whip: Alfonso Lopez
• House Minority Secretary: Marcus Simon
• House Minority Vice Chair for Operations: Jeion Ward
• House Minority Vice Chair for Outreach: vacant
• House Minority Sergeant at Arms: Elizabeth Guzman
• Clerk: G. Paul Nardo

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