This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Republican Delegate Keith Hodges faces a challenge from Democrat Elaine Walters in HD-68.
Virginia’s House District 68 spans parts of Gloucester County, as well as King William, Middlesex, Essex, Mathews, and King & Queen counties in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay region. In the 2024 election it remained a strong Republican district by comfortable double-digit margins.
Virginia’s House District 68 spans parts of Gloucester County, as well as King William, Middlesex, Essex, Mathews, and King & Queen counties in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay region. In the 2024 election it remained a strong Republican district by comfortable double-digit margins.
Elaine Walters, a lifelong resident of Essex County, holds a B.A. in Marine Biology and Sustainability Leadership from Old Dominion University. She has traveled extensively through conservation efforts. She is an environmentalist who has studied the impact of climate change and sea level rise and specializes in protecting nesting loggerhead sea turtles and their hatchlings.
Elaine Walters’ support for reproductive rights indicates she would support the Constitutional Amendment to enshrine the fundamental right to reproductive freedom.
Walters stresses the importance of teachers having the necessary resources. She advocates for expanding broadband internet access to rural areas and pushes for increasing school funding.
Walters prioritizes people over corporations, asserting that the economy must be more equitable. She supports sustainable employment and livable wages and advocates for better opportunities for small businesses.
He advocates for lower taxes and less government for residents and businesses, which would decrease services. He voted against bills to increase the minimum wage and repeal prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees.
Elaine Walters’ support for reproductive rights indicates she would support the Constitutional Amendment to enshrine the fundamental right to reproductive freedom.
Walters stresses the importance of teachers having the necessary resources. She advocates for expanding broadband internet access to rural areas and pushes for increasing school funding.
Walters prioritizes people over corporations, asserting that the economy must be more equitable. She supports sustainable employment and livable wages and advocates for better opportunities for small businesses.
The Opposition
Republican Incumbent Delegate Keith Hodges has served in the House of Delegates since 2012. He studied at the University of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the Medical College of Virginia, and owns Gloucester Pharmacy. He grew up on the Middle Peninsula. He is a volunteer pharmacist at a free clinic and a father of two.He advocates for lower taxes and less government for residents and businesses, which would decrease services. He voted against bills to increase the minimum wage and repeal prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees.
Recommendation
Based on her support for abortion access and increasing school funding, Elaine Walters is the progressive candidate in this race.
Ultima actualización 2025-09-22
This election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Republican Delegate Keith Hodges faces a challenge from Democrat Elaine Walters in HD-68.
Virginia’s House District 68 spans parts of Gloucester County, as well as King William, Middlesex, Essex, Mathews, and King & Queen counties in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay region. In the 2024 election it remained a strong Republican district by comfortable double-digit margins.
Virginia’s House District 68 spans parts of Gloucester County, as well as King William, Middlesex, Essex, Mathews, and King & Queen counties in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay region. In the 2024 election it remained a strong Republican district by comfortable double-digit margins.
Elaine Walters, a lifelong resident of Essex County, holds a B.A. in Marine Biology and Sustainability Leadership from Old Dominion University. She has traveled extensively through conservation efforts. She is an environmentalist who has studied the impact of climate change and sea level rise and specializes in protecting nesting loggerhead sea turtles and their hatchlings.
Elaine Walters’ support for reproductive rights indicates she would support the Constitutional Amendment to enshrine the fundamental right to reproductive freedom.
Walters stresses the importance of teachers having the necessary resources. She advocates for expanding broadband internet access to rural areas and pushes for increasing school funding.
Walters prioritizes people over corporations, asserting that the economy must be more equitable. She supports sustainable employment and livable wages and advocates for better opportunities for small businesses.
He advocates for lower taxes and less government for residents and businesses, which would decrease services. He voted against bills to increase the minimum wage and repeal prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees.
Elaine Walters’ support for reproductive rights indicates she would support the Constitutional Amendment to enshrine the fundamental right to reproductive freedom.
Walters stresses the importance of teachers having the necessary resources. She advocates for expanding broadband internet access to rural areas and pushes for increasing school funding.
Walters prioritizes people over corporations, asserting that the economy must be more equitable. She supports sustainable employment and livable wages and advocates for better opportunities for small businesses.
The Opposition
Republican Incumbent Delegate Keith Hodges has served in the House of Delegates since 2012. He studied at the University of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the Medical College of Virginia, and owns Gloucester Pharmacy. He grew up on the Middle Peninsula. He is a volunteer pharmacist at a free clinic and a father of two.He advocates for lower taxes and less government for residents and businesses, which would decrease services. He voted against bills to increase the minimum wage and repeal prohibitions on collective bargaining for public employees.
Recommendation
Based on her support for abortion access and increasing school funding, Elaine Walters is the progressive candidate in this race.
Ultima actualización 2025-09-22
