CQ Risk Rating: Safe Republican 
| GENERAL ELECTION: NOVEMBER 7, 2000 |
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| Jo Ann Davis (R) | 151,344 | 58% |
| Lawrence Davies (D) | 97,399 | 37% |
| Sharon Wood (LIBERT) | 9,652 | 4% |
| Josh Billings (I) | 4,082 | 2% |
| write-ins | 537 | 0% |
| PRIMARY ELECTION: JUNE 13, 2000 |
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| | Votes | Percentage | | Democratic |
| Lawrence Davies | Unopposed |
| | Republican |
| Jo Ann Davis | 14,274 | 35% |
| Paul Jost | 12,171 | 30% |
| Mike Rothfeld | 8,932 | 22% |
| Robert Cunningham | 2,686 | 7% |
| Philip G. Short | 2,535 | 6% |
Source: Congressional Quarterly. To suggest updates and corrections: politics.feedback@cq.com
Major Industry | Military Bases | Population | Cities | People | Race | Median Household Income | Unusual Features
VIRGINIA 1
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East - Parts of Newport News and Hampton; Fredericksburg
The 1st lies in a crescent shape along Virginia's coast, picking up the
city of Fredericksburg in the north and sweeping around to take in historic
Williamsburg and parts of the shipbuilding cities of Hampton and Newport
News in the south. The district also stretches across the Chesapeake Bay to
include Accomack and Northampton counties on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
After a court-ordered remapping of the neighboring 3rd District in 1998,
the 1st had to adjust its lines, losing parts of Hampton and Richmond
suburbs and regaining some of the inland counties it lost in a 1992
redrawing, such as Essex and King and Queen. But the remapping should have
little political impact on the 1st - a district where GOP candidates perform
well on the state level.
Industry in the 1st revolves around its military installations and NASA
sites, which have attracted a growing high-tech private sector. Colleges and
universities also contribute to the district's economic base, as do
shipbuilding and tourism. The most popular tourist destinations -
Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown - recall Virginia's Colonial past.
Inland, agriculture and chickens help drive the economy.
Major Industry
Defense, technology, agriculture
Military Bases
Dahlgren Naval Surface Warfare Center, 740 military, 3,751 civilian; Langley
Air Force Base, 8,600 military, 2,400 civilian; Yorktown Naval Weapons
Station (Naval In-Service Engineering), 2,500; Fort A.P. Hill (Army), 27
military, 203 civilian (1998)
Population
562,707 (1990)
Cities
Newport News (pt.), 76,003; Hampton (pt.), 54,518 (1990); Fredericksburg,
22,586 (1996)
People
Not available for this newly redrawn district.
Race
79% white, 19% black, 2% other (1990)
Median Household Income
Not available for this newly redrawn district.
Unusual Features
Birthplaces of President George Washington and Gen. Robert E. Lee; Site of
the American Revolution's Yorktown Battlefield; Colonial Williamsburg and
Jamestown, the first English settlement in North America; College of William
and Mary in Williamsburg founded in 1693, making it the nation's
second-oldest college.
Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated April 1999)
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