New Virginia House of Delegates speaker, Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, left, is sworn in by Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernard Goodwyn, right, during the opening of the 2024 session of ...

New Virginia House of Delegates speaker, Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, is sworn in during the opening of the 2024 session of the Virginia General Assembly at the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024 ...

New Virginia House of Delegates speaker, Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, is sworn in during the opening of the 2024 session of the Virginia General Assembly at the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024 ...

School funding has become a topic of conversation over the years and one local legislator is trying to help some of the shortfalls. Virginia could see to-go cocktails stay around long-term Who ...

Del. Don Scott (D–Portsmouth) became the first African-American to be nominated by their caucus for Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

All 140 seats in the Virginia General Assembly are up for grabs this November. The 88th District for the House of Delegates includes most of Portsmouth.

He was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2019, elected Minority Leader in 2022, and unanimously elected Speaker in 2023 – the first African American to hold the position in our ...

Delegate Nadarius E. Clark 79th Portsmouth (left to right) during a session of the Virginia General Assembly on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, in Richmond, Va.

Democrats will take over the House in January, holding a slight 51-49 edge. Del. Don Scott Jr., D-Portsmouth, will make history as Virginia’s first African American speaker of the House in its ...

FILE - House Minority Leader, Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, gestures during the start of a special session of the 2022 Virginia General Assembly to consider budget amendments, Friday June 17, 2022 ...

An overhead view of the House of Delegates during a session of the Virginia General Assembly on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, in Richmond, Va.