Editing Orange County, Virginia (section)

===State===
It is represented by [[Bryce Reeves]] (R) in the 17th district of the [[Virginia State Senate]], and by [[Nick Freitas]] (R) in the 62nd district and Phillip Scott (R) in the 63rd district of the [[Virginia House of Delegates]].

Since 1952, the county has leaned Republican in national elections. Republican congressmen have won every contest and averaged 67% of the vote. Republican presidential candidates have averaged 55% of the vote, and the last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Orange County was [[Harry S. Truman]] in [[United States presidential election in Virginia, 1948|1948]].<ref name="How">Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century "How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116163625/http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century |date=November 16, 2016 }}; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review'', June 29, 2016</ref> Republican senatorial candidates typically garnered 56% of the county vote until the electorate swung in favor of Democratic candidates in 2008 and 2012 with an average of 57% of the vote, then back to Republican candidates in 2014 with 60% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sbe.virginia.gov/index.php/resultsreports/election-results/ |title=Orange County Election Results 1995-Present |access-date=June 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705172831/http://sbe.virginia.gov/index.php/resultsreports/election-results/ |archive-date=July 5, 2014 }}</ref>

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|13,764|8,274|315|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|12,426|7,995|321|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|10,521|5,957|789|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|9,244|6,870|240|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|8,506|7,107|188|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|7,749|5,015|164|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|5,991|4,126|366|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|4,435|3,590|883|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|4,092|3,348|1,526|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|4,319|2,592|104|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,483|2,285|53|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,381|2,420|357|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|2,549|2,309|303|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,758|1,032|79|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,727|879|1,055|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|1,595|1,508|4|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,413|1,108|82|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,344|794|372|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|1,525|916|12|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|726|856|270|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|694|1,199|3|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|464|1,283|12|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|402|1,227|7|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|309|1,253|5|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|732|846|0|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|181|834|53|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|258|718|1|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|153|608|3|Virginia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|87|619|59|Virginia}}