Editing Poquoson, Virginia (section)

== Politics ==
Historically, Poquoson voters have trended strongly towards [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] candidates at the national, state, and local levels and since the decline of the [[Byrd Organization]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]]. Poquoson is part of [[Virginia's 1st congressional district]], represented by Republican [[Rob Wittman]] but was temporarily redistricted into the [[Virginia's 2nd congressional district|2nd district]] in 2016. Rigell retired from the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 2016 and was succeeded by Republican [[Scott Taylor (politician)|Scott Taylor]]. Taylor was defeated in 2018 by [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Elaine Luria]].

At the state level, Poquoson is represented by [[Tommy Norment]], a Republican and current Minority Leader of the [[Virginia State Senate]], as members of District 3 of the Virginia Senate and [[A.C. Cordoza]], a Republican, as part of the 91st District of the [[Virginia House of Delegates]].<ref name="Virginia State Senate Districts">{{cite web | url = http://apps.lis.virginia.gov/sfb1/Senate/Districts| title = Senate Districts | access-date = 2013-08-26 | publisher = Virginia State Senate}}</ref> The mayor and city council members are elected in nonpartisan elections; the current mayor, Gordon "Big G" Helsel., became mayor in 2016 after [[Gordon Helsel]] was elected to the House of Delegates.

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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|5,605|2,054|198|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|5,092|1,601|484|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|5,312|1,679|115|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|5,229|1,748|88|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|5,004|1,424|42|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,271|1,448|142|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|3,422|1,409|445|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|3,354|1,086|997|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,840|877|34|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,667|647|14|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,338|877|184|Virginia}}
{{PresFoot|1976|Republican|1,461|1,140|39|Virginia}}