House of Delegates

noun

1. the lower house of the General Assembly in Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland.

Example Sentences

In 2023, the American Medical Association refused to debate a resolution calling for a ceasefire, while in June of this year dozens of health care professionals and students protested the AMA’s House of Delegates meeting in Chicago, where a compromise resolution calling generally for peace in Israel and Palestine ultimately won over resolutions that would have called explicitly for a ceasefire, condemned collective punishment tactics such as restricting access to food, water or health care, and opposed U.S. funding to entities that commit war crimes.

From Salon

Bailey and Margaret Franklin serve on the county’s Board of Supervisors and Briana Sewell serves in the House of Delegates.

From Seattle Times

Elizabeth Guzman knocked off a Republican incumbent to serve several terms in the House of Delegates.

From Seattle Times

Skaff resigned his House of Delegates seat from Kanawha County last September after stepping down as the chamber’s Democratic leader in August.

From Seattle Times

In West Virginia, a former member of the House of Delegates, Derrick Evans, is running for the Republican nomination in the 1st Congressional District.

From Seattle Times