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Terry Kilgore

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Terry Kilgore
Republican Party
Virginia House of Delegates District 45
Tenure
2024 - Present
Term ends
2028
Years in position
2
Predecessor: Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D)
Prior offices:
Virginia House of Delegates District 1
Years in office: 1994 - 2024
Successor: Patrick Hope (D)
Compensation
Base salary
$17,640/year
Per diem
$237/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 4, 2025
Personal
Religion
Christian: Methodist
Profession
Attorney
Contact
Official website
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Terry Kilgore (Republican Party) is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 45. He assumed office on January 10, 2024. His current term ends on January 12, 2028.

Kilgore (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 45. He won in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Kilgore served as state House majority leader from January 2022 until January 2024.[1]

Kilgore began serving as state House minority leader in 2025.[2]

Biography

Kilgore's professional experience includes working as an attorney. He began working at Wolfe & Farmer in 2000. Prior to that, Kilgore worked in his own law office from 1987-2000. Kilgore has also worked as an adjunct faculty member of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law.[3]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Kilgore was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Kilgore was assigned to the following committees:

2020-2021

Kilgore was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Kilgore was assigned to the following committees:

2016 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2016 legislative session, Kilgore served on the following committees:

Virginia committee assignments, 2016
• Commerce and Labor, Chair
• Courts of Justice
• Rules

2015 legislative session

In the 2015 legislative session, Kilgore served on the following committees:

2014 legislative session

In the 2014 legislative session, Kilgore served on the following committees:

2012-2013

In the 2012-2013 legislative session, Kilgore served on the following committees:

2010-2011

In the 2010-2011 legislative session, Kilgore served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2025

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2025

General election

General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 45

Incumbent Terry Kilgore defeated Joshua Outsey in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 45 on November 4, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Terry Kilgore
Terry Kilgore (R)
 
82.7
 
21,987
Image of Joshua Outsey
Joshua Outsey (D)
 
16.7
 
4,428
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
158

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 26,573
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Joshua Outsey advanced from the Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 45.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Terry Kilgore advanced from the Republican primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 45.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Kilgore in this election.

2023

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2023

General election

General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 45

Incumbent Terry Kilgore won election in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 45 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Terry Kilgore
Terry Kilgore (R)
 
97.7
 
14,815
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.3
 
353

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 15,168
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Terry Kilgore advanced from the Republican primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 45.

Endorsements

Kilgore received the following endorsements.

2021

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2021

General election

General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 1

Incumbent Terry Kilgore won election in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 1 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Terry Kilgore
Terry Kilgore (R)
 
97.3
 
21,910
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.7
 
602

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 22,512
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Terry Kilgore advanced from the Republican primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 1.

Campaign finance

2019

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2019

General election

General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 1

Incumbent Terry Kilgore won election in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 1 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Terry Kilgore
Terry Kilgore (R)
 
95.7
 
16,748
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.3
 
754

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 17,502
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Note: The 1st House of Delegates Republican Legislative District Committee scheduled a mass meeting to choose a nominee for the seat on April 25, 2019, but it was canceled when Kilgore was the only candidate. Kilgore automatically advanced to the general election as the Republican nominee.[4][5]

2017

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2017

General election

Elections for the Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2017. All 100 house seats were up for election. The general election took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on June 13, 2017. The filing deadline for primary election candidates was March 30, 2017. The filing deadline for non-party candidates and candidates nominated by methods other than a primary was June 13, 2017.[6] Incumbent Terry Kilgore (R) defeated Alicia Kallen (D) in the Virginia House of Delegates District 1 general election.[7]

Virginia House of Delegates, District 1 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Terry Kilgore Incumbent 76.19% 14,848
     Democratic Alicia Kallen 23.81% 4,639
Total Votes 19,487
Source: Virginia Department of Elections

Democratic primary election

Alicia Kallen ran unopposed in the Virginia House of Delegates District 1 Democratic primary.[8]

Ballotpedia will publish vote totals here after they become available.
Virginia House of Delegates, District 1 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png Alicia Kallen

Republican primary election

Incumbent Terry Kilgore ran unopposed in the Virginia House of Delegates District 1 Republican primary.[9]

Ballotpedia will publish vote totals here after they become available.
Virginia House of Delegates, District 1 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png Terry Kilgore Incumbent

2015

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2015

Elections for the Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 9, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 26, 2015.[10] Incumbent Terry Kilgore was unopposed in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[11][12]

2013

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2013

Kilgore won re-election in the 2013 election for Virginia House of Delegates District 1. Kilgore ran unopposed in the June 11th Republican primary. He was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 5, 2013.[13]

2011

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2011

On November 8, 2011, Kilgore won re-election to District 1 of the Virginia House of Delegates. He obtained the GOP nomination and ran unopposed in the November 8 general election.[14]

2009

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2009

On November 3, 2009, Kilgore won re-election to the 1st District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates.

Kilgore raised $281,987 for his campaign.[15]

Virginia House of Delegates, District 1 (2009)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Terry Kilgore (R) 12,957 99.3%

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2023

Terry Kilgore did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Terry Kilgore did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

Terry Kilgore did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.

Terry Kilgore campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023Virginia House of Delegates District 45Won general$1,756,654 $1,773,902
2021Virginia House of Delegates District 1Won general$721,208 $618,907
2019Virginia House of Delegates District 1Won general$517,365 N/A**
2017Virginia House of Delegates District 1Won general$426,412 N/A**
Grand total$3,421,639 $2,392,809
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Personal

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Kilgore and his wife, Debbie, have two children, Kayla and Kyle. He lives in Gate City, VA.[16]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Virginia Mercury, "Who Virginia Dems and the GOP picked to lead them in the 2024 General Assembly," November 15, 2023
    2. ↑ ‘’Virginia Business', “Kilgore elected Virginia House GOP leader, succeeding Gilbert,” June 2, 2025
    3. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed May 28, 2014
    4. ↑ Virginia Republican Party, "Official Call: Mass Meeting of the 1st House of Delegates Republican Legislative District Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia," accessed May 3, 2019
    5. ↑ [0=68.ARCtGmitmS7vnhKniGnRqoLBFXufaw4by7wY-5nkbyeieAa3T43K5BEuvUHgt3biYOmHGwWmS1_PFEyf8qkT-S7Zoei6FvXQD49HkDaX37N1zuvn_j6LtX6qtPOWxS1xKGJ1o2xafXJQ0L1PI6k2Cy7G59iugZoVpDmkJppDwXiby9eHqvaSZKKiePQCiomSBJ85D1o4BR7WcWhzI1OMkb4E2YIH5k4tlKTgz0UZPPrDWnSNK88C4pkPolx28ypzpe6ywhtcAhVu5KNfwN3nra4Xtp3zxG3wje498WuWCbgIJvsl09vWJSDWynuEMxqdXCml67p-H-65C2kE0ozMHw&__tn__=-R Facebook, "Delegate Terry Kilgore post April 24, 2019," accessed May 3, 2019]
    6. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Candidacy Requirements for the November 7, 2017 General Election," accessed March 21, 2017
    7. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 November General Unofficial Results," accessed November 7, 2017
    8. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 June Democratic Primary," accessed July 6, 2017
    9. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 June Republican Primary," accessed July 6, 2017
    10. ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "2015 November Election Calendar," accessed January 2, 2015
    11. ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, "2015 Primary election results," accessed September 1, 2015
    12. ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, "2015 General election candidates," accessed September 1, 2015
    13. ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, “Official Results - 2013 General Election," accessed December 2, 2013
    14. ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "November 2011 General Election Official Results," accessed May 15, 2014
    15. ↑ VAP.org, "Elections History: Terry Kilgore," accessed May 28, 2014
    16. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Terry Kilgore - Biography," accessed August 27, 2013

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D)     		Virginia House of Delegates District 45
    2024-Present    		 Succeeded by
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    Preceded by
    -     		Virginia House of Delegates District 1
    1994-2024    		 Succeeded by
    Patrick Hope (D)


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