James H. "Jim" Dillard is a politician and former Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 member of the Virginia House of Delegates

Virginia House of Delegates

The Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbered years. The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from among the...

. He represented the 41st district, which includes part of Fairfax County

Fairfax County, Virginia

Fairfax County is a county in Virginia, in the United States. Per the 2010 Census, the population of the county is 1,081,726, making it the most populous jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia, with 13.5% of Virginia's population...

, from 1980 to his retirement in 2005.

In the years after leaving office, Dillard has strayed from the Republican Party

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

; endorsing Mark Warner

Mark Warner

Mark Robert Warner is an American politician and businessman, currently serving in the United States Senate as the junior senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Warner was the 69th governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006 and is the honorary chairman of...

 for the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 in 2008; his Democratic

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 successor as Delegate for the 41st district, Dave Marsden

David W. Marsden

David W. "Dave" Marsden is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He currently represents the 37th district in the Senate of Virginia which is a portion of Fairfax County. Since 2006 and prior to serving in the State Senate, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates representing the...

, on several occasions; and his defeated 1999 opponent for the Virginia House of Delegates

Virginia House of Delegates

The Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbered years. The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from among the...

, Democrat Eileen Filler-Corn

Eileen Filler-Corn

Eileen R. Filler-Corn is a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 41st district; which includes part of Fairfax County, Virginia. She first won her seat in a 2010 special election to replace Dave Marsden, who had himself won a special election to the Virginia State Senate...

, to replace Marsden in that seat in 2010. He also declared President George W. Bush

George W. Bush

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's No Child Left Behind program to be a failure. Dillard, however, still claims to be a Republican.

External links

• Delegate Biography for 2005
• Historical biography on Virginia House of Delegates
  Virginia House of Delegates
  The Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbered years. The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from among the...