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Personal Details
Tara Durant
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Republican Party

Virginia House of Delegates District 28

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2024

Years in position

1

Predecessor
Joshua Cole

Recent elections

Office

Virginia State Senate District 27

Date Elected

November 7, 2023

Compensation

Base salary

$17,640/year

Per diem

$209/day

Education

Bachelor's

Coe College

Personal
Profession
Teacher
Contact

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Tara Durant (Republican Party) is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 28. She assumed office on January 12, 2022. Her current term ends on January 10, 2024.

Durant (Republican Party) ran for election to the Virginia State Senate to represent District 27. She won in the general election on November 7, 2023.

Tara Durant earned a B.A. in political science and communications from Coe College. Durant's career experience includes working as an elementary school teacher and with United Way. She has served on the board of the Fredericksburg Area Service League.

Elections

2023

General election

General election for Virginia State Senate District 27

Tara Durant defeated Joel Griffin and Monica Gary in the general election for Virginia State Senate District 27 on November 7, 2023.

Tara Durant (R)
48.8%
33,794 Votes
Joel Griffin (D)
46.6%
32,267 Votes
Monica Gary (Independent) Candidate Connection
4.6%
3,219 Votes

Total votes: 69,280
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Virginia State Senate District 27

Joel Griffin defeated Ben Litchfield in the Democratic primary for Virginia State Senate District 27 on June 20, 2023.

Joel Griffin
59.9%
6,331 Votes
Ben Litchfield Candidate Connection
40.1%
4,239 Votes

Total votes: 10,570
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

  • Luke Radley Wright (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Virginia State Senate District 27

Tara Durant defeated Matt Strickland in the Republican primary for Virginia State Senate District 27 on June 20, 2023.

Tara Durant
57.0%
8,066 Votes
Matt Strickland
43.0%
6,094 Votes

Total votes: 14,160
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2021

General election

General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 28

Tara Durant defeated incumbent Joshua Cole in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 28 on November 2, 2021.

Tara Durant (R)
50.9%
16,378 Votes
Joshua Cole (D)
48.9%
15,731 Votes
Other/Write-in votes
0.1%
39 Votes

Total votes: 32,148
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Joshua Cole advanced from the Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 28.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Tara Durant advanced from the Republican primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 28.

Endorsements
U.S. Rep. Jennifer Kiggans (R)
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R)
State Sen. Steve Newman