---
type: Person
title: "Virgil Thornton"
description: "VA House District 86 — VA State House of Representatives District 86"
role: "VA House District 86"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "VA"
district: "VA State House of Representatives District 86"
represents: "us/states/va/districts/house/86"
tenure:
  start: "2026-01-14"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "fa943fb7-0a50-4fdf-a6a6-5bcc67a4a240"
  office: "e2f28c91-9327-4ec4-a1af-64e676dddc8b"
  tenure: "b6f78e2f-ae5c-4444-a409-0131b76826f9"
  jurisdiction: "867aa123-b84c-4d6f-a116-c3e32ed58eb6"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, va]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Virgil Thornton

Current VA House District 86 (VA State House of Representatives District 86).

Represents [VA State House of Representatives District 86](/us/states/va/districts/house/86.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).