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| | Moving to Virgina, Richmond, Norfolk, Roanoke, Charlottesville |
 | | The state general assembly--which can trace its roots to the colonial House of Burgesses, founded in 1619 and the oldest representative legislature in the country--consists of a senate, with 40 members serving 4-year terms, and a house of delegates, with 100 members serving 2-year terms. |
 | | Virginia's judicial system ascends from juvenile and domestic relations courts, and general district courts, through the circuit courts to a supreme court; the legislature fills the latter with 7 judges who serve 12-year terms. |
 | | Since 1952, with the exception of 1964, Virginia's electoral votes have been cast for the Republican candidate. |
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