Delegate Robert G. Marshall, Prince William Republican, left, talks with Delegate Matt Fariss, Campbell Republican, right, during the floor session of the House of Delegates at the State Capitol in Richmond on Monday. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)
Delegate Robert G. Marshall, Prince William Republican, left, talks with Delegate Matt Fariss, Campbell Republican, right, during the floor session of the House of Delegates at the State Capitol in Richmond (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)
Del. Kathy J. Byron, Campbell Republican, sits in the House of Delegates at the State Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. The Senate delayed a vote on Byron's bill that would require women seeking abortions to have ultrasound exams. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)
Del. Rob Bell, Albemarle Republican, carries papers and boxes out of the House of Delegates chambers after the House adjourned for the 2009 session in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Republican House Majority Leader M. Kirkland Cox was present when the House of Delegates took up his party's redistricting plan. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
In a 1977 photo provided by County Records, Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, posed in front of the capitol building with his fiddle. The photo will adorn the cover of a re-issue of an album produced by Mr. Byrd called "Mountain Fiddler." Mr. Byrd won his first race, for the state's House of Delegates, in 1946, distinguishing himself from 12 rivals by singing and fiddling mountain tunes. He died Monday, June 28, 2010 at the age of 92. (AP Photo/County Records, Carl Fleischhauer)
