The Senate of Virginia on Jan. 13 nominated and elected 36 student pages to serve during the 2025 session following a motion to close nominations and a unanimous roll-call vote.

The page nominations were announced by multiple senators and finalized after Senator McDougall moved to close nominations; Senator Locke seconded the motion. The clerk recorded the vote as “Ayes, 36. No, 0,” and declared the nominees duly elected as pages for the 2025 session.

The slate of pages named on the Senate floor included Melanie May Carpenter (1st district, Buena Vista), Amira S. Rasul (3rd, Roanoke), Luke Alexander Dorn (5th, Washington), Thomas Worthington Sigler (8th, Lynchburg), Madeline Lee Gunderson (10th, Hanover), Luke Mark Dix (12th, Chesterfield), Hannah Amelia Fierro (13th, Prince George), Justin Kevin Miles (14th, Richmond), Bridal Ward Lyons (17th, Suffolk), Samuel Denz Savino (19th, Virginia Beach), Madison Lee Bellerice (21st, Richmond), Zachary Aaron Spindler (22nd, Fairfax), Miller (26th, Hanover), Emma Claire Sig Sigmund (27th, Stafford), Lillian June Johnson (30th, Fairfax), Darwin Orion McCray (31st, Loudoun), Noah Daniel Geller Cheney (33rd, Fairfax), Annie Sofia Neshanian (36th, Fairfax), Isabel Sofia Knight (37th, Fairfax) and additional names announced from several senators’ remarks (see clarifying details). The roster also noted Avery Harrison (Henrico) led the pledge earlier in the session.

Senators on the floor spoke briefly to introduce and welcome the pages and to record the nominations per Senate rules. After the clerk’s tally, the chair declared the nominees elected and asked that announcements of page appointments be entered on the journal.

The election was procedural and concluded without recorded debate or amendments. Details read into the record included each page’s congressional or Senate district and hometown as provided by the nominating senators.

Ending: The newly elected pages will serve during the 2025 legislative session; the clerk and Senate officers will handle formal onboarding and journal notation.