 Rigell retired from the United States House of Representatives in 2016 and was succeeded by Republican Scott Taylor.Taylor was defeated in 2018 by Democrat Elaine Luria.At the state level, Poquoson is represented by Tommy Norment, a Republican and current Majority Leader of the Virginia State Senate, as members of District 3 of the Virginia Senate and Gordon Helsel, a Republican and the city's former mayor, as part of the 91st District of the Virginia House of Delegates.