 Governor Richard Joseph Davis, who lost narrowly to Trible in the 1982 general election.Meanwhile, voters of Virginia's 2nd congressional district elected Pickett in 1986 to become their U.S. Representative.Re-elected several times (and facing no opponent in 1998), Pickett represented the district from January 3, 1987 until January 3, 2001, announcing in 2000 that he was not a candidate for reelection to the 107th Congress.