Virginia's 33rd Senate district

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Virginia's 33rd
State Senate district

Senator
  Jennifer Boysko
DHerndon
Demographics43% White
9% Black
21% Hispanic
22% Asian
4% Other
Population (2019)235,207[1]
Registered voters141,590[2]

Virginia's 33rd Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democrat Jennifer Boysko since a 2019 special election to replace fellow Democrat Jennifer Wexton, who had been elected to Congress.[3]

Geography[edit]

District 33 is split between Loudoun and Fairfax Counties in the suburbs of Washington D.C., including some or all of Leesburg, Cascades, Ashburn, Sterling, Brambleton, McNair, and Herndon. Washington Dulles International Airport is also within the district lines.[3]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 10th and 11th congressional districts, and with the 10th, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 36th, 67th, 86th, and 87th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.[4] It borders the state of Maryland.[1]

Recent election results[edit]

2019[edit]

County results
  Boysko
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
2019 Virginia Senate election, District 33[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jennifer Boysko (incumbent) 34,517 64.9
Republican Suzanne Fox 18,615 35.0
Total votes 53,186 100
Democratic hold

2019 special[edit]

County results
  Boysko
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
2019 Virginia Senate special election, District 33[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jennifer Boysko 14,779 69.8
Republican Joe T. May 6,377 30.1
Total votes 21,183 100
Democratic hold

2015[edit]

County results
  Wexton
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
2015 Virginia Senate election, District 33[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jennifer Wexton (incumbent) 18,577 56.6
Republican Stephen Hollingshead 14,190 43.2
Write-in 59 0.2
Total votes 32,826 100
Democratic hold

2014 special[edit]

County results
  Wexton
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
2014 Virginia Senate special election, District 33[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jennifer Wexton 11,431 52.7
Republican John Whitbeck 8,133 37.5
Independent Joe T. May 2,117 9.8
Total votes 21,685 100
Democratic hold

2011[edit]

County results
  Herring
  •   50–60%
2011 Virginia Senate election, District 33[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Herring (incumbent) 14,061 54.1
Republican Patricia Phillips 11,915 45.8
Total votes 26,013 100
Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results[edit]

Year Office Results[7][8]
2020 President Biden 68.1–30.1%
2018 Senate Kaine 69.4–28.4%[9]
2017 Governor Northam 66.7–32.1%
2016 President Clinton 63.1–31.1%
2014 Senate Warner 55.6–41.8%
2013 Governor McAuliffe 56.3–38.4%
2012 President Obama 59.3–39.4%
Senate Kaine 60.2–39.8%

Historical results[edit]

All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.

2007[edit]

2007 Virginia Senate election, District 33[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Herring (incumbent) 27,784 56.9
Republican Patricia Phillips 20,994 43.0
Total votes 48,833 100
Democratic hold

2006 special[edit]

2006 Virginia Senate special election, District 33[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Herring 12,381 61.6
Republican D. M. Staton, Jr. 7,689 38.3
Total votes 20,090 100
Democratic gain from Republican

2003[edit]

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 33[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Mims (incumbent) 27,818 97.3
Total votes 28,598 100
Republican hold

1999[edit]

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 33[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Mims (incumbent) 30,472 77.3
Independent Garry Myers 8,869 22.5
Total votes 39,420 100
Republican hold

1998 special[edit]

1998 Virginia Senate special election, District 33[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Mims 11,623 61.8
Democratic Jean Brown 7,030 37.3
Libertarian Bill Redpath 160 0.9
Total votes 18,822 100
Republican gain from Democratic

1995[edit]

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 33[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charles Waddell (incumbent) 21,782 54.9
Republican David Olson 17,844 45.0
Total votes 39,646 100
Democratic hold

List of members[edit]

Senator Party Tenure Electoral history
Leroy Bendheim Democratic January 12, 1966 – January 12, 1972 Previously served as Senator from the 36th district.

Later served as Senator from the 30th district, due to redistricting.

Charles Waddell Democratic January 12, 1972 – January 16, 1998 Previously served on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors.

Resigned after being appointed deputy transportation secretary.

Bill Mims Republican January 23, 1998 – January 14, 2006 Previously served as Delegate from the 32nd district.

Resigned after being appointed chief deputy attorney general of Virginia, later becoming Attorney General. Later served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia.

Mark Herring Democratic February 1, 2006 – January 11, 2014 Previously served on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors.

Elected in a January 31, 2006 special election. Re-elected to a full term in the November 2007 election and re-elected in November 2011.
Resigned after being elected Attorney General of Virginia.

Jennifer Wexton Democratic January 24, 2014 – January 3, 2019 Elected in a January 21, 2014 special election. Re-elected to a full term in November 2015.
Resigned after being elected U.S. Representative for Virginia's 10th District
Jennifer Boysko Democratic January 11, 2019 – Present Previously served as Delegate from the 86th district.

Elected in a January 9, 2019 special election.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 33, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Jennifer B. Boysko". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  5. ^ "Virginia State Senate District 33". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  7. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  8. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  9. ^ "2018 U.S. Senate Results by State Senate District". The Virginia Public Access Project.