Virginia's 6th Senate district

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Virginia's 6th
State Senate district
Senator
  Todd Pillion
R–Abingdon
Demographics58% White
26% Black
9% Hispanic
3% Asian
3% Other
Population (2019)194,890[1]
Registered voters108,287[2]

Virginia's 6th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. The new 2021 redistricting has moved the designation of 6th Senate District to far southwestern Virginia.[3][4]

Before the recent redistricting, the old district had been represented by Democrat Lynwood Lewis since his victory in a highly contested 2014 special election to succeed fellow Democrat Ralph Northam, who was elected Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.[5]

Geography[edit]

Former District 6 was a disparate district which included Accomack County and Northampton County on the Eastern Shore, Mathews County on the Middle Peninsula, and parts of the Hampton Roads cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach.[5]

The former District 6 had overlapped with Virginia's former 1st, 2nd, and 3rd congressional districts, and with the former 79th, 83rd, 89th, 90th, 98th, and 100th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.[6] It had bordered the state of Maryland.[1]

Recent election results[edit]

2019[edit]

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 6[7]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lynwood Lewis (incumbent) 4,559 70.6
Democratic Willie Randall 1,899 29.4
Total votes 6,459 100
General election
Democratic Lynwood Lewis (incumbent) 25,772 59.7
Republican Elizabeth Lankford 17,357 40.2
Total votes 43,198 100
Democratic hold

2015[edit]

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 6[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lynwood Lewis (incumbent) 16,738 59.5
Republican Richard Ottinger 11,386 40.4
Total votes 28,153 100
Democratic hold

2014 special[edit]

2014 Virginia Senate special election, District 6[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lynwood Lewis 10,201 50.0
Republican Wayne Coleman 10,192 50.0
Total votes 20,401 100
Democratic hold

2011[edit]

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 6[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ralph Northam (incumbent) 16,606 56.8
Republican Benito Loyola, Jr. 12,622 43.1
Total votes 29,259 100
Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results[edit]

Year Office Results[9][10]
2020 President Biden 57.1–41.1%
2017 Governor Northam 58.2–40.6%
2016 President Clinton 53.4–41.3%
2014 Senate Warner 52.7–44.5%
2013 Governor McAuliffe 52.7–40.6%
2012 President Obama 56.7–42.0%
Senate Kaine 58.4–41.6%

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 6[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ralph Northam 17,307 54.3
Republican Nick Rerras (incumbent) 14,499 45.5
Total votes 31,851 100
Democratic gain from Republican

2003[edit]

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 6[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nick Rerras (incumbent) 15,771 61.7
Democratic Andrew Protogyrou 9,775 38.2
Total votes 25,560 100
Republican hold

1999[edit]

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 6[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nick Rerras 11,621 59.3
Democratic Stanley C. Walker (incumbent) 7,966 40.7
Total votes 19,591 100
Republican gain from Democratic

1995[edit]

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 6[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stanley C. Walker (incumbent) 10,917 54.9
Republican Nick Rerras 8,979 45.1
Total votes 19,901 100
Democratic hold

District officeholders since 1940[edit]

Years Senator, District 6 Counties/Cities in District
1940 Robert W. Daniel (D) Greensvile County, Prince George County, Surry County, Sussex County and the City of Hopewell
1941–1944 Garland Gray (D)
1944–1948
1948–1952
1952–1956
1956–1960
1960–1964
1964–1966
1966–1968 Greensvile County, James City County, Prince George County, Surry County, Sussex County, the City of Hopewell, and the City of Williamsburg
1968–1972 Greensvile County, James City County, Prince George County, Surry County, Sussex County, the City of Emporia, the City of Hopewell, and the City of Williamsburg
1972–1976 Stanley C. Walker (D)
Peter K. Babalas (D)
Thomas McNamara (D) 		City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach (part)[11]
1976–1980 Stanley C. Walker (D)
Peter K. Babalas (D)
Joseph T. Fitzpatrick (D)
1980–1984 Stanley C. Walker (D) City of Norfolk (part)
1984–1988
1988–1992
1992–1996 City of Norfolk (part), City of Virginia Beach (part)
1996–2000
2000–2004 Nick Rerras (R)
2004–2008 Accomack County, Mathews County, Northampton County, City of Norfolk (part), City of Virginia Beach (part)
2008–2012 Ralph Northam (D)
2012–2013
2014–2016 Lynwood Lewis (D)
2016–present

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 6, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "District Profile: Senate State District 6". VPAP. The Virginia Public Access Project.
  4. ^ "Virginia Redistricting 2021". VPAP. The Virginia Public Access Project. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  6. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Virginia State Senate District 6". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  9. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  10. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. April 16, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  11. ^ Consolidated with Districts 5 and 7 to form a multi-member district
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