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Virginia's 6th State Senate district | |||
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Senator |
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Demographics | 58% White 26% Black 9% Hispanic 3% Asian 3% Other | ||
Population (2019) | 194,890[1] | ||
Registered voters | 108,287[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
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
2019
Primary election | ||||
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lynwood Lewis (incumbent) | 16,738 | 59.5 | |
Republican | Richard Ottinger | 11,386 | 40.4 | |
Total votes | 28,153 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014 special
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lynwood Lewis | 10,201 | 50.0 | |
Republican | Wayne Coleman | 10,192 | 50.0 | |
Total votes | 20,401 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
Year | Office | Results[9][10] |
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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
All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.
2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Nick Rerras (incumbent) | 15,771 | 61.7 | ||
Democratic | Andrew Protogyrou | 9,775 | 38.2 | ||
Total votes | 25,560 | 100 | |||
Republican hold |
1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Stanley C. Walker (incumbent) | 10,917 | 54.9 | ||
Republican | Nick Rerras | 8,979 | 45.1 | ||
Total votes | 19,901 | 100 | |||
Democratic hold |