Virginia's_4th_Senate_district
Virginia's 4th Senate district
American legislative district
Virginia's 4th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Republican Ryan McDougle since his victory in a 2006 special election.[3]
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District 4 stretches from just outside Fredericksburg to the Chesapeake Bay, including all of the Northern Neck and parts of the Middle Peninsula. It covers all of Caroline, Essex, Middlesex, Lancaster, Northumberland, and Richmond Counties, as well as parts of Hanover, King George, Spotsylvania, and Westmoreland Counties.[3]
The district overlaps with Virginia's 1st and 7th congressional districts, and with the 54th, 55th, 97th, 98th, and 99th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.[4]
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ryan McDougle (incumbent) | 45,714 | 63.0 | |
| Democratic | Stan Scott | 26,654 | 36.7 | |
| Total votes | 72,541 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ryan McDougle (incumbent) | 37,882 | 96.0 | |
| Total votes | 39,455 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ryan McDougle (incumbent) | 37,879 | 97.4 | |
| Total votes | 38,873 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
Federal and statewide results
All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.
2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ryan McDougle (incumbent) | 33,148 | 98.3 | ||
| Total votes | 33,719 | 100 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
2006 special
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ryan McDougle | 6,822 | 81.3 | ||
| Democratic | Roger Cavendish | 1,558 | 18.6 | ||
| Total votes | 8,392 | 100 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
2003
| Primary election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
| Republican | Bill Bolling (incumbent) | 27,646 | 99.4 | ||
| Total votes | 27,801 | 100 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bill Bolling (incumbent) | 38,136 | 99.7 | ||
| Total votes | 38,253 | 100 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
1995
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bill Bolling | 26,957 | 50.5 | ||
| Democratic | Elmo G. Cross, Jr. (incumbent) | 26,383 | 49.5 | ||
| Total votes | 53,342 | 100 | |||
| Republican gain from Democratic | |||||
- "State Senate District 4, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- "Ryan T. McDougle". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
- David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
- "Virginia State Senate District 4". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
- "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
- "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 7, 2021.