Virginia's_6th_Senate_district
Virginia's 6th Senate district
American legislative district
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]
| Virginia's 6th State Senate district | |||
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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] | ||
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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]
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]
2019
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.
2007
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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 | |||||
- "State Senate District 6, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- "District Profile: Senate State District 6". VPAP. The Virginia Public Access Project.
- "Virginia Redistricting 2021". VPAP. The Virginia Public Access Project. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- "Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- "Virginia State Senate District 6". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. April 16, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.