2019 Virginia Senate election

The 2019 Virginia Senate election was held on November 5, 2019, concurrently with the House election, to elect members to all 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia for the 161st Virginia General Assembly and the 162nd Virginia General Assembly. Primaries were held on June 11. The elections resulted in Democrats gaining 2 seats in the senate, and gaining control of both chambers of the General Assembly, marking the first time that Democrats held control of both legislative and executive branches in Virginia since 1993.

2019 Virginia Senate election

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All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia 21[a] seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Dick Saslaw Tommy Norment Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 10, 1996 January 9, 2008 Leader's seat 35th - Springfield 3rd - Williamsburg Last election 19 21 Seats won 21 19 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 1,211,835 907,477 Percentage 53.2% 39.8% Swing 9.5% 12.8%
Election results by seat change Election results by district Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold Results By Vote Share: Democratic:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%      90-100% Republican:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      90-100%
Majority leader before election Tommy Norment Republican Elected Majority leader Dick Saslaw Democratic

Overall results

↓

21	19
Democratic	Republican

Parties		Candidates	Seats				Popular Vote
			2015	2019	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic		19	21	2	52.50%	1,211,835	53.19%	+9.44
	Republican		21	19	2	47.50%	907,477	39.83%	-12.74
	Independent		0	0		0.00%	101,118	4.44%	+3.51
-	Write-ins		0	0		0.00%	46,004	2.02%	+0.39
	Libertarian		0	0		0.00%	11,703	0.51%	+0.47
Total			40	40	0	100.00%	2,278,137	100.00%	-

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:^[1]

1. Senate District 7, 0.86%
2. Senate District 12, 1.71%
3. Senate District 17, 3.47%
4. Senate District 8, 4.35%
5. Senate District 10, 8.11% gain
6. Senate District 13, 8.61% gain
7. Senate District 11, 9.25%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato[2]	Lean D (flip)	October 31, 2019

Summary of results

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1	Monty Mason		Dem	Monty Mason[b]		Dem
2	Mamie Locke		Dem	Mamie Locke[b]		Dem
3	Tommy Norment		Rep	Tommy Norment		Rep
4	Ryan McDougle		Rep	Ryan McDougle		Rep
5	Lionell Spruill		Dem	Lionell Spruill		Dem
6	Lynwood Lewis		Dem	Lynwood Lewis		Dem
7	Vacant[c]			Jen Kiggans		Rep
8	Bill DeSteph		Rep	Bill DeSteph		Rep
9	Jennifer McClellan		Dem	Jennifer McClellan		Dem
10	Glen Sturtevant		Rep	Ghazala Hashmi[d]		Dem
11	Amanda Chase		Rep	Amanda Chase		Rep
12	Siobhan Dunnavant		Rep	Siobhan Dunnavant		Rep
13	Dick Black		Rep	John Bell		Dem
14	John Cosgrove		Rep	John Cosgrove		Rep
15	Frank Ruff		Rep	Frank Ruff		Rep
16	Rosalyn Dance		Dem	Joe Morrissey		Dem
17	Bryce Reeves		Rep	Bryce Reeves		Rep
18	Louise Lucas		Dem	Louise Lucas[b]		Dem
19	David Suetterlein		Rep	David Suetterlein		Rep
20	Bill Stanley		Rep	Bill Stanley		Rep
21	John Edwards		Dem	John Edwards		Dem
22	Mark Peake		Rep	Mark Peake		Rep
23	Stephen Newman		Rep	Stephen Newman[b]		Rep
24	Emmett Hanger		Rep	Emmett Hanger		Rep
25	Creigh Deeds		Dem	Creigh Deeds		Dem
26	Mark Obenshain		Rep	Mark Obenshain		Rep
27	Jill Vogel		Rep	Jill Vogel		Rep
28	Richard Stuart		Rep	Richard Stuart		Rep
29	Jeremy McPike		Dem	Jeremy McPike[b]		Dem
30	Adam Ebbin		Dem	Adam Ebbin[b]		Dem
31	Barbara Favola		Dem	Barbara Favola[b]		Dem
32	Janet Howell		Dem	Janet Howell		Dem
33	Jennifer Boysko		Dem	Jennifer Boysko		Dem
34	Chap Petersen		Dem	Chap Petersen[b]		Dem
35	Dick Saslaw		Dem	Dick Saslaw[b]		Dem
36	Scott Surovell		Dem	Scott Surovell[b]		Dem
37	Dave Marsden		Dem	Dave Marsden[b]		Dem
38	Ben Chafin		Rep	Ben Chafin		Rep
39	George Barker		Dem	George Barker		Dem
40	Charles William Carrico Sr.		Rep	Todd Pillion		Rep

Retiring incumbents

Three incumbent Senators, all Republicans, decided not to seek reelection:

• Frank Wagner (R), District 7^[4] (Subsequently resigned in May 2019)^[5]
• Dick Black (R), District 13^[6]
• Charles William Carrico Sr. (R), District 40^[7]

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

One incumbent senator, a Democrat, was defeated in the June 11 primary election.

• Rosalyn Dance (D), District 16

In general election

One incumbent senator, a Republican, was defeated in the November 5th general election.

• Glen Sturtevant, District 10

Detailed results

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40

• Uncontested primaries are not reported by the Virginia Department of Elections.

District 1

Incumbent Democrat Monty Mason has represented the 1st District since 2017.

General election

Virginia's 1st Senate district general election, 2019^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Monty Mason (incumbent)	36,844	89.83%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	4,173	10.17%
Total votes			41,017	100%
	Democratic hold

District 2

Incumbent Democrat Mamie Locke has represented the 2nd district since 2004.

General election

Virginia's 2nd Senate district general election, 2019^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mamie Locke (incumbent)	36,520	92.79%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	2,838	7.21%
Total votes			39,358	100%
	Democratic hold

District 3

Incumbent Republican and current Majority Leader Tommy Norment has represented the 3rd district since 1992.

General election

Virginia's 3rd Senate district general election, 2019^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tommy Norment (incumbent)	50,434	61.69%
	Democratic	Herb Jones	31,043	37.97%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	271	0.33%
Total votes			81,748	100%
	Republican hold

District 4

Incumbent Republican Ryan McDougle has represented the 4th district since 2006.

General election

Virginia's 4th Senate district general election, 2019^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan McDougle (incumbent)	45,682	63.01%
	Democratic	Stan Scott	26,646	36.75%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	173	0.2%
Total votes			72,501	100%
	Republican hold

District 5

Incumbent Democrat Lionell Spruill has represented the 5th district since 2017.

General election

Virginia's 5th Senate district general election, 2019^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lionell Spruill (incumbent)	31,222	79.38%
	Independent	Jeff Staples	7,663	19.48%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	448	1.14%
Total votes			39,333	100%
	Democratic hold

District 6

Incumbent Democrat Lynwood Lewis has represented the 6th district since a 2014 special election.

Democratic primary

6th District Democratic primary election^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynwood Lewis (incumbent)	4,559	70.6%
	Democratic	Willie Randall	1,899	29.4%
	Democratic	Write-ins	1	0.0%
Total votes			6,459	100%

General election

Virginia's 6th Senate district general election, 2019^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynwood Lewis (incumbent)	25,755	59.65%
	Republican	Elizabeth Lankford	17,351	40.19%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	69	0.16%
Total votes			43,175	100%
	Democratic hold

District 7

The seat has been vacant since May 2019 when incumbent Republican Frank Wagner (who had already announced his intention not to seek reelection^[4]) resigned to take the position as deputy director of the Virginia Lottery.^[5]

Republican primary

7th District Republican primary election^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jen Kiggans	4,045	51.6%
	Republican	Carolyn Dale Weems	3,789	48.4%
	Republican	Write-ins	2	0.0%
Total votes			7,836	100%

Democratic primary

7th District Democratic primary election^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cheryl Turpin	3,268	58.7%
	Democratic	Susan Bates Hippin	1,531	27.5%
	Democratic	Kim Howard	761	13.7%
	Democratic	Write-ins	6	0.1%
Total votes			5,566	100%

General election

Virginia's 7th Senate district general election, 2019^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jen Kiggans	29,609	50.36%
	Democratic	Cheryl Turpin	29,098	49.49%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	91	0.15%
Total votes			58,754	100%
	Republican hold

District 8

Incumbent Republican Bill DeSteph has represented the 8th district since 2016.

General election

Virginia's 8th Senate district general election, 2019^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill DeSteph (incumbent)	28,622	52.10%
	Democratic	Missy Cotter Smasal	26,229	47.75%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	81	0.15%
Total votes			54,932	100%
	Republican hold

District 9

Incumbent Democrat Jennifer McClellan has represented the 9th district since a 2017 special election.

General election

Results by county/independent city

  McClellan

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

Virginia's 9th Senate district general election, 2019^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennifer McClellan (incumbent)	49,652	80.18%
	Libertarian	Mark Lewis Jr.	11,703	18.90%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	568	0.92%
Total votes			61,923	100%
	Democratic hold

District 10

Incumbent Republican Glen Sturtevant has represented the 10th district since 2016.

Democratic primary

10th District Democratic primary election^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ghazala Hashmi	5,246	49.4%
	Democratic	Eileen Bedell	4,347	40.9%
	Democratic	Zachary Parks Brown	1,032	9.7%
	Democratic	Write-ins	2	0.0%
Total votes			10,627	100%

General election

Results by county/independent city

  Hashmi

•   70–80%

  Sturtevant

•   50–60%
•   70–80%

Virginia's 10th Senate district general election, 2019^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ghazala Hashmi	44,286	54.00%
	Republican	Glen Sturtevant (incumbent)	37,636	45.89%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	84	0.10%
Total votes			82,006	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 11

Incumbent Republican Amanda Chase has represented the 11th district since 2016.

Democratic primary

11th District Democratic primary election^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Amanda Pohl	6,241	78.1%
	Democratic	Ernest Powell	1,747	20.9%
	Democratic	Write-ins	5	0.1%
Total votes			7,993	100%

General election

Results by county/independent city

  Chase

•   50–60%
•   70–80%

Virginia's 11th Senate district general election, 2019^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Amanda Chase (incumbent)	44,245	54.51%
	Democratic	Amanda Pohl	36,734	45.26%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	189	0.23%
Total votes			81,113	100%
	Republican hold

District 12

Incumbent Republican Siobhan Dunnavant has represented the 12th district since 2016.

Democratic primary

12th District Democratic primary election^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debra Rodman	7,051	60.0%
	Democratic	Veena Lothe	4,705	40.0%
	Democratic	Write-ins	2	0.0%
Total votes			11,758	100%

General election

County results

  Dunnavant

•   60–70%

  Rodman

•   50–60%

Virginia's 12th Senate district general election, 2019^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Siobhan Dunnavant (incumbent)	39,703	50.76%
	Democratic	Debra Rodman	38,365	49.05%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	143	0.18%
Total votes			78,211	100%
	Republican hold

District 13

Incumbent Republican Dick Black has represented the 13th district since 2012. He is not running for reelection.^[6]

Republican primary

13th District Republican primary election^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Geary Higgins	6,609	65.3%
	Republican	Ronald Meyer Jr.	3,486	34.5%
	Republican	Write-ins	21	0.2%
Total votes			10,116	100%

General election

Virginia's 13th Senate district general election, 2019^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Bell	44,729	54.25%
	Republican	Geary Higgins	37,629	45.64%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	95	0.12%
Total votes			82,453	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 14

Incumbent Republican John Cosgrove has represented the 14th district since a 2013 special election.

General election

Virginia's 14th Senate district general election, 2019^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Cosgrove (incumbent)	36,369	60.16%
	Democratic	Rebecca Raveson	23,948	39.61%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	141	0.23%
Total votes			60,458	100%
	Republican hold

District 15

Incumbent Republican Frank Ruff has represented the 15th district since a 2000 special election.

Republican primary

15th District Republican primary election^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Ruff (incumbent)	8,235	79.4%
	Republican	Dale Sturdifen	2,132	20.6%
	Republican	Write-ins	1	0.0%
Total votes			10,368	100%

General election

Virginia's 15th Senate district general election, 2019^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Ruff (incumbent)	38,470	68.30%
	Democratic	Virginia Smith	17,793	31.59%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	63	0.11%
Total votes			56,326	100%
	Republican hold

District 16

Incumbent Democrat Rosalyn Dance has represented the 16th district since a 2014 special election. She was defeated in the June 11 primary election.

Democratic primary

Results by county/independent city

  Morrissey

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Dance

•   50–60%

16th District Democratic primary election^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Morrissey	8,741	56.0%
	Democratic	Rosalyn Dance (incumbent)	6,873	44.0%
	Democratic	Write-ins	6	0.0%
Total votes			15,620	100%

General election

Results by county/independent city

  Morrissey

•   50–60%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

Virginia's 16th Senate district general election, 2019^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Morrissey	29,401	63.96%
	Independent	Waylin Ross	15,722	34.20%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	848	1.84%
Total votes			45,971	100%
	Democratic hold

District 17

Incumbent Republican Bryce Reeves has represented the 17th district since 2012.

Republican primary

17th District Republican primary election^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryce Reeves (incumbent)	6,325	82.3%
	Republican	Richard Breeden	1,359	17.7%
	Republican	Write-ins	1	0.0%
Total votes			7,685	100%

Democratic primary

17th District Democratic primary election^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Amy Laufer	6,042	78.2%
	Democratic	Ben Hixon	1,672	21.7%
	Democratic	Write-ins	1	0.0%
Total votes			7,722	100%

General election

Results by county/independent city

  Reeves

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

  Laufer

•   60–70%

Virginia's 17th Senate district general election, 2019^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryce Reeves (incumbent)	34,483	51.58%
	Democratic	Amy Laufer	32,162	48.11%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	208	0.31%
Total votes			66,853	100%
	Republican hold

District 18

Incumbent Democrat Louise Lucas has represented the 18th district since 1992.

General election

Virginia's 18th Senate district general election, 2019^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Louise Lucas (incumbent)	43,015	92.49%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	3,492	7.51%
Total votes			46,507	100%
	Democratic hold

District 19

Incumbent Republican David Suetterlein has represented the 19th district since 2016.

General election

Virginia's 19th Senate district general election, 2019^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Suetterlein (incumbent)	41,279	71.42%
	Democratic	Flourette Ketner	16,469	28.50%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	47	0.08%
Total votes			57,795	100%
	Republican hold

District 20

Incumbent Republican Bill Stanley has represented the 20th district since 2012.

General election

Virginia's 20th Senate district general election, 2019^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Stanley (incumbent)	32,527	70.52%
	Independent	Sherman Witcher Sr.	13,394	29.04%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	204	0.44%
Total votes			46,125	100%
	Republican hold

District 21

Incumbent Democrat John Edwards has represented the 21st district since 1996.

Results by county/independent city

  Edwards

•   50–60%
•   70–80%

  Nelson

•   50–60%

General election

Virginia's 21st Senate district general election, 2019^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Edwards (incumbent)	26,872	65.47%
	Independent	Steven Nelson	13,881	33.82%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	289	0.70%
Total votes			41,042	100%
	Democratic hold

District 22

Incumbent Republican Mark Peake has represented the 22nd district since a 2017 special election.

General election

Virginia's 22nd Senate district general election, 2019^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Peake (incumbent)	37,620	62.76%
	Democratic	Dakota Claytor	22,250	37.12%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	75	0.13%
Total votes			59,945	100%
	Republican hold

District 23

Incumbent Republican Stephen Newman has represented the 23rd district since 1996.

General election

Virginia's 23rd Senate district general election, 2019^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stephen Newman (incumbent)	47,372	93.86%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	3,100	6.14%
Total votes			50,472	100%
	Republican hold

District 24

Incumbent Republican Emmett Hanger has represented the 24th district since 1996.

Republican primary

Results by county/independent city

  Hanger

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Freitas

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

24th District Republican primary election^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Emmett Hanger (incumbent)	11,146	57.6%
	Republican	Tina Freitas	8,216	42.4%
	Republican	Write-ins	1	0.0%
Total votes			19,363	100%

General election

Results by county/independent city

  Hanger

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

Virginia's 24th Senate district general election, 2019^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Emmett Hanger (incumbent)	46,875	71.03%
	Democratic	Annette Hyde	18,725	28.37%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	397	0.60%
Total votes			65,997	100%
	Republican hold

District 25

Incumbent Democrat Creigh Deeds has represented the 25th district since a 2001 special election.

General election

Results by county/independent city

  Deeds

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

  Harding

•   50–60%

Virginia's 25th Senate district general election, 2019^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Creigh Deeds (incumbent)	44,741	67.48%
	Independent	Elliott Harding	21,316	32.15%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	246	0.37%
Total votes			66,303	100%
	Democratic hold

District 26

Incumbent Republican Mark Obenshain has represented the 26th district since a 2004 special election.

General election

Virginia's 26th Senate district general election, 2019^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Obenshain (incumbent)	36,991	64.89%
	Democratic	April Moore	19,944	34.98%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	75	0.13%
Total votes			57,010	100%
	Republican hold

District 27

Incumbent Republican Jill Vogel has represented the 27th district since 2008.

General election

Results by county/independent city

  Vogel

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Ross

•   50–60%

Virginia's 27th Senate district general election, 2019^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jill Vogel (incumbent)	43,406	64.21%
	Democratic	Ronnie Ross III	24,128	35.69%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	65	0.10%
Total votes			67,599	100%
	Republican hold

District 28

Incumbent Republican Richard Stuart has represented the 28th district since 2008.

Democratic primary

28th District Democratic primary election^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Qasim Rashid	3,302	59.1%
	Democratic	Laura Ann Sellers	2,256	40.4%
	Democratic	Write-ins	25	0.4%
Total votes			5,583	100%

General election

Virginia's 28th Senate district general election, 2019^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Stuart (incumbent)	40,182	57.45%
	Democratic	Qasim Rashid	29,681	42.44%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	80	0.11%
Total votes			69,943	100%
	Republican hold

District 29

Incumbent Democrat Jeremy McPike has represented the 29th district since 2016.

General election

Virginia's 29th Senate district general election, 2019^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeremy McPike (incumbent)	35,125	91.10%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	3,433	8.90%
Total votes			38,558	100%
	Democratic hold

District 30

Incumbent Democrat Adam Ebbin has represented the 30th district since 2012.

General election

Virginia's 30th Senate district general election, 2019^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Ebbin (incumbent)	42,809	91.66%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	3,894	8.34%
Total votes			46,703	100%
	Democratic hold

District 31

Incumbent Democrat Barbara Favola has represented the 31st district since 2012.

Democratic primary

31st District Democratic primary election^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Favola (incumbent)	12,036	61.9%
	Democratic	Nicole Merlene	7,416	38.1%
Total votes			19,452	100%

General election

Virginia's 31st Senate district general election, 2019^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Favola (incumbent)	46,644	91.63%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	4,260	8.37%
Total votes			50,904	100%
	Democratic hold

District 32

Incumbent Democrat Janet Howell has represented the 32nd district since 1992.

General election

Virginia's 32nd Senate district general election, 2019^[53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Janet Howell (incumbent)	48,546	73.58%
	Republican	Arthur Purves	17,303	26.23%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	127	0.19%
Total votes			65,976	100%
	Democratic hold

District 33

Incumbent Democrat Jennifer Boysko has represented the 33rd district since a 2019 special election.

Democratic primary

33rd District Democratic primary election^[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennifer Boysko (incumbent)	8,268	84.3%
	Democratic	Mohammad Hussein	1,540	15.7%
	Democratic	Write-ins	3	0.0%
Total votes			9,811	100%

General election

Virginia's 33rd Senate district general election, 2019^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennifer Boysko (incumbent)	34,492	64.89%
	Republican	Suzanne Fox	18,602	35.00%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	57	0.11%
Total votes			53,151	100%
	Democratic hold

District 34

Incumbent Democrat Chap Petersen has represented the 34th district since 2008.

General election

Virginia's 34th Senate district general election, 2019^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chap Petersen (incumbent)	43,993	91.20%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	4,246	8.80%
Total votes			48,239	100%
	Democratic hold

District 35

Incumbent Democrat and current Minority Leader Dick Saslaw has represented the 35th district since 1980.

Democratic primary

35th District Democratic primary election^[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dick Saslaw (incumbent)	7,381	48.6%
	Democratic	Yasmine Taeb	6,945	45.8%
	Democratic	Karen Torrent	853	5.6%
Total votes			15,179	100%

General election

Virginia's 35th Senate district general election, 2019^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dick Saslaw (incumbent)	35,101	92.49%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	2,849	7.51%
Total votes			37,950	100%
	Democratic hold

District 36

Incumbent Democrat Scott Surovell has represented the 36th district since 2016.

General election

Virginia's 36th Senate district general election, 2019^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Surovell (incumbent)	37,492	91.73%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	3,382	8.27%
Total votes			40,874	100%
	Democratic hold

District 37

Incumbent Democrat Dave Marsden has represented the 37th district since a 2010 special election.

General election

Virginia's 37th Senate district general election, 2019^[60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Marsden (incumbent)	41,203	90.27%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	4,439	9.73%
Total votes			45,642	100%
	Democratic hold

District 38

Incumbent Republican Ben Chafin has represented the 38th district since a 2014 special election.

General election

Virginia's 38th Senate district general election, 2019^[61]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Chafin (incumbent)	30,288	63.52%
	Independent	George McCall III	16,871	35.37%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	521	1.09%
Total votes			47,680	100%
	Republican hold

District 39

Incumbent Democrat George Barker has represented the 39th district since 2008.

General election

Virginia's 39th Senate district general election, 2019^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Barker (incumbent)	40,230	65.79%
	Republican	Dutch Hillenburg	20,843	34.08%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	79	0.13%
Total votes			61,152	100%
	Democratic hold

District 40

Incumbent Republican Charles William Carrico Sr. has represented the 40th district since 2012. He did not run for reelection.^[7]

General election

Virginia's 40th Senate district general election, 2019^[63]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Pillion	40,122	76.34%
	Independent	Ken Heath	12,271	23.35%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	164	0.31%
Total votes			52,557	100%
	Republican hold

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Republican	Democrat	Other	Undecided
Wason Center[64]	October 28, 2019	849	± 3.8%	29%	42%	12%	7%
Roanoke College[65]	August 1–5, 2019	519	± 4.3%	31%	36%	33%

See also

• 2019 Virginia House of Delegates election
• 2019 Virginia elections
• List of Virginia state legislatures

Notes

1. A majority of 20 is also possible as the Lt. Gov. of Virginia holds a tie-breaker vote.
2. Uncontested by any named candidate.
3. Incumbent Republican Frank Wagner resigned in May 2019 to take the position of Deputy Director of the Virginia Lottery. The seat remained vacant until January 2020.
4. The first Muslim woman elected to state senate.^[3]

External links

• Official results Archived 2019-11-07 at the Wayback Machine