Virginia's 6th congressional district

Virginia's 6th congressional district
Virginia's 6th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023
Representative	Ben Cline; R–Fincastle
Distribution	64.34% urban; 35.66% rural;
Population (2023)	794,509
Median household; income	$69,115
Ethnicity	78.1% White; 7.9% Hispanic; 7.8% Black; 4.0% Two or more races; 1.6% Asian; 0.6% other;
Cook PVI	R+12

Virginia's sixth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It covers much of the west-central portion of the state, including Roanoke, Harrisonburg, and Winchester. The district also encompasses most of the Shenandoah Valley. It has been represented by Republican Ben Cline since 2019, following the retirement of longtime incumbent Republican Bob Goodlatte.

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The district was an open seat in 2018. In November 2017, Goodlatte announced that he would retire from Congress at the end of his current term, and would not seek re-election.^[4]

Historically, the 6th district was one of the first areas of Virginia to turn Republican. Many of the old Byrd Democrats in the area began splitting their tickets and voting Republican at the national level as early as the 1930s. It was also one of the first areas of Virginia where Republicans were able to break the long Democratic dominance at the state and local level. The district itself was in Republican hands from 1953 to 1983. Democrat Jim Olin then won the seat in 1982, and held it for a decade before Goodlatte won it.

Some counties in the district have not supported a Democrat for president since Franklin D. Roosevelt. For instance, Highland and Shenandoah counties last voted for a Democratic presidential candidate in 1932, and Augusta and Roanoke counties have not supported a Democrat since 1944.^[5] The district as a whole has not supported a Democrat for president since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Goodlatte (incumbent)	153,338	99.3
	Write-ins		1,145	0.7
Total votes			154,483	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Goodlatte (incumbent)	105,530	97.1
	Write-ins		3,202	2.9
Total votes			108,732	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Goodlatte (incumbent)	206,560	96.7
	Write-ins		7,008	3.3
Total votes			213,648	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Goodlatte (incumbent)	153,187	75.1
	Independent	Barbara Jean Pryor	25,129	12.3
	Independent	Andre Peery	24,731	12.1
	Write-ins		948	0.5
Total votes			203,995	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Goodlatte (incumbent)	192,350	61.6
	Democratic	Sam Rasoul	114,367	36.6
	Write-ins		262	0.1
Total votes			312,392	100.00

Virginia's 6th congressional district

Area covered

Recent election results

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2010s

2020s

2024

Recent election results from statewide races

List of members representing the district

Historical district boundaries

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References

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2010 Virginia's 6th congressional district election^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Goodlatte (incumbent)	127,487	76.3
	Independent	Jeffrey Vanke	21,649	13.0
	Libertarian	Stuart Bain	15,309	9.2
	Write-ins		2,709	1.6
Total votes			167,154	100.00

2014 Virginia's 6th congressional district election^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Goodlatte (incumbent)	133,898	74.3
	Libertarian	Will Hammer	22,161	12.3
	Green	Bo Brown	21,447	11.9
	Write-ins		2,202	1.2
Total votes			179,708	100.00

2018 Virginia's 6th congressional district election^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Cline	167,957	59.7
	Democratic	Jennifer Lewis	113,133	40.2
	Write-ins		287	0.1
Total votes			281,377	100.00

2022 Virginia's 6th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Cline (incumbent)	173,352	64.4
	Democratic	Jennifer Lewis	95,410	35.4
	Write-in		472	0.2
Total votes			269,234	100.00