Virginia's 10th Senate district

Virginia's 10th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. The district was represented by Republican John McGuire, following its creation after re-districting. However, McGuire resigned on January 3, 2025 to become the United States representative for Virginia's 5th congressional district. A special election was held to finish the remainder of McGuire's term which was won by Luther Cifers.

Virginia's 10th State Senate district
District map before the 2023 election District map from the 2023 election
Senator	Luther Cifers R–Farmville
Demographics	65% White 21% Black 7% Hispanic 4% Asian 3% Other
Population (2019)	212,874[1]
Registered voters	157,579[2]

Geography

District 10 is located in the Greater Richmond Region, covering much of the City of Richmond as well as all of Powhatan County and parts of Chesterfield County.^[3]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 1st, 4th, and 5th congressional districts, and with the 27th, 65th, 66th, 68th, 69th, and 71st districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.^[4]

Recent election results

2025

2025 Virginia Senate Special election, District 10^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Luther Cifers	12,027	57.7%
	Democratic	John K. "Jack" Trammell	8,775	42.1%
Total votes			20,828	100.00%
	Republican hold

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 10^[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ghazala Hashmi	5,246	49.4
	Democratic	Eileen McNeil Bedell	4,347	40.9
	Democratic	Zachary Brown	1,032	9.7
Total votes			10,627	100
General election
	Democratic	Ghazala Hashmi	44,548	54.1
	Republican	Glen Sturtevant (incumbent)	37,737	45.8
Total votes			82,377	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 10^[7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel Gecker	4,730	46.5
	Democratic	Emily Francis	3,487	45.5
	Democratic	Alex McMurtrie Jr.	1,957	19.2
Total votes			10,178	100
General election
	Republican	Glen Sturtevant	27,651	49.8
	Democratic	Daniel Gecker	26,173	47.1
	Independent	Marleen Durfee	1,136	2.0
	Libertarian	Carl Loser	527	0.9
Total votes			55,547	100
	Republican hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 10^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Watkins (incumbent)	18,496	56.4
	Democratic	David Bernard	14,189	43.3
Total votes			32,771	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[8][9]
2024	President	Trump 62.8–35.9%
2020	President	Biden 58.6–39.6%
2017	Governor	Northam 57.2–41.6%
2016	President	Clinton 53.4–40.3%
2014	Senate	Warner 49.4–47.1%
2013	Governor	McAuliffe 47.1–42.3%
2012	President	Obama 50.4–48.2%
	Senate	Kaine 53.7–46.3%

Historical results

All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.

2007

2007 Virginia Senate election, District 10^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Watkins (incumbent)	27,515	97.6
Total votes			28,204	100
	Republican hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 10^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Watkins (incumbent)	27,637	99.2
Total votes			27,863	100
	Republican hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 10^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Watkins (incumbent)	21,366	69.9
	Independent	Alex McMurtrie Jr.	9,164	30.0
Total votes			30,581	100
	Republican hold

1998 special

1998 Virginia Senate special election, District 10^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Watkins	5,005	97.9
Total votes			5,112	100
	Republican hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 10^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph B. Benedetti (incumbent)	32,554	99.4
Total votes			32,738	100
	Republican hold

Notes