Virginia's 22nd Senate district

Virginia's 22nd Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. After the 2020 Census and redistricting, it is located in Virginia Beach and represented by Democratic Senator Aaron Rouse. Before redistricting, the area covered by this district was located in central Virginia where it was represented by Republican Mark Peake since he ran to replace fellow Republican Tom Garrett in a 2017 special election.^[3]

Virginia's 22nd State Senate district
District map before the 2023 election District map from the 2023 election
Senator	Aaron Rouse D–Virginia Beach
Demographics	69% White 24% Black 3% Hispanic 1% Asian 2% Other
Population (2019)	199,227[1]
Registered voters	138,328[2]

Geography

District 22 is located in central Virginia, containing a large portion of the City of Lynchburg, part of Louisa County, and all of Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, and Prince Edward Counties.^[3]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 5th, 6th, and 7th congressional districts, and with the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 56th, 58th, 59th, 60th, 61st, and 65th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.^[4]

Recent election results

2019

County and independent city results

  Peake

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Claytor

•   50–60%

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 22^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Peake (incumbent)	37,630	62.8
	Democratic	Dakota Claytor	22,254	37.1
Total votes			59,961	100
	Republican hold

2017 special

County and independent city results

  Peake

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Washington

•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%

2017 Virginia Senate special election, District 22^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Peake	13,713	53.1
	Democratic	Ryant Washington	10,226	39.6
	Independent	Joe Hines	1,884	8.9
Total votes			25,842	100
	Republican hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 22^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Garrett (incumbent)	24,913	95.3
	Write-in		1,247	4.7
Total votes			26,132	100
	Republican hold

2011

General election results by county and independent city

  Garrett

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Dodson

•   50–60%

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 22^[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Garrett	3,240	26.0
	Republican	Brian Bates	3,069	24.6
	Republican	Mark Peake	2,810	22.5
	Republican	Bryan Rhode	2,560	20.5
	Republican	Claudia Tucker	797	6.4
Total votes			12,478	100
General election
	Republican	Tom Garrett	28,357	58.1
	Democratic	Bert Dodson	20,389	41.8
Total votes			48,815	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[7][8]
2020	President	Trump 56.1–42.1%
2017	Governor	Gillespie 57.1–41.8%
2016	President	Trump 54.8–40.6%
2014	Senate	Gillespie 55.4–42.0%
2013	Governor	Cuccinelli 52.9–39.4%
2012	President	Romney 53.6–44.9%
	Senate	Allen 53.8–46.2%

Historical results

All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines. Under the lines drawn in 2011, 22nd district incumbent Ralph K. Smith was redrawn into the 19th district, making the 22nd district an open seat.

2007

2007 Virginia Senate election, District 22^[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph K. Smith	3,645	50.5
	Republican	Brandon Bell (incumbent)	3,570	49.5
Total votes			7,215	100
General election
	Republican	Ralph K. Smith	21,193	50.8
	Democratic	Michael Breiner	20,452	49.0
Total votes			41,757	100
	Republican hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 22^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brandon Bell	23,810	56.7
	Democratic	Stephen Emick	18,140	43.2
Total votes			41,956	100
	Republican hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 22^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Malfourd W. Trumbo (incumbent)	27,378	99.9
Total votes			27,406	100
	Republican hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 22^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Malfourd W. Trumbo (incumbent)	34,312	99.9
Total votes			34,361	100
	Republican hold

District officeholders

Years	Senator, District 22	Counties/Cities in District
1940–1944	W. D. Medley (D)	Arlington County
1944–1948
1948–1952	Charles R. Fenwick (D)
1952–1956
1956–1960	Curry Carter (D)	Augusta County, Highland County, and the Cities of Staunton, Virginia and Waynesboro, Virginia
1960–1964
1964–1966		Augusta County, Bath County, Highland County, and the City of Staunton, Virginia and the City of Waynesboro, Virginia
1966–1968	Edward O. McCue (D)	Albemarle County, Cumberland County, Fluvanna County, Greene County, Madison County, Powhatan County and the City of Charlottesville
1968–1972	James Harry Michael Jr. (D)
1972–1976	David F. Thornton (R)	Allegheny County, Bath County, Botetourt County, Roanoke County (part) and all of the cities of Salem, Clifton Forge and Covington
1976–1980	Buzz Emick (D)
1980–1984
1984–1988
1988–1992
1992–1996	Malfourd W. "Bo" Trumbo	Allegheny County, Bath County, Botetourt County, Craig County, Giles County, Pulaski County (part), Roanoke County (part) and all of the cities of Clifton Forge, Covington, Radford and Salem
1996–2000
2000–2004
2004–2008	J. Brandon Bell (R)	Botetourt County, the City of Radford, the City of Salem, Montgomery County (part) and Roanoke County (part)
2008–2012	Ralph K. Smith (R)
2012–2016	Tom Garrett (R)	Amherst County, Appomattox County, Buckingham County, Cumberland County, Fluvanna County, Goochland County, Prince Edward County, Parts of Louisa County and Lynchburg City
2017–present	Mark Peake (R)