Virginia's 36th Senate district

Virginia's 36th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democrat Stella Pekarsky since 2023.

Virginia's 36th State Senate district
District map before the 2023 election District map from the 2023 election
Senator	Stella Pekarsky D–Centreville
Demographics	48% White 7% Black 12% Hispanic 30% Asian 4% Other
Population (2019)	223,093[1]
Registered voters	134,492[2]

History

• Stella Pekarsky since 2023, succeeding fellow Democrat Scott Surovell.^[3]

Geography

District 36 covers parts of Fairfax County.

The district overlaps with Virginia's 10th and 11th congressional districts, and with the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.^[3]

Recent election results

2023

2023 Virginia Senate election, District 36 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stella Pekarsky	36,802	60.8
	Republican	Julie Perry	23,458	38.8
	Write-in		223	0.4
Total votes			60,483	100
	Democratic hold

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 36^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Surovell (incumbent)	37,518	95.9
	Write-in		3,398	4.1
Total votes			39,141	100
	Democratic hold

2015

County and independent city results

  Surovell

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

  Foreman

•   50–60%

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 36^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Surovell	18,320	60.5
	Republican	Gerald Foreman	11,890	39.3
	Write-in		62	0.2
Total votes			30,272	100
	Democratic hold

2011

County and independent city results

  Puller

•   60–70%

  Frederick

•   50–60%

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 36^[4]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Frederick	3,670	68.6
	Republican	Tito Muñoz	1,676	31.3
Total votes			5,347	100
General election
	Democratic	Toddy Puller (incumbent)	16,649	55.2
	Republican	Jeff Frederick	13,445	44.6
Total votes			30,161	100
	Democratic hold

Federal & Statewide results in District 36

Year	Office	Results[7][8]
2020	President	Biden 70.6–27.6%
2020	President	Biden 70.6 – 27.6%
2017	Governor	Northam 68.7 – 30.4%
2016	President	Clinton 65.9 – 29.3%
2014	Senate	Warner 59.4 – 38.8%
2013	Governor	McAuliffe 60.9 – 34.9%
2012	President	Obama 64.7 – 34.2%
	Senate	Kaine 65.2 – 34.8%

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 36^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Toddy Puller (incumbent)	21,441	96.3
Total votes			22,255	100
	Democratic hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 36^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Toddy Puller (incumbent)	16,637	55.4
	Republican	Chris Braunlich	13,373	44.5
Total votes			30,022	100
	Democratic hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 36^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Toddy Puller	17,363	52.4
	Republican	Daniel Rinzel	15,757	47.6
Total votes			33,136	100
	Democratic hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 36^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph V. Gartlan Jr.	18,378	52.7
	Republican	Stanford Parris	16,461	47.2
Total votes			34,851	100
	Democratic hold

District officeholders

Years	Senator, District 36	Counties/cities in district
1940–1944	No member elected	District was defunct as a result of redistricting
1944–1948
1948–1952
1952–1956
1956–1960	Armistead L. Boothe (D)	City of Alexandria
1960–1963
1963–1964	Leroy S. Bendheim (D)
1964–1968	No member elected	District was defunct as a result of redistricting[9]
1968–1972
1972–1976	Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr. (D)	Fairfax County (part)
1976–1980
1980–1984
1984–1988
1988–1992
1992–1996
1996–2000
2000–2004	Toddy Puller (D)
2004–2008		Fairfax County (part), Prince William County (part)
2008–2012
2012–2016		Fairfax County (part), Prince William County (part) and Stafford County (part)
2016–2023	Scott A. Surovell (D)
2023-Present	Stella Pekarsky (D)	Fairfax County (part)