Virginia's 4th Senate district

Virginia's 4th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Republican Ryan McDougle since his victory in a 2006 special election.^[3]

Virginia's 4th State Senate district
District map before the 2023 election District map from the 2023 election
Senator	David Suetterlein R–Roanoke
Demographics	73% White 18% Black 4% Hispanic 1% Asian 3% Other
Population (2019)	211,840[1]
Registered voters	160,749[2]

Geography

District 4 stretches from just outside Fredericksburg to the Chesapeake Bay, including all of the Northern Neck and parts of the Middle Peninsula. It covers all of Caroline, Essex, Middlesex, Lancaster, Northumberland, and Richmond Counties, as well as parts of Hanover, King George, Spotsylvania, and Westmoreland Counties.^[3]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 1st and 7th congressional districts, and with the 54th, 55th, 97th, 98th, and 99th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.^[4]

Recent election results

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 4^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan McDougle (incumbent)	45,714	63.0
	Democratic	Stan Scott	26,654	36.7
Total votes			72,541	100
	Republican hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 4^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan McDougle (incumbent)	37,882	96.0
Total votes			39,455	100
	Republican hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 4^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan McDougle (incumbent)	37,879	97.4
Total votes			38,873	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[7][8]
2020	President	Trump 59.1–39.1%
2017	Governor	Gillespie 60.2–38.7%
2016	President	Trump 59.0–36.4%
2014	Senate	Gillespie 59.8–37.5%
2013	Governor	Cuccinelli 56.4–35.2%
2012	President	Romney 59.1–39.7%
	Senate	Allen 58.2–41.8%

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 4^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan McDougle (incumbent)	33,148	98.3
Total votes			33,719	100
	Republican hold

2006 special

2006 Virginia Senate special election, District 4^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan McDougle	6,822	81.3
	Democratic	Roger Cavendish	1,558	18.6
Total votes			8,392	100
	Republican hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 4^[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Bolling (incumbent)	27,646	99.4
Total votes			27,801	100
	Republican hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 4^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Bolling (incumbent)	38,136	99.7
Total votes			38,253	100
	Republican hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 4^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Bolling	26,957	50.5
	Democratic	Elmo G. Cross, Jr. (incumbent)	26,383	49.5
Total votes			53,342	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

District officeholders since 1940

Years	Senator, District 4	Counties/Cities in District
1940–1944	I. Paul Wailes (D)	Amherst County, Virginia and Nelson County
1944–1948		Amherst County, Virginia, Bedford County and Nelson County
1948–1952
1952–1956	Walter H. Carter (D)
1956–1960	James D. Hagood (D)	Charlotte County, Halifax County, and Prince Edward County
1960–1964		Charlotte County, Halifax County, Prince Edward County and the City of South Boston
1964–1966
1966–1972		Charlotte County, Halifax County, Prince Edward County, Lunenburg County, Nottoway County, and the City of South Boston
1972–1976	Leslie D. Campbell Jr. (D)	Charles City County, Gloucester County, Goochland County, Hanover County, King and Queen County, King William County, Louisa County, Mathews County, Middlesex County, and New Kent County
1976–1980	Elmo Cross (D)
1980–1984
1984–1988
1988–1992
1992–1996		Caroline County, Essex County, Hanover County, King and Queen County, King William County, Middlesex County, and Spotsylvania County (part)
1996–2000	Bill Bolling (R)
2000–2004
2004–2008		Caroline County, Essex County, Hanover County, King and Queen County Middlesex County, and Spotsylvania County (part)
	Ryan McDougle (R)
2008–2012
2012–2016		Caroline County, Essex County, Lancaster County, Middlesex County, Northumberland County, Richmond County, Hanover County (part), King George County (part), Spotsylvania County (part) and Westmoreland County (part)
2016–present