Virginia's 7th Senate district

Virginia's 7th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. The seat is currently held by Democrat Aaron Rouse, who was elected in a 2023 special election.

Virginia's 7th State Senate district before the 2023 election

Virginia's 7th State Senate district
District map before the 2023 election District map from the 2023 election
Senator	Bill Stanley R–Rocky Mount
Demographics	59% White 21% Black 9% Hispanic 7% Asian 4% Other
Population (2019)	208,440[1]
Registered voters	142,498[2]

Geography

District 7 is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area in southeastern Virginia, including much of Virginia Beach and a small part of Norfolk.^[3]

The district is located entirely within Virginia's 2nd congressional district, and overlaps with the 21st, 82nd, 83rd, 85th, and 90th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.^[4]

Recent election results

2023 special

2023 Virginia Senate special election, District 7^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Aaron Rouse	19,430	50.4
	Republican	Kevin Adams	19,082	49.5
Total votes			38,546	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 7^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jen Kiggans	4,045	51.6
	Republican	Carolyn Weems	3,789	48.4
Total votes			7,836	100
	Democratic	Cheryl Turpin	3,268	58.7
	Democratic	Susan Bates Hippen	1,531	27.5
	Democratic	Kim Howard	761	13.7
Total votes			5,566	100
General election
	Republican	Jen Kiggans	29,609	50.4
	Democratic	Cheryl Turpin	29,098	49.5
Total votes			58,798	100
	Republican hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 7^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wagner (incumbent)	18,266	53.9
	Democratic	Gary McCollum	15,434	45.5
Total votes			33,908	100
	Republican hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 7^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wagner (incumbent)	17,303	96.8
Total votes			17,869	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[7][8]
2020	President	Biden 54.1–44.1%
2017	Governor	Northam 53.5–45.3%
2016	President	Clinton 47.1–46.9%
2014	Senate	Gillespie 49.9–47.4%
2013	Governor	Cuccinelli 47.1–46.4%
2012	President	Obama 49.5–49.1%
	Senate	Kaine 51.7–48.3%

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 7^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wagner (incumbent)	15,426	96.8
Total votes			15,943	100
	Republican hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 7^[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wagner (incumbent)	12,694	59.0
	Democratic	Clancy A. Holland	8,737	40.6
Total votes			21,507	100
	Republican hold

2000 special

2000 Virginia Senate special election, District 7^[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wagner	11,041	68.8
	Democratic	Louisa Strayhorn	4,998	31.1
Total votes			16,058	100
	Republican hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 7^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Schrock (incumbent)	24,127	97.7
Total votes			24,694	100
	Republican hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 7^[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Schrock	1,963	58.6
	Republican	Walter Erb	1,386	41.4
Total votes			3,349	100
General election
	Republican	Ed Schrock	16,147	55.8
	Democratic	Clancy A. Holland (incumbent)	12,773	44.2
Total votes			28,928	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

District officeholders since 1940

Years	Senator, District 6	Counties/Cities in District
1940–1942	H. B. Moseley (D)	Brunswick County and Mecklenburg County
1942–1944	Y. Melvin Hodges (D)
1944–1948
1948–1952	Albertis S. Harrison, Jr. (D)
1952–1956
1956–1958		Brunswick County, Lunenburg County, and Mecklenburg County
1958–1960	Joseph C. Hutcheson (D)
1960–1962
1962–1966
1966–1972		Brunswick County, Dinwiddie County, Mecklenburg County, and the City of Petersburg
1972–1976	Stanley C. Walker (D) Peter K. Babalas (D) Thomas McNamara (D)	City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach (part)[9]
1976–1980	Stanley C. Walker (D) Peter K. Babalas (D) Joseph T. Fitzpatrick (D)
1980–1984	Clancy A. Holland (D)	City of Virginia Beach (part)
1984–1988
1988–1992
1992–1996
1996–2000	Ed Schrock (R)
2000–2001
2001–2004	Frank Wagner (R)
2004–2008
2008–2012
2012–2016		City of Norfolk (part), City of Virginia Beach (part)
2016–2019
2020–2023	Jen Kiggans (R)
2023–2024	Aaron Rouse (D)