Virginia's 9th Senate district

Virginia's 9th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia.

Virginia's 9th State Senate district
District map before the 2023 election District map from the 2023 election
Senator	Tammy Brankley Mulchi R–Clarksville
Demographics	39% White 52% Black 3% Hispanic 2% Asian 3% Other
Population (2019)	208,848[1]
Registered voters	153,441[2]

Geography

District 9 is based primarily in the City of Richmond, stretching to also include all of Charles City County and parts of Hanover County and Henrico County.^[3]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 1st and 4th congressional districts, and with the 55th, 68th, 69th, 70th, 71st, 72nd, 73rd, and 74th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.^[4]

Recent election results

2024 special election

Republican Tammy Brankley Mulchi was elected in January 2024.^[5]

2023 special election

Following Jennifer McClellan's election to Congress, a special election was called for the district. Lamont Bagby, the Democratic nominee,^[6] won the election with 89.84% of the vote.

County and independent city results

  Bagby

•   70–80%
•   80–90%
•   >90%

2023 Virginia Senate special election, District 9^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lamont Bagby	13,552	89.84
	Republican	Stephen J. Imholt	1,495	9.91
	Write-In	Write In	37	0.25
Total votes			15,084	100
	Democratic hold

2019

County and independent city results

  McClellan

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 9^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennifer McClellan (incumbent)	49,451	80.1
	Libertarian	Mark Lewis	11,707	19.0
Total votes			61,771	100
	Democratic hold

2017 special

2017 Virginia Senate special election, District 9^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennifer McClellan	7,849	91.3
	Libertarian	Corey Falconer	692	8.1
Total votes			8,596	100
	Democratic hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 9^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald McEachin (incumbent)	31,067	95.0
Total votes			32,687	100
	Democratic hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 9^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald McEachin (incumbent)	28,802	90.6
Total votes			31,778	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[10][11]
2020	President	Biden 75.1–23.1%
2017	Governor	Northam 75.1–23.9%
2016	President	Clinton 72.2–23.5%
2014	Senate	Warner 71.7–25.9%
2013	Governor	McAuliffe 69.2–23.6%
2012	President	Obama 72.8–26.1%
	Senate	Kaine 74.2–24.8%

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 9^[9]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald McEachin	6,253	58.1
	Democratic	Benjamin Lambert (incumbent)	4,512	41.9
Total votes			10,765	100
General election
	Democratic	Donald McEachin	16,782	80.9
	Independent	Silver Persinger	3,789	18.3
Total votes			20,740	100
	Democratic hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 9^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Benjamin Lambert (incumbent)	18,747	98.9
Total votes			18,948	100
	Democratic hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 9^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Benjamin Lambert (incumbent)	9,571	99.3
Total votes			9,643	100
	Democratic hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 9^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Benjamin Lambert (incumbent)	21,174	99.9
Total votes			21,199	100
	Democratic hold

District officeholders since 1940

Years	Senator, District 9	Counties/Cities in District
1940–1944	Robert K. Brock (D)	Amelia County, Amherst County, Appomattox County, Buckingham County, Cumberland County, Nelson County, and Powhatan County
1944–1948
1948	W. Dennis Kendig (D)[12]
1949–1952	George W. Palmer
1952–1956
1956–1960	Charles R. Fenwick (D)[12]	Arlington County
1960–1964
1964–1968		Arlington County (part)
1968–1972	M. Patton Echols (R)
1972–1976	Douglas Wilder (D)[13]	City of Richmond (part)
1976–1980
1980–1984
1984–1986
1986–1988	Benjamin Lambert (D)	City of Richmond (part) and Henrico County (part)
1988–1992
1992–1996		Charles City County, City of Richmond (part), and Henrico County (part)
1996–2000
2000–2004
2004–2008
2008–2012	Donald McEachin (D)
2012–2016		Charles City County, Hanover County (part), Henrico County (part), and City of Richmond (part)
2016–2017
2017–2020	Jennifer McClellan (D)
2020–2023
2023–2024	Lamont Bagby (D)