2011 Virginia elections

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2011 Virginia Senate election
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 2007November 8, 2011 2015  

All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia
21 [lower-alpha 1] seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,398,172
 Majority partyMinority party
  Sen. Saslaw 2018 (cropped).jpg
Leader Dick Saslaw Tommy Norment
Party Democratic Republican
Leader sinceJanuary 10, 1996January 9, 2008
Leader's seat 35th district 3rd district
Seats before2218
Seats won2020
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote535,703768,914
Percentage38.3%55%

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Results:
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold

Majority leader before election

Dick Saslaw
Democratic

Elected Majority leader

Tommy Norment
Republican

The 2011 Virginia state elections took place on November 8, 2011. All 140 seats in the Virginia General Assembly were up for re-election, as were many local offices.

Contents

Virginia Senate

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Prior to the election, 22 seats were held by Democrats and 18 seats were held by Republicans. Redistricting caused the 13th district to be moved from Hampton Roads to Northern Virginia and the 22nd district to be moved from the Roanoke area to a district stretching from Lynchburg to Richmond. Republicans gained two seats, making the Senate tied with 20 Democrats and 20 Republicans.

Four incumbent senators chose to retire: Fred Quayle (R-13), Patsy Ticer (D-30), Mary Margaret Whipple (D-31), and William Wampler Jr. (R-40). In addition, two senators, Ralph K. Smith (R-22) and Bill Stanley (R-19) chose to seek re-election in new districts: Smith went from the 22nd to Stanley's 19th, while Stanley opted to challenge incumbent Democrat Roscoe Reynolds in the 20th.

Results

Note: Only races with more than one candidate running are listed below. Unofficial results from the State Board of Elections website. [2]

Party abbreviations: D - Democratic Party, R - Republican Party, IG - Independent Green Party, I - Independent.

DistrictIncumbentPartyElectedStatus2011 Result
1st John Miller Democratic2007Reelected John Miller (D) 51.7%
Mickey Chohany (R) 48.1%
2nd Mamie Locke Democratic2003Reelected Mamie Locke (D) 65.4%
Thomas Harmon IV (R) 34.4%
6th Ralph Northam Democratic2007Reelected Ralph Northam (D) 56.6%
Ben Loyola (R) 43.3%
10th John Watkins Republican1998Reelected John Watkins (R) 56.6%
David Bernard (D) 43.2%
13th Fred Quayle Republican1991Retired (District eliminated);
Republican hold
Dick Black (R) 57.0%
Shawn Mitchell (D) 42.8%
16th Henry L. Marsh Democratic1991Reelected Henry L. Marsh (D) 69.0%
Preston Brown (I) 30.5%
17th Edd Houck Democratic1983Defeated Bryce Reeves (R) 50.2%
Edd Houck (D) 49.7%
19th Bill Stanley Republican2010Elected in 20th District;
Republican hold
Ralph K. Smith (R) 56.5%
J. Brandon Bell (I) 43.2%
20th Roscoe Reynolds Democratic1996Defeated Bill Stanley (R) 46.8%
Roscoe Reynolds (D) 45.5%
Jeff Evans (I) 7.6%
21st John Edwards Democratic1995Reelected John Edwards (D) 55.9%
Dave Nutter (R) 44.0%
22nd Ralph K. Smith Republican2007Elected in 19th District (District
eliminated); Republican hold
Thomas Garrett, Jr. (R) 58.1%
Bert Dodson (D) 41.8%
23rd Steve Newman Republican1995Reelected Steve Newman (R) 77.8%
Robert Short (D) 21.9%
25th Creigh Deeds Democratic2001Reelected Creigh Deeds (D) 64.4%
T.J. Aldous (R) 35.5%
27th Jill Holtzman Vogel Republican2007Reelected Jill Holtzman Vogel (R) 74.6%
Shaun Broy (D) 23.2%
Donald Marro (I) 2.1%
29th Chuck Colgan Democratic1975Reelected Chuck Colgan (D) 55.0%
Tom Gordy (R) 44.8%
30th Patsy Ticer Democratic1995Retired; Democratic hold Adam Ebbin (D) 64.4%
Tim McGhee (R) 35.4%
31st Mary Margaret Whipple Democratic1995Retired; Democratic hold Barbara Favola (D) 58.1%
Caren Merrick (R) 41.7%
32nd Janet Howell Democratic1991Reelected Janet Howell (D) 60.3%
Patrick Forrest (R) 39.7%
33rd Mark Herring Democratic2007Reelected Mark Herring (D) 54.1%
Patricia Phillips (R) 45.8%
34th Chap Petersen Democratic2007Reelected Chap Petersen (D) 59.7%
Gerarda Cullipher (R) 40.2%
35th Dick Saslaw Democratic1980Reelected Dick Saslaw (D) 61.7%
Robert Sarvis (R) 36.0%
Katherine Pettigrew (IG) 2.3%
36th Toddy Puller Democratic2000Reelected Toddy Puller (D) 55.4%
Jeff Frederick (R) 44.4%
37th Dave Marsden Democratic2010Reelected Dave Marsden (D) 53.8%
Jason Flanary (R) 46.2%
38th Phillip Puckett Democratic1998Reelected Phillip Puckett (D) 53.0%
Adam Light (R) 46.9%
39th George Barker Democratic2007Reelected George Barker (D) 53.1%
Miller Baker (R) 46.8%
40th William Wampler Jr. Republican1988Retired; Republican hold Bill Carrico (R) 66.9%
John Lamie (D) 33.0%

Virginia House of Delegates

Prior to the election, the House of Delegates consisted of 58 Republicans, 39 Democrats, 2 Independents, with one vacant seat previously held by a Republican (Glenn Oder of the 94th district, who resigned in August 2011). Redistricting eliminated three seats: Southwestern Virginia's 2nd district, the Martinsville-area 10th district, and the Norfolk-based 87th district. These three seats were moved to Northern Virginia. Republicans gained seven seats from the Democrats and one seat from a retiring independent, making the House's composition 67 Republicans, 32 Democrats, and 1 Independent.

Thirteen incumbents chose not to seek another term in the House: Bud Phillips (D-2), Bill Carrico (R-5), Dave Nutter (R-7), Jim Shuler (D-12), Bill Cleaveland (R-17), Clay Athey (R-18), Adam Ebbin (D-49), Bill Janis (R-56), Watkins Abbitt, Jr. (I-59), Paula Miller (D-87), Glenn Oder (R-94), Harvey Morgan (R-98), and Albert C. Pollard (R-99).

Three Delegates retired in order to seek State Senate seats: Bill Carrico (R-5) opted to run for the open 40th district seat, Dave Nutter (R-7) decided to challenge incumbent Democratic Senator John Edwards in the 21st district, and Adam Ebbin (D-49) chose to run for the open 30th district seat.

Del. Ward Armstrong (D-10) decided to challenge Republican Del. Charles Poindexter in the 9th district rather than retire.

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Notes

  1. A majority of 20 is also possible as the Lt. Gov. of Virginia holds a tie-breaker vote.

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References

  1. "2011 Official General Assembly Candidates List". Archived from the original on August 13, 2013.
  2. "Unofficial election results - Senate". Archived from the original on November 10, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  3. 2011 Official General Assembly Candidates List [ permanent dead link ]