2015 Virginia Senate election

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2015 Virginia Senate election
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All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia
21 [a] seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,362,664
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Tommy Norment Dick Saslaw
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceJanuary 9, 2008January 10, 1996
Leader's seat 3rd district 35th district
Last election2020
Seats before2119
Seats won2119
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote716,331596,198
Percentage52.57%43.75%
SwingDecrease2.svg 2.43ppIncrease2.svg 5.45pp
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Results:
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold
Majority leader before election

Tommy Norment
Republican

Elected Majority leader

Tommy Norment
Republican

The 2015 Virginia Senate election was held on November 3, 2015, to elect all 40 members of the Virginia Senate. From January 28 to June 12, 2014, Democrats had held a majority as they won the Lieutenant Governorship in the 2013 elections, but then later lost a seat in a special election, thereby giving Republicans a 21-19 majority. Republicans retained their 21–19 majority in the chamber in the 2015 elections. As of 2023, this is the most recent time that Republicans won a majority in the Senate.

Contents

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40

Previous composition

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican Vacant
End of Previous Session (2008–2012)2218400
Begin2020400
July 3, 2012 [c 1] 19391
September 17, 2012 [c 2] 20400
August 5, 2013 [c 3] 19391
August 16, 2013 [c 4] 20400
January 11, 2014 [c 5] 18382
January 24, 2014 [c 6] 19391
January 28, 2014 [c 7] 2020400
June 8, 2014 [c 8] 1920391
July 2, 2014 [c 9] 18382
August 19, 2014 [c 10] 1821391
November 4, 2014 [c 11] 19400
January 13, 2015 [c 12] 19400
Latest voting share47.5%52.5%
  1. ↑ Democrat Yvonne B. Miller (District 5) died.
  2. ↑ Democrat Kenny Alexander replaced Miller after September 4 special election.
  3. ↑ Republican Harry Blevins (District 14) resigned. Although in theory Democrats had a brief numerical majority, the Senate was not in session. Additionally, rules adopted at the beginning of the 2012 session required a two-thirds supermajority vote to reorganize the Senate mid-session.
  4. ↑ Republican John Cosgrove replaced Blevins after August 6 special election.
  5. ↑ Democrats Ralph Northam (District 6) and Mark Herring (District 33) resigned upon being inaugurated Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, respectively.
  6. ↑ Democrat Jennifer Wexton elected to succeed Herring.
  7. ↑ Democrat Lynwood Lewis replaced Northam after January 7 special election and January 27 recount. After regaining a numerical majority in the Senate, the Democrats voted to change the Senate's rules and reorganize the chamber, putting the Senate back under Democratic control.
  8. ↑ Democrat Phillip Puckett (District 38) resigned. Republicans regained effective control and adopted their own rules change effective June 12.
  9. ↑ Democrat Henry L. Marsh (District 16) resigned to take a seat on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
  10. ↑ Republican Ben Chafin elected to succeed Puckett.
  11. ↑ Democrat Rosalyn Dance elected to succeed Marsh.
  12. ↑ Republicans Jeffrey McWaters (District 8), John Watkins (District 10), Walter Stosch (District 12) & Ralph K. Smith (District 19) & Democrats Charles Colgan (District 29) & Toddy Puller (District 36) Retiring, Replaced respectively by, Republicans Bill DeSteph, Glen Sturtevant, Siobhan Dunnavant & David Suetterlein & Democrats Jeremy McPike & Scott Surovell, No seats changing party.

Summary

2015 Virginia Senate election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican 30 candidates (21 elected)716,33152.57%+0
Democratic 30 candidates (19 elected)596,19843.75%+0
Independent Greens 3 candidates14,6221.07%+0
Independents 4 candidates12,7310.93%+0
Libertarian 1 - Carl Richard Loser 5270.04%+0
Write-ins22,2551.63%N/A
Total votes1,362,664 100.0%
Republican hold Swing 0

Results by district

District 1

Virginia Senate, 1st District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Clifford Miller (incumbent)17,98959.3%
Republican Mark Randolph Matney 12,27840.5%
Write-ins690.2%
Total votes30,336 100.0
Democratic hold

District 2

Virginia Senate, 2nd District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mamie Evelyn Locke (incumbent)17,45994.1%
Write-ins1,0875.9%
Total votes18,546 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 3

Virginia Senate, 3rd District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Thomas Kent Norment Jr. (incumbent)35,52069.5%
Democratic Hugo Eduardo Reyes 15,43230.2%
Write-ins1470.3%
Total votes51,099 100.0%
Republican hold

District 4

Virginia Senate, 4th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ryan Todd McDougle (incumbent)37,88296.0%
Write-ins1,5734%
Total votes39,455 100.0%
Republican hold

District 5

Virginia Senate, 5th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kenneth Cooper Alexander (incumbent)13,95595.4%
Write-ins6684.6%
Total votes14,623 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 6

Virginia Senate, 6th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lynwood Wayne Lewis Jr. (incumbent)16,73859.5%
Republican Richard Hooper Ottinger 11,38640.4%
Write-ins290.1%
Total votes28,153 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 7

Virginia Senate, 7th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Frank W. Wagner (incumbent)18,26653.9%
Democratic Gary Thomas McCollum 15,43445.5%
Write-ins2080.6%
Total votes33,908 100.0%
Republican hold

District 8

Virginia Senate, 8th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Howard David Belote 11,07540.9%
Republican Bill R. DeSteph Jr. 15,90558.7%
Write-ins1060.4%
Total votes27,086 100.0%
Republican hold

District 9

Virginia Senate, 9th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic A. Donald McEachin (incumbent)31,06795.0%
Write-ins1,6205%
Total votes32,687 100.0
Democratic hold

District 10

Virginia Senate, 10th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Daniel Allen Gecker 26,17347.1%
Republican Glen Howard Sturtevant Jr. 27,65149.8%
Independent Greens Marleen K. Durfee 1,1362.0%
Libertarian Carl Richard Loser 5271.0%
Write-ins600.1%
Republican hold
Total votes55,547 100.0%

District 11

Virginia Senate, 11th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ernest Wayne Powell 15,48536.2%
Republican Amanda Freeman Chase 27,21863.6%
Write-ins1110.3%
Total votes42,814 100.0%
Republican hold

District 12

Virginia Senate, 12th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Deborah M. Repp 16,79738.0%
Republican Siobhan Stolle Dunnavant 25,50457.6%
Independent Robert Scott Johnson 1,8814.3%
Write-ins650.1%
Total votes44,247 100.0%
Republican hold

District 13

Virginia Senate, 13th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican R. H. Black (incumbent)25,89852.3%
Democratic Barbra Jill McCabe 23,54447.5%
Write-ins840.2%
Total votes49,526 100.0
Republican hold

District 14

Virginia Senate, 14th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican J. A. Cosgrove Jr. (incumbent)15,37192.4%
Write-ins1,2667.6%
Total votes16,637 100.0
Republican hold

District 15

Virginia Senate, 15th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Frank Miller Ruff Jr. (incumbent)32,74598.3%
Write-ins5721.7%
Total votes33,317 100.0%
Republican hold

District 16

Virginia Senate, 16th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Rosalyn Randolph Dance (incumbent)17,33172.7%
Independent Joseph D. Morrissey [2] 6,09025.5%
Write-ins4281.8%
Total votes23,849 100.0
Democratic hold

District 17

Virginia Senate, 17th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bryce E. Reeves (incumbent)24,51962.1%
Democratic Ned Lee Gallaway 14,91537.8%
Write-ins530.1%
Total votes39,487 100.0%
Republican hold

District 18

Virginia Senate, 18th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lillie Louise Boone Lucas (incumbent)20,32195.6%
Write-ins9424.4%
Total votes21,263 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 19

Virginia Senate, 19th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael Lawrence Hamlar 15,73830.8%
Republican David Robert Suetterlein 33,12064.9%
Independent Steven Lee Nelson 2,1344.2%
Write-ins710.1%
Total votes51,063 100.0%
Republican hold

District 20

Virginia Senate, 20th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican William Martin Stanley Jr. (incumbent)22,70157.9%
Democratic Kimberly Elliott Adkins 16,45542.0%
Write-ins670.2%
Total votes39,223 100.0%
Republican hold

District 21

Virginia Senate, 21st District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Saul Edwards (incumbent)20,88150.9%
Republican Nancy Vivian Dye 17,43842.5%
Independent Donald Stevens Caldwell 2,6266.4%
Write-ins420.1%
Total votes40,987 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 22

Virginia Senate, 22nd District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Thomas A. Garrett Jr. (incumbent)24,91395.3%
Write-ins1,2194.7%
Total votes26,132 100.0%
Republican hold

District 23

Virginia Senate, 23rd District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stephen Dwayne Newman (incumbent)27,30996.7%
Write-ins9233.3%
Total votes28,232 100.0%
Republican hold

District 24

Virginia Senate, 24th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Emmett Wilson Hanger Jr. (incumbent)34,98097.9%
Write-ins7652.1%
Total votes35,745 100.0%
Republican hold

District 25

Virginia Senate, 25th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert Creigh Deeds (incumbent)34,41997.2%
Write-ins9842.8%
Total votes35,403 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 26

Virginia Senate, 26th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Dudley Obenshain (incumbent)25,04268.7%
Democratic April Dorothea Moore 11,30831.0%
Write-ins890.2%
Total votes36,439 100.0
Republican hold

District 27

Virginia Senate, 27th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jill Holtzman Vogel (incumbent)34,20397.3%
Write-ins9642.7%
Total votes35,167 100.0%
Republican hold

District 28

Virginia Senate, 28th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Richard Henry Stuart Sr. (incumbent)30,18795.4%
Write-ins1,4464.6%
Total votes31,633 100.0%
Republican hold

District 29

Virginia Senate, 29th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jeremy Scott McPike 16,48953.7%
Republican Harry "Hal" Jacob Parrish, II14,13146.1%
Write-ins600.2%
Total votes30,680 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 30

Virginia Senate, 30th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Adam Paul Ebbin (incumbent)27,27476.7%
Independent Greens James Ronald Fisher 7,43120.9%
Write-ins8422.4%
Total votes35,547 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 31

Virginia Senate, 31st District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Barbara Ann Favola (incumbent)26,37362.3%
Republican George Forakis 15,90437.5%
Write-ins810.2%
Total votes42,358 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 32

Virginia Senate, 32nd District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Janet Denison Howell (incumbent)31,15694.0%
Write-ins1,9746%
Total votes33,130 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 33

Virginia Senate, 33rd District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jennifer Tosini Wexton (incumbent)18,57756.6%
Republican Stephen Bartholomew Hollingshead 14,19043.2%
Write-ins590.2%
Total votes32,826 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 34

Virginia Senate, 34th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Chapman "Chap" Petersen (incumbent)27,69093.6%
Write-ins1,8816.4%
Total votes29,571 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 35

Virginia Senate, 35th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard Lawrence Saslaw (incumbent)18,75474.4%
Independent Greens Terrence Wayne Modglin 6,05524%
Write-ins3831.5%
Total votes25,192 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 36

Virginia Senate, 36th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Scott A. Surovell 18,32060.5%
Republican Gerald Moodrow Foreman, II 11,89039.3%
Write-ins620.2%
Total votes30,272 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 37

Virginia Senate, 37th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic David William Marsden (incumbent)18,96655.4%
Republican David Michael Bergman 15,21644.5%
Write-ins380.1%
Total votes34,220 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 38

Virginia Senate, 38th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Augustus Benton Chafin Jr. (incumbent)31,02598.3%
Write-ins5371.7%
Total votes31,562 100.0%
Republican hold

District 39

Virginia Senate, 39th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic George L. Barker (incumbent)20,08353.9%
Republican Joseph "Joe" Robert Murray 17,10145.9%
Write-ins850.2%
Total votes37,269 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 40

Virginia Senate, 40th District general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican C. W. "Bill" Carrico (incumbent)36,83898.4%
Write-ins5951.6%
Total votes37,433 100.0%
Republican hold

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ "Virginia Elections Database » Search Elections".
  2. ↑ Joseph Morrissey withdrew from the race on September 10, 2015, however he remained on the ballot.
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