Virginia's 10th Senate district

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Virginia's 10th
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Demographics65%  White
21%  Black
7%  Hispanic
4%  Asian
3% Other
Population (2019)212,874 [1]
Registered voters157,579 [2]

Virginia's 10th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. The district was represented by Republican John McGuire, following its creation after re-districting. However, McGuire resigned on January 3, 2025 to become the United States representative for Virginia's 5th congressional district. A special election will be held to finish the remainder of McGuire's term.

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Geography

District 10 is located in the Greater Richmond Region, covering much of the City of Richmond as well as all of Powhatan County and parts of Chesterfield County. [3]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 1st, 4th, and 5th congressional districts, and with the 27th, 65th, 66th, 68th, 69th, and 71st districts of the Virginia House of Delegates. [4]

Recent election results

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 10 [5]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ghazala Hashmi 5,246 49.4
Democratic Eileen McNeil Bedell4,34740.9
Democratic Zachary Brown1,0329.7
Total votes10,627 100
General election
Democratic Ghazala Hashmi 44,548 54.1
Republican Glen Sturtevant (incumbent)37,73745.8
Total votes82,377 100
Democratic gain from Republican

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 10 [6]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Daniel Gecker 4,730 46.5
Democratic Emily Francis3,48745.5
Democratic Alex McMurtrie Jr. 1,95719.2
Total votes10,178 100
General election
Republican Glen Sturtevant 27,651 49.8
Democratic Daniel Gecker26,17347.1
Independent Marleen Durfee1,1362.0
Libertarian Carl Loser5270.9
Total votes55,547 100
Republican hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 10 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Watkins (incumbent) 18,496 56.4
Democratic David Bernard14,18943.3
Total votes32,771 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

YearOfficeResults [7] [8]
2020 President Biden 58.6–39.6%
2017 Governor Northam 57.2–41.6%
2016 President Clinton 53.4–40.3%
2014 Senate Warner 49.4–47.1%
2013 Governor McAuliffe 47.1–42.3%
2012 President Obama 50.4–48.2%
Senate Kaine 53.7–46.3%

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 10 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Watkins (incumbent) 27,515 97.6
Total votes28,204 100
Republican hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 10 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Watkins (incumbent) 27,637 99.2
Total votes27,863 100
Republican hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 10 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Watkins (incumbent) 21,366 69.9
Independent Alex McMurtrie Jr. 9,16430.0
Total votes30,581 100
Republican hold

1998 special

1998 Virginia Senate special election, District 10 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Watkins 5,005 97.9
Total votes5,112 100
Republican hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 10 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joseph B. Benedetti (incumbent) 32,554 99.4
Total votes32,738 100
Republican hold

Notes

  1. ↑ Republican John McGuire (Virginia politician) resigned on January 3, 2025 to become United States Representative after the 2024 elections

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References

  1. ↑ "State Senate District 10, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ghazala F. Hashmi". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  4. ↑ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Virginia State Senate District 10". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  8. ↑ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
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