Virginia's 1st Senate district

Virginia's 1st State Senate district
District map before the 2023 election District map from the 2023 election
Senator	Timmy French R – Woodstock
Demographics	51%  White 31%  Black 10%  Hispanic 4%  Asian 4% Other
Population (2019)	202,074 [1]
Registered voters	132,915 [2]

Virginia's 1st Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia.

History

Since the 2023 Virginia Senate election, the state senator has been Republican Timmy French.

It had been represented by Democrat Monty Mason since his victory in a 2016 special election following the death of fellow Democrat John Miller. ^[3]

Geography

As of the 2023 Virginia Senate election, District 1 is located in northern Virginia, including all of Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, and Warren counties and the independent city of Winchester. ^[4]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 6th congressional district and with the 31st, 32nd, and 33rd districts of the Virginia House of Delegates. The district is made up of areas that were previously part of the 26th and 27th Virginia Senate districts. ^[4]

Before the 2023 elections, District 1 was located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area in southeastern Virginia, including all of Williamsburg and parts of Hampton, Newport News, Suffolk, James City County, and York County. ^[3]

Recent election results

2023

2023 Virginia Senate election, District 1 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Timmy French	37,453	58.2
	Democratic	Emily Scott	21,334	33.2
	Write-in		5,535	8.6
Total votes			64,322	100.0

2019 (under previous district geography)

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 1 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Monty Mason (incumbent)	36,869	89.8
	Write-in		4,174	10.2
Total votes			41,043	100
	Democratic hold

2016 special

County and independent city results

  Mason

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

2016 Virginia Senate special election, District 1 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Monty Mason	49,251	58.1
	Republican	Thomas R. Holston	31,740	37.4
	Independent	John R. Bloom	3,534	4.2
Total votes			84,762	100
	Democratic hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 1 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Miller (incumbent)	17,989	59.4
	Republican	Mark Matney	12,278	40.6
Total votes			30,267	100
	Democratic hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 1 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Miller (incumbent)	17,196	51.8
	Republican	Michael Chohany	15,994	48.2
Total votes			33,190	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results [6] [7]
2020	President	Biden 62.1–36.1%
2017	Governor	Northam 62.3–36.5%
2016	President	Clinton 57.5–36.8%
2014	Senate	Warner 56.8–40.9%
2013	Governor	McAuliffe 55.4–38.3%
2012	President	Obama 59.6–39.0%
	Senate	Kaine 60.8–39.2%

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 1 ^[8]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patricia Stall	4,757	54.3
	Republican	Marty Williams (incumbent)	3,999	45.7
Total votes			8,756	100
General election
	Democratic	John Miller	15,502	51.1
	Republican	Patricia Stall	14,771	48.6
Total votes			30,366	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 1 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marty Williams (incumbent)	10,261	94.5
Total votes			10,856	100
	Republican hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 1 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marty Williams (incumbent)	25,416	96.1
Total votes			26,439	100
	Republican hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 1 ^[8]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marty Williams	2,406	51.3
	Republican	John J. Gill	2,284	48.7
Total votes			4,690	100
General election
	Republican	Marty Williams	19,979	52.5
	Democratic	Hunter Andrews (incumbent)	18,047	47.5
Total votes			38,033	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

District officeholders since 1904

Years	Senator, District 1	Counties/Cities in District
1904–1906	J. Cloyd Byars (D)	Washington County, Smyth County, City of Bristol
1906–1908	Alanson T. Lincoln (R)
1908–1912
1912–1913	David C. Cummings, Jr. (D)
1913–1916	Benjamin F. Buchanan (D)
1916–1920	John P. Buchanan (D)
1920–1924	John H. Hassinger (R)
1924–1928	Warner Ames (D)	Accomac County, Northampton County, Princess Anne County
1928–1932	George L. Doughty (D)
1932–1936	Jefferson F. Walter (D)
1936–1940
1940–1942
1942–1944	Ben T. Gunter Jr. (D)
1944–1948
1948–1952
1952–1956	V. Alfred Etheridge (D)
1956–1960	E. Almer Ames Jr. (D)	Accomac County, Northampton County, Princess Anne County, City of Virginia Beach
1960–1964
1964–1966
1966–1968		Accomac County, Gloucester County, Northampton County, Mathews County, and York County
1968–1972	William E. Fears (D)
1972–1976	Hunter Andrews (D)	City of Hampton
1976–1980
1980–1984
1984–1988
1988–1992
1992–1996		City of Poquoson, City of Hampton (part), City of Newport News (part) and York County (part)
1996–2000	Marty Williams (R)
2000–2004
2004–2008
2008–2012	John C. Miller (D)
2012–2016		City of Williamsburg, James City County (part), York County (part), City of Hampton (part), City of Newport News (part) and City of Suffolk (part)
2016–present	T. Monty Mason (D)

References

1. "State Senate District 1, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
2. "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
3. "T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
4. "District Profile: State Senate District 1". Virginia Public Access Project. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
5. "Virginia State Senate District 1". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
6. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
7. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. April 16, 2021. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
8. "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 1, 2019.