Virginia's 20th Senate district

Virginia's 20th State Senate district
District map before the 2023 election District map from the 2023 election
Senator	Bill DeSteph R – Virginia Beach
Demographics	65%  White 27%  Black 5%  Hispanic 1%  Asian 2% Other
Population (2019)	191,494 [1]
Registered voters	130,536 [2]

Virginia's 20th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Republican Bill Stanley since 2012; prior to 2011 redistricting, Stanley represented the 19th district. ^[3]

Geography

District 20 is based in Virginia's western Southside, incorporating all of Henry County, Patrick County, Martinsville, and Galax, as well as parts of Carroll County, Franklin County, Halifax County, Pittsylvania County, and the City of Danville. ^[3]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 5th and 9th congressional districts, and with the 5th, 6th, 9th, 14th, 16th, and 60th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates. ^[4] It borders the state of North Carolina. ^[1]

Recent election results

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 20 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Stanley (incumbent)	32,527	70.5
	Independent	Sherman Witcher	13,394	29.0
Total votes			46,125	100
	Republican hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 20 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Stanley (incumbent)	22,701	57.9
	Democratic	Kim Adkins	16,455	42.0
Total votes			39,223	100
	Republican hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 20 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Stanley (incumbent)	23,975	46.8
	Democratic	Roscoe Reynolds (incumbent)	23,331	45.5
	Independent	Willis Jeffery Evans	3,887	7.6
Total votes			51,230	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2011 redistricting placed Bill Stanley, the Republican incumbent from the 19th district, in the same district as Democrat Roscoe Reynolds, the incumbent from the 20th district, resulting in an incumbent-vs-incumbent general election.

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results [7] [8]
2020	President	Trump 57.6–40.6%
2017	Governor	Gillespie 58.5–40.7%
2016	President	Trump 56.8–40.4%
2014	Senate	Gillespie 51.1–47.1%
2013	Governor	Cuccinelli 53.9–39.8%
2012	President	Romney 50.6–47.2%
	Senate	Allen 51.6–48.4%

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 20 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roscoe Reynolds (incumbent)	30,365	63.0
	Republican	Willis Jeffery Evans	17,804	36.9
Total votes			48,229	100
	Democratic hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 20 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roscoe Reynolds (incumbent)	27,699	67.8
	Republican	Thomas Peterson	13,134	32.1
Total votes			40,876	100
	Democratic hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 20 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roscoe Reynolds (incumbent)	27,586	99.9
Total votes			27,617	100
	Democratic hold

1996 special

1996 Virginia Senate special election, District 20 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roscoe Reynolds	17,360	58.2
	Republican	Allen Dudley	12,438	41.7
Total votes			29,803	100
	Democratic hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 20 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Virgil Goode (incumbent)	38,709	100
Total votes			38,728	100
	Democratic hold

Decades earlier, District 20 consisted of Campbell County, Virginia and Lynchburg slightly further north.

References

1. "State Senate District 20, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
2. "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
3. "William M. Stanley, Jr". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
5. "Virginia State Senate District 20". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
6. "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
8. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.