Virginia's 23rd Senate district

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Virginia's 23rd
State Senate district
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Senator
  Mamie Locke
D Hampton
Demographics35%  White
49%  Black
8%  Hispanic
3%  Asian
6% Other
Population (2022)216,421 [1]
Registered voters152,346 [2]

Virginia's 23rd Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democrat Mamie Locke since 2024.

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Geography

District 23 is based in the Virginia Peninsula portion of Hampton Roads and includes all of Hampton and parts of Newport News.

The district is within Virginia's 3rd congressional district, and overlaps with the 85th, 86th, and 87th districts within the Virginia House of Delegates. [3]

Recent election results

2023 Virginia Senate election, District 23 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mamie Locke 35,132 89.7
Total votes39,153 100
Democratic gain from Republican

Historic results

All results below took place before 2023 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines, most recently north of the New River Valley.

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 23 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stephen Newman (incumbent) 47,374 93.9
Total votes50,474 100
Republican hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 23 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stephen Newman (incumbent) 27,309 96.7
Total votes28,232 100
Republican hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 23 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stephen Newman (incumbent) 33,481 77.8
Democratic Robert Short9,43921.9
Total votes43,060 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

YearOfficeResults [6] [7]
2020 President Trump 72.6–25.6%
2017 Governor Gillespie 71.4–27.6%
2016 President Trump 70.1–25.0%
2014 Senate Gillespie 67.8–29.9%
2013 Governor Cuccinelli 68.0–25.1%
2012 President Romney 68.9–29.8%
Senate Allen 68.5–31.5%

2007

2007 Virginia Senate election, District 23 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stephen Newman (incumbent) 20,269 97.2
Total votes20,852 100
Republican hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 23 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stephen Newman (incumbent) 26,446 64.1
Democratic Robert Clarke14,81235.9
Total votes41,279 100
Republican hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 23 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stephen Newman (incumbent) 23,052 66.2
Democratic John Campbell11,25532.3
Independent John Trent5291.5
Total votes34,836 100
Republican hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 23 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stephen Newman 29,539 65.3
Democratic Barbara Coleman15,69034.7
Total votes45,253 100
Republican gain from Democratic

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References

  1. "State Senate District 23, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  2. "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  3. "vpap.org". The Virginia Public Access Project. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Virginia State Senate District 23". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
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