Virginia's 37th Senate district

Virginia's 37th State Senate district
District map before the 2023 election District map from the 2023 election
Senator	Saddam Azlan Salim D – Falls Church
Demographics	47%  White 8%  Black 17%  Hispanic 23%  Asian 4% Other
Population (2019)	210,716 [1]
Registered voters	136,839 [2]

Virginia's 37th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democrat Saddam Azlan Salim since the 2023 election following redistricting.

Geography

District 37 is a serpentine district located entirely within Fairfax County in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., including some or all of Annandale, Kings Park, West Springfield, Burke, Fair Oaks, and Centreville, among other communities. ^[3] The district overlaps with Virginia's 8th, 10th, and 11th congressional districts, and with the 35th, 37th, 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, 53rd, and 67th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates. ^[4]

Recent election results

2023

2023 Virginia Senate election, District 37 ^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Saddam Azlan Salim	10,477	54.1
	Democratic	Chap Petersen	8,880	45.9
Total votes			19,357	100
General election
	Democratic	Saddam Azlan Salim	40,947	68.7
	Republican	Ken Reid	18,427	30.9
Total votes			59,374	100
	Democratic hold

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 37 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Marsden (incumbent)	41,278	90.3
Total votes			45,717	100
	Democratic hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 37 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Marsden (incumbent)	18,966	55.4
	Republican	David Bergman	15,216	44.5
Total votes			34,220	100
	Democratic hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 37 ^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Flanary	3,131	54.9
	Republican	Stephen Hunt	2,568	45.1
Total votes			5,699	100
General election
	Democratic	Dave Marsden (incumbent)	19,841	53.7
	Republican	Jason Flanary	17,036	46.1
Total votes			36,925	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results [7] [8]
2020	President	Biden 67.1–31.1%
2017	Governor	Northam 66.3–32.8%
2016	President	Clinton 63.6–30.6%
2014	Senate	Warner 54.7–43.1%
2013	Governor	McAuliffe 55.9–39.1%
2012	President	Obama 58.6–40.2%
	Senate	Kaine 60.2–39.8%

Historical results

All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.

2010 special

2010 Virginia Senate special election, District 37 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Marsden	11,954	50.6
	Republican	Stephen Hunt	11,627	49.3
Total votes			23,602	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2007

2007 Virginia Senate election, District 37 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Cuccinelli (incumbent)	18,602	50.0
	Democratic	Janet Oleszek	18,510	49.8
Total votes			37,185	100
	Republican hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 37 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Cuccinelli (incumbent)	16,762	53.3
	Democratic	James Mitchell III	14,658	46.6
Total votes			31,443	100
	Republican hold

2002 special

2002 Virginia Senate special election, District 37 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Cuccinelli	10,041	55.0
	Democratic	Catherine Belter	8,193	44.9
Total votes			18,252	100
	Republican hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 37 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Warren E. Barry (incumbent)	29,524	99.4
Total votes			29,703	100
	Republican hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 37 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Warren E. Barry (incumbent)	28,135	98.9
Total votes			28,456	100
	Republican hold

References

1. "State Senate District 37, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
2. "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
3. "David W. Marsden". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
5. "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
6. "Virginia State Senate District 37". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
8. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 7, 2021.