Virginia's 6th Senate district

Virginia's 6th State Senate district
District map before the 2023 election District map from the 2023 election
Senator	Todd Pillion R – Abingdon
Demographics	58%  White 26%  Black 9%  Hispanic 3%  Asian 3% Other
Population (2019)	194,890 [1]
Registered voters	108,287 [2]

Virginia's 6th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. The new 2021 redistricting has moved the designation of 6th Senate District to far southwestern Virginia. ^{[3] [4]}

Before the recent redistricting, the old district had been represented by Democrat Lynwood Lewis since his victory in a highly contested 2014 special election to succeed fellow Democrat Ralph Northam, who was elected Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. ^[5]

Geography

Former District 6 was a disparate district which included Accomack County and Northampton County on the Eastern Shore, Mathews County on the Middle Peninsula, and parts of the Hampton Roads cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach. ^[5]

The former District 6 had overlapped with Virginia's former 1st, 2nd, and 3rd congressional districts, and with the former 79th, 83rd, 89th, 90th, 98th, and 100th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates. ^[6] It had bordered the state of Maryland. ^[1]

Recent election results

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 6 ^[7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynwood Lewis (incumbent)	4,559	70.6
	Democratic	Willie Randall	1,899	29.4
Total votes			6,459	100
General election
	Democratic	Lynwood Lewis (incumbent)	25,772	59.7
	Republican	Elizabeth Lankford	17,357	40.2
Total votes			43,198	100
	Democratic hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 6 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynwood Lewis (incumbent)	16,738	59.5
	Republican	Richard Ottinger	11,386	40.4
Total votes			28,153	100
	Democratic hold

2014 special

2014 Virginia Senate special election, District 6 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynwood Lewis	10,201	50.0
	Republican	Wayne Coleman	10,192	50.0
Total votes			20,401	100
	Democratic hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 6 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ralph Northam (incumbent)	16,606	56.8
	Republican	Benito Loyola, Jr.	12,622	43.1
Total votes			29,259	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results [9] [10]
2020	President	Biden 57.1–41.1%
2017	Governor	Northam 58.2–40.6%
2016	President	Clinton 53.4–41.3%
2014	Senate	Warner 52.7–44.5%
2013	Governor	McAuliffe 52.7–40.6%
2012	President	Obama 56.7–42.0%
	Senate	Kaine 58.4–41.6%

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 6 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ralph Northam	17,307	54.3
	Republican	Nick Rerras (incumbent)	14,499	45.5
Total votes			31,851	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 6 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nick Rerras (incumbent)	15,771	61.7
	Democratic	Andrew Protogyrou	9,775	38.2
Total votes			25,560	100
	Republican hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 6 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nick Rerras	11,621	59.3
	Democratic	Stanley C. Walker (incumbent)	7,966	40.7
Total votes			19,591	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 6 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stanley C. Walker (incumbent)	10,917	54.9
	Republican	Nick Rerras	8,979	45.1
Total votes			19,901	100
	Democratic hold

District officeholders since 1940

Years	Senator, District 6	Counties/Cities in District
1940	Robert W. Daniel (D)	Greensvile County, Prince George County, Surry County, Sussex County and the City of Hopewell
1941–1944	Garland Gray (D)
1944–1948
1948–1952
1952–1956
1956–1960
1960–1964
1964–1966
1966–1968		Greensvile County, James City County, Prince George County, Surry County, Sussex County, the City of Hopewell, and the City of Williamsburg
1968–1972		Greensvile County, James City County, Prince George County, Surry County, Sussex County, the City of Emporia, the City of Hopewell, and the City of Williamsburg
1972–1976	Stanley C. Walker (D) Peter K. Babalas (D) Thomas McNamara (D)	City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach (part) [11]
1976–1980	Stanley C. Walker (D) Peter K. Babalas (D) Joseph T. Fitzpatrick (D)
1980–1984	Stanley C. Walker (D)	City of Norfolk (part)
1984–1988
1988–1992
1992–1996		City of Norfolk (part), City of Virginia Beach (part)
1996–2000
2000–2004	Nick Rerras (R)
2004–2008		Accomack County, Mathews County, Northampton County, City of Norfolk (part), City of Virginia Beach (part)
2008–2012	Ralph Northam (D)
2012–2013
2014–2016	Lynwood Lewis (D)
2016–present

References

1. "State Senate District 6, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
2. "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
3. "District Profile: Senate State District 6". VPAP. The Virginia Public Access Project.
4. "Virginia Redistricting 2021". VPAP. The Virginia Public Access Project. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
5. "Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
6. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
7. "Virginia State Senate District 6". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
8. "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
9. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
10. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. April 16, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
11. Consolidated with Districts 5 and 7 to form a multi-member district