Virginia's 6th congressional district | |||
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Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 | |||
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Population (2022) | 784,909 [2] | ||
Median household income | $67,623 | ||
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Cook PVI | R+14 [3] |
Virginia's sixth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It covers much of the west-central portion of the state, including Roanoke and most of the Shenandoah Valley. The current representative is Ben Cline (R), who has held the seat since the 2019 retirement of incumbent Republican Bob Goodlatte.
The district was an open seat in 2018. In November 2017, Goodlatte announced that he would retire from Congress at the end of his current term, and would not seek re-election. [4]
Historically, the 6th district was one of the first areas of Virginia to turn Republican. Many of the old Byrd Democrats in the area began splitting their tickets and voting Republican at the national level as early as the 1930s. It was also one of the first areas of Virginia where Republicans were able to break the long Democratic dominance at the state and local level. The district itself was in Republican hands from 1953 to 1983. Democrat Jim Olin then won the seat in 1982, and held it for a decade before Goodlatte won it.
Some counties in the district have not supported a Democrat for president since Franklin D. Roosevelt. For instance, Highland and Shenandoah counties last voted for a Democratic presidential candidate in 1932, and Augusta and Roanoke counties have not supported a Democrat since 1944. [5] The district as a whole has not supported a Democrat for president since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Goodlatte (incumbent) | 153,338 | 99.3 | |
Write-ins | 1,145 | 0.7 | ||
Total votes | 154,483 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Goodlatte (incumbent) | 105,530 | 97.1 | |
Write-ins | 3,202 | 2.9 | ||
Total votes | 108,732 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Goodlatte (incumbent) | 206,560 | 96.7 | |
Write-ins | 7,008 | 3.3 | ||
Total votes | 213,648 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Goodlatte (incumbent) | 153,187 | 75.1 | |
Independent | Barbara Jean Pryor | 25,129 | 12.3 | |
Independent | Andre Peery | 24,731 | 12.1 | |
Write-ins | 948 | 0.5 | ||
Total votes | 203,995 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Goodlatte (incumbent) | 192,350 | 61.6 | |
Democratic | Sam Rasoul | 114,367 | 36.6 | |
Write-ins | 262 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 312,392 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Goodlatte (incumbent) | 127,487 | 76.3 | |
Independent | Jeffrey Vanke | 21,649 | 13.0 | |
Libertarian | Stuart Bain | 15,309 | 9.2 | |
Write-ins | 2,709 | 1.6 | ||
Total votes | 167,154 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Goodlatte (incumbent) | 211,278 | 65.2 | |
Democratic | Andy Schmookler | 111,949 | 34.6 | |
Write-ins | 666 | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 323,893 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Goodlatte (incumbent) | 133,898 | 74.3 | |
Libertarian | Will Hammer | 22,161 | 12.3 | |
Green | Bo Brown | 21,447 | 11.9 | |
Write-ins | 2,202 | 1.2 | ||
Total votes | 179,708 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Goodlatte (incumbent) | 225,471 | 66.6 | |
Democratic | Kai Degner | 112,170 | 33.1 | |
Write-ins | 768 | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 338,409 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ben Cline | 167,957 | 59.7 | |
Democratic | Jennifer Lewis | 113,133 | 40.2 | |
Write-ins | 287 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 281,377 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ben Cline (incumbent) | 246,606 | 64.7 | |
Democratic | Nicholas Betts | 134,729 | 35.4 | |
Total votes | 381,335 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ben Cline (incumbent) | 173,352 | 64.4 | |
Democratic | Jennifer Lewis | 95,410 | 35.4 | |
Write-in | 472 | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 269,234 | 100.00 |
Year | Office | Results |
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1996 | President | Dole 50%–40%[ citation needed ] |
Senator | Warner 54%–46%[ citation needed ] | |
1997 | Governor | Gilmore 60%–38%[ citation needed ] |
Lieutenant Governor | Hager 53%–43%[ citation needed ] | |
Attorney General | Earley 62%–38%[ citation needed ] | |
2000 | President | Bush 60%–37%[ citation needed ] |
Senator | Allen 58%–42%[ citation needed ] | |
2001 | Governor | Earley 51%–49%[ citation needed ] |
Lieutenant Governor | Katzen 54%–45%[ citation needed ] | |
Attorney General | Kilgore 67%–33%[ citation needed ] | |
2004 | President | Bush 63%–36% [8] |
2008 | President | McCain 57%–42% [9] |
2012 | President | Romney 59%–39% [10] |
2013 | Governor | Cuccinelli 57%–35%–7% [11] |
Lieutenant Governor | Jackson 58%–42% [12] | |
Attorney General | Obenshain 64%–35% [13] | |
2014 | Senator | Gillespie 60%–37% [14] |
2016 | President | Trump 59%–35% [15] |
2018 | Senator | Stewart 57%–41% [16] |
2020 | President | Trump 59%–38% [17] |
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