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Virginia's 2003 state elections were held on November 4, 2003. Voters elected all 100 members of the Virginia House of Delegates to two-year terms ending in 2006, and all 40 members of the Virginia Senate to four-year terms ending in 2008. There were also elections for local offices (such as Board of Supervisors, Sheriff and Clerk of the Circuit Court) in most counties.
This was the first set of Senate elections since the General Assembly redrew districts as a result of population shifts captured in the decennial federal census. As a result, there were a few members of the House who retired.
Other than the minor effects of redistricting, there was no unifying theme advanced by either party. Governor Mark Warner did not announce his new fiscal plans for the biennium until after the election, to avoid affecting the General Assembly results. According to the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, the election was "about nothing, almost entirely local affairs and personality-driven, with no mandate generated and no meaning beyond the total of seats gained and lost." [1]
Previous to the election, Virginia's Senate consisted of 23 Republicans and 17 Democrats. Republicans picked up one open seat, that of retiring Senator Leslie Byrne, who found her district leaning too far to the right to make a serious effort. This resulted in Republican control of the Senate by a 24 to 16 majority, a post-Civil War low for the Democratic Party. [2]
Party abbreviations: D - Democratic, R - Republican, I - Independent, IG - Independent Green, L - Libertarian
Note: Only Senate districts that were contested by more than one candidate are included here.
District | Incumbent | Party | Elected | Status | 2003 Result |
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2nd | W. Henry Maxwell | Democrat | 1993 | Retired | Mamie Locke (D) 64.8% Phil Bomersheim (R) 24.4% Joyce Hobson (I) 10.7% |
3rd | Tommy Norment | Republican | 1991 | Reelected | Tommy Norment (R) 65.7% Mary Minor (D) 33.9% |
6th | Nick Rerras | Republican | 1999 | Reelected | Nick Rerras (R) 61.7% Andy A. Protogyrou (D) 38.3% |
7th | Frank Wagner | Republican | 2000 | Reelected | Frank Wagner (R) 59.0% Clarence A. Holland (R) 40.6% |
13th | Fred Quayle | Republican | 1991 | Reelected | Fred Quayle (R) 76.4% Richard H. Ramsey, Sr. (D) 23.2% |
17th | Edd Houck | Democratic | 1983 | Reelected | Edd Houck (D) 59.5% Robert G. Stuber (R) 40.5% |
18th | Louise Lucas | Democrat | 1991 | Reelected | Louise Lucas (D) 69.8% Walter D Brown, III (R) 30.1% |
20th | Roscoe Reynolds | Democratic | 1996 | Reelected | Roscoe Reynolds (D) 67.8% Thomas L Peterson (R) 32.2% |
22nd | Malfourd W. Trumbo | Republican | 1991 | Retired | J. Brandon Bell (R) 56.8% Stephen H. Emick (D) 43.2% |
23rd | Stephen Newman | Republican | 1995 | Reelected | Stephen Newman (R) 64.1% Robert E Clarke (D) 35.9% |
24th | Emmett Hanger | Republican | 1995 | Reelected | Emmett Hanger (R) 74.3% Steven Sisson (D) 25.7%< |
26th | Kevin G. Miller | Republican | 1983 | Retired | Mark Obenshain (R) 67.9% Rodney L. Eagle (D) 31.9% |
27th | Russ Potts | Republican | 1991 | Reelected | Russ Potts (R) 58.2% Mark R. Herring (D) 41.1% |
29th | Chuck Colgan | Democratic | 1975 | Reelected | Chuck Colgan (D) 54.7% David C Mabie (R) 45.3% |
31st | Mary Margaret Whipple | Democratic | 1995 | Reelected | Mary Margaret Whipple (D) 69.4% Kamal Nawash (R) 30.3% |
32nd | Janet Howell | Democratic | 1992 | Reelected | Janet Howell (D) 56.7% David Hunt (R) 43.3% |
34th | Leslie Byrne | Democrat | 1999 | Retired | Jeannemarie Devolites (R) 52.8% Ronald F Christian (D) 47.1% |
35th | Dick Saslaw | Democratic | 1980 | Reelected | Dick Saslaw (D) 82.5% C.W. Levy (I) 16.4% |
36th | Toddy Puller | Democratic | 1999 | Reelected | Toddy Puller (D) 55.4% Chris Braunlich (R) 44.5% |
37th | Ken Cuccinelli | Republican | 2001 | Reelected | Ken Cuccinelli (R) 53.3% James E Mitchell, III (D) 46.6% |
39th | Jay O'Brien | Republican | 2002 | Reelected | Jay O'Brien (R) 57.8% Greg Galligan (D) 42.2% |
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