Virginia Senate, District 1

District 1 of the Virginia Senate is a senatorial district that encompasses all of the City of Williamsburg, most of the City of Newport News and parts of James City County, York County, the City of Suffolk and the City of Hampton. The seat is vacant as of April 4, 2016, due to the death of John C. Miller.

Historical boundaries

From 1940 to 1956, the 1st Senate District included the Virginia Tidewater county of Princess Anne and the Eastern Shore counties of Accomac and Northampton.

From 1956 to 1966, the 1st Senate District was mostly unchanged, except that the City of Virginia Beach was formed out of part of Princess Anne County and was included in the 1st district. As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the One person, one vote case of Davis v. Mann, the General Assembly redistricted itself and from 1966 to 1972, the 1st district included all of the counties of Accomac, Northampton, Mathews, Gloucester and York.

Beginning in 1972, as a result of a regular decennial redistricting, the 1st Senate District encompassed all of the City of Hampton.

From 1992 - 2011, the district included all of the City of Poquoson, and parts of the cities of Hampton and Newport News, and part of York County.

Current boundaries

All Virginia Senate districts were redrawn in 2011 and the 2011 elections are being contested in the these districts. The 1st District includes all of the City of Williamsburg, most of the City of Newport News, and parts of James City County, York County, the City of Suffolk and the City of Hampton.^[1]

Election history

Election history of District 1 from 1995.

Most recent elections

2011

Virginia state elections, 2011: Senate District 1[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John C. Miller	17,195	51.70	+.65%
	Republican	Mickey Chohany	15,993	48.08	-.56%
Majority			1,202	3.62	+1.21%
Turnout			33,257	28.49	-1.06%
	Democratic hold

Previous elections

2007

Virginia state elections, 2007: Senate District 1[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John C. Miller	15,502	51.05
	Republican	Patricia B. "Tricia" Stall	14,771	48.64
Majority			731	2.41
Turnout			30,366	29.43
	Democratic gain from Republican

Republican primary, 2007: Senate District 1[4]
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
	Marty Williams (incumbent)	3,999	45.67
✓	Patricia B. "Trisha" Stall	4,757	54.32
Turnout		8,756

2003

Virginia state elections, 2003: Senate District 1[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Marty Williams	10,261	94.52	-1.61%
Majority			9,466	89.04	-3.22%
Turnout			10,856	11.25
	Republican hold

1999

Virginia state elections, 1999: Senate District 1[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Marty Williams	25,416	96.13	+44.08
Majority			24,393	92.26	+87.66
Turnout			26,439
	Republican hold

1995

Virginia state elections, 1995: Senate District 1[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hunter Andrews	18,047	47.45
	Republican	Marty Williams	19,797	52.05
Majority			1750	4.60
Turnout			38,033
	Republican gain from Democratic

District officeholders

Years	Senator, District 1	Counties/Cities in District
1904 - 1906	J. Cloyd Byars (D)	Washington County, Smyth County, City of Bristol.
1906 - 1908	Alanson T. Lincoln (R)
1908 - 1912
1912 - 1913	David C. Cummings, Jr. (D)
1913 - 1916	Benjamin F. Buchanan (D)
1916 - 1920	John P. Buchanan (D)
1920 - 1924	John H. Hassinger (R)
1924 - 1928	Warner Ames (D)	Accomac County, Northampton County, Princess Anne County.
1928 - 1932	George L. Doughty (D)
1932 - 1936	Jefferson F. Walter (D)
1936 - 1940
1940 - 1942
1942 - 1944	Ben T. Gunter, Jr. (D)
1944 - 1948
1948 - 1952
1952 - 1956	Alfred V. Etheridge (D)
1956 - 1960	E. Almer Ames, Jr. (D)	Accomac County, Northampton County, Princess Anne County, City of Virginia Beach.
1960 - 1964
1964 - 1966
1966 - 1968	Accomac County, Gloucester County, Northampton County, Mathews County, and York County.
1968 - 1972		William E. Fears (D)
1972 - 1976	Hunter Andrews (D)	City of Hampton.
1976 - 1980
1980 - 1984
1984 - 1988
1988 - 1992
1992 - 1996	City of Poquoson, City of Hampton (part), City of Newport News (part) and York County (part).
1996 - 2000		Marty Williams (R)
2000 - 2004
2004 - 2008
2008 - 2012		John C. Miller (D)
2012 - 2016	City of Williamsburg, James City County (part), York County (part), City of Hampton (part), City of Newport News (part) and City of Suffolk (part).

References

1. Division of Legislative Services, HB 5005/Ch.1 enacted 4/29/11
2. "2011 General Election". Office of the State Board of Elections (Virginia). Retrieved 2011-11-11.
3. "2007 General Election". Office of the State Board of Elections (Virginia). Retrieved 2011-10-20.
4. "2007 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the State Board of Elections (Virginia). Retrieved 2011-10-20.
5. "2003 General Election". Office of the State Board of Elections (Virginia). Retrieved 2011-10-07.
6. "1999 General Election". Office of the State Board of Elections (Virginia). Retrieved 2011-10-20.
7. "1995 General Election". Office of the State Board of Elections (Virginia). Retrieved 2011-10-20.