Virginia Senate, District 4

District 4 of the Virginia Senate is a senatorial district that stretches from around Fredericksburg to the Chesapeake Bay located mostly on the Northern Neck. The district encompasses all of Caroline County, Essex County, Middlesex County, Lancaster County, Northumberland County, and Richmond County, and parts of Hanover County, King George County, Spotsylvania County, and Westmoreland County. The current Senator from District 4 is Ryan McDougle.

Historical boundaries

From 1940 - 1943, the 4th District included the counties of Amherst and Nelson. In 1944, the district was redrawn to also include Bedford County and those boundaries were in place until 1955.

In 1955, the district was redrawn and the district was moved to Southside Virginia and included the counties of Charlotte, Halifax and Prince Edward. This was the configuration of the district until 1966; when the City of South Boston was made an independent city within Halifax County in 1960, it was included in the 4th District. From 1966 - 1972, the district added Lunenburg and Nottaway counties to meet the requirements of the One person, one vote rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Davis v. Mann case.

After the 1971 redistricting, the 4th district stretched from Chesapeake Bay to the north and west of Richmond City including all of Charles City, Gloucester, Goochland, Hanover, King and Queen, King William, Louisa, Mathews, Middlesex and New Kent counties.

From 1991 - 2001, the district included all of the counties of Caroline, Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex, and part of Spotsylvania county. From 2001 - 2011, Senate District 4 included the counties of Caroline, Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, Middlesex and part of Spotsylvania county.

Current boundaries

All Virginia Senate districts were redrawn in 2011 and the 2011 elections were contested in the these districts. The 4th District includes all of Caroline, Essex, Middlesex, Lancaster, Northumberland, and Richmond counties, and parts of Hanover, King George, Spotsylvania and Westmoreland counties.^[1]

Election history

Election history of District 4.

Most recent elections

2011

Virginia state elections, 2011: Senate District 4[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ryan McDougle	37,879	97.45	-.85%
Majority			36,888	94.91	-1.70%
Turnout			38,870	29.31	+2.20%
	Republican hold

Previous elections

2007

Virginia state elections, 2007: Senate District 4[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ryan McDougle	33,148	98.30
Majority			32,577	96.61
Turnout			33,719	27.11%
	Republican hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

2006 special election

Virginia special election, January 3, 2006: Senate District 4[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ryan McDougle	6,822	81.29
	Democratic	R. G Cavendish	1,558	18.57
Majority			5,264	62.72
Turnout			8,416	6.79%
	Republican hold

2003

Virginia state elections, 2003: Senate District 4[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bill Bolling	27,646	99.44
Majority			27,491	98.88
Turnout			27,801	24.21
	Republican hold

1999

Virginia state elections, 1999: Senate District 4[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bill Bolling	38,136	99.69%
Majority			38,019	99.69%
Turnout			38,253
	Republican hold

1995

Virginia state elections, 1995: Senate District 4[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Elmo G. Cross, Jr.	26,383	49.96%
	Republican	Bill Bolling	26,957	50.04%
Majority			574	.08%
Turnout			53,342
	Republican gain from Democratic

District officeholders

Years	Senator, District 4	Counties/Cities in District
1940 - 1944	I. Paul Wailes (D)	Amherst County and Nelson County.
1944 - 1948	Amherst County, Bedford County and Nelson County.
1948 - 1952
1952 - 1956		Walter H. Carter (D)
1956 - 1960	J. D. Hagood (D)	Charlotte County, Halifax County and Prince Edward County.
1960 - 1964	Charlotte County, Halifax County, Prince Edward County and the City of South Boston.
1964 - 1966
1966 - 1972	Charlotte County, Halifax County, Prince Edward County, Lunenburg County, Nottaway County and the City of South Boston.
1972 - 1976	Leslie D. Campbell (D)	Charles City County, Gloucester County, Goochland County, Hanover County, King and Queen County, King William County, Louisa County, Mathews County, Middlesex County and New Kent County.
1976 - 1980	Elmo G. Cross (D)
1980 - 1984
1984 - 1988
1988 - 1992
1992 - 1996	Caroline County, Essex County, Hanover County, King and Queen County, King William County, Middlesex County, and Spotsylvania county (part).
1996 - 2000		Bill Bolling (R)
2000 - 2004
2004 - 2008	Caroline County, Essex County, Hanover County, King and Queen County, Middlesex County, and Spotsylvania county (part).
		Ryan McDougle (R)
2008 - 2012
2012 - 2016	Caroline County, Essex County, Lancaster County, Middlesex County, Northumberland County, Richmond County, Hanover County (part), King George County (part), Spotsylvania County (part) and Westmoreland County (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 2012-07-01.
3. "2007 General Election". Office of the State Board of Elections (Virginia). Retrieved 2011-06-08.
4. "2006 Special Election". Office of the State Board of Elections (Virginia). Retrieved 2012-07-01.
5. "2003 General Election". Office of the State Board of Elections (Virginia). Retrieved 2012-07-01.
6. "1999 General Election". Office of the State Board of Elections (Virginia). Retrieved 2012-07-01.
7. "1995 General Election". Office of the State Board of Elections (Virginia). Retrieved 2011-11-05.