Virginia elections, 2015

Elections in Virginia

The 2015 Virginia elections took place on November 3, 2015. All 40 seats of the Senate of Virginia and 140 seats in the Virginia General Assembly were up for re-election, as were many local offices.

Senate of Virginia

Composition

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Democratic Republican Vacant
End of Previous Session (2008–2012) 22 18 40 0
Begin 20 20 40 0
July 3, 2012[c 1] 19 39 1
September 17, 2012[c 2] 20 40 0
August 5, 2013[c 3] 19 39 1
August 16, 2013[c 4] 20 40 0
January 11, 2014[c 5] 18 38 2
January 24, 2014[c 6] 19 39 1
January 28, 2014[c 7] 20 20 40 0
June 8, 2014[c 8] 19 20 39 1
July 2, 2014[c 9] 18 38 2
August 19, 2014[c 10] 18 21 39 1
November 4, 2014[c 11] 19 40 0
Latest voting share 47.5% 52.5%
  1. ↑ Democrat Yvonne B. Miller (District 5) died.
  2. ↑ Democrat Kenny Alexander replaced Miller after September 4 special election.
  3. ↑ Republican Harry Blevins (District 14) resigned. Although in theory Democrats had a brief numerical majority, the Senate was not in session. Additionally, rules adopted at the beginning of the 2012 session required a two-thirds supermajority vote to reorganize the Senate mid-session.
  4. ↑ Republican John Cosgrove replaced Blevins after August 6 special election.
  5. ↑ Democrats Ralph Northam (District 6) and Mark Herring (District 33) resigned upon being inaugurated Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, respectively.
  6. ↑ Democrat Jennifer Wexton elected to succeed Herring.
  7. ↑ Democrat Lynwood Lewis replaced Northam after January 7 special election and January 27 recount. After regaining a numerical majority in the Senate, the Democrats voted to change the Senate's rules and reorganize the chamber, putting the Senate back under Democratic control.
  8. ↑ Democrat Phillip Puckett (District 38) resigned. Republicans regained effective control and adopted their own rules change effective June 12.
  9. ↑ Democrat Henry L. Marsh (District 16) resigned to take a seat on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
  10. ↑ Republican Ben Chafin elected to succeed Puckett.
  11. ↑ Democrat Rosalyn Dance elected to succeed Marsh.

District 1

1st Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Miller (incumbent)
Republican Mark Matney
Write-ins

District 2

2nd Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mamie Locke (incumbent)
Write-ins

District 3

3rd Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas Norment (incumbent)
Democratic Hugo E. Reyes
Write-ins

District 4

4th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ryan McDougle (incumbent)
Write-ins

District 5

5th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kenny Alexander (incumbent)
Write-ins

District 6

6th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lynwood Lewis (incumbent)
Republican Richard Ottinger
Write-ins

District 7

7th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Wagner (incumbent)
Democratic Gary McCollum
Write-ins

District 8

8th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dave Belote
Republican Bill R. DeSteph, Jr.
Write-ins

District 9

9th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donald McEachin (incumbent)
Write-ins

District 10

10th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Gecker
Republican Glen Sturtevant
Independent Greens Marleen Durfee
Libertarian Carl Loser
Write-ins

District 11

11th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic E. Wayne Powell
Republican Amanda Chase
Write-ins

District 12

12nd Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deborah Repp
Republican Siobhan Dunnavant
Independent Robert Johnson
Write-ins

District 13

13th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dick Black (incumbent)
Democratic Jill McCabe
Write-ins

District 14

14th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Cosgrove (incumbent)
Write-ins

District 15

15th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Ruff (incumbent)
Write-ins

District 16

16th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rosalyn Dance (incumbent)
Independent Joseph Morrissey[1]
Write-ins

District 17

17th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bryce Reeves (incumbent)
Democratic Ned Gallaway
Write-ins

District 18

18th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Louise Lucas (incumbent)
Write-ins

District 19

19th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Hamlar (incumbent)
Republican David Suetterlein
Independent Steven L. Nelson
Write-ins

District 20

20th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Stanley (incumbent)
Democratic Kim Adkins
Write-ins

District 21

21st Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Edwards (incumbent)
Republican Nancy Dye
Independent Donald Caldwell
Write-ins

District 22

22nd Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas Garrett, Jr. (incumbent)
Write-ins

District 23

23rd Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stephen Newman (incumbent)
Write-ins

District 24

24th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Emmett Hanger (incumbent)
Write-ins

District 25

25th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Creigh Deeds (incumbent)
Write-ins

District 26

26th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Obenshain (incumbent)
Democratic April Moore
Write-ins

District 27

27th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jill Vogel (incumbent)
Write-ins

District 28

28th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Stuart (incumbent)
Write-ins

District 29

29th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeremy McPike
Republican Hal Parrish
Write-ins

District 30

30th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Ebbin (incumbent)
Independent Greens J. Ron Fisher
Write-ins

District 31

31st Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Favola (incumbent)
Republican George Forakis
Write-ins

District 32

32nd Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Janet Howell (incumbent)
Write-ins

District 33

33rd Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jennifer Wexton (incumbent)
Republican Stephen Hollingshead
Write-ins

District 34

34th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chap Petersen (incumbent)
Write-ins

District 35

35th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Richard L. Saslaw (incumbent)
Green Terry W. Modglin
Write-ins

District 36

36th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Scott Surovell
Republican Jerry Foreman
Write-ins

District 37

37th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David W. Marsden (incumbent)
Republican David M. Bergman
Write-ins

District 38

38th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ben Chafin (incumbent)
Write-ins

District 39

39th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George Barker (incumbent)
Republican Joe Murray
Write-ins

District 40

40th Legislative District general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Carrico (incumbent)
Write-ins

References

  1. ↑ Joseph Morrissey withdrew from the race on September 10, 2015, however he remained on the ballot.
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