2015 Virginia Senate election

none June 2026 September 2023 2015 Virginia Senate election Virginia legislative no 2011 Virginia Senate election 2011 November 3, 2015 2019 Virginia Senate election 2019 All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia 21A majority of 20 is also possible as the Lt. Gov. of Virginia holds a tie-breaker vote. 1,362,664 File:124A5444 (crop).jpg 150x150px Tommy Norment January 9, 2008 Republican Party (United States) 3rd district 21 21 716,331 52.57% 2.43pp File:Sen. Saslaw 2018 (cropped).jpg Dick Saslaw Democratic Party (United States) January 10, 1996 35th district 19 19 596,198 43.75% 5.45pp Majority leader Tommy Norment Republican Party (United States) Tommy Norment Republican Party (United States) 320px VA2015StateSenate.svg Results:#92C5DE Democratic hold #F48882 Republican hold 20 20 The 2015 Virginia Senate election was held on November 3, 2015, to elect all 40 members of the Virginia Senate. From January 28 to June 12, 2014, Democrats had held a majority as they won the Lieutenant Governorship in the 2013 elections, but then later lost a seat in a special election, thereby giving Republicans a 21-19 majority. Republicans retained their 21–19 majority in the chamber in the 2015 elections. As of 2023, this is the most recent time that Republicans won a majority in the Senate. District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 __NOTOC__ Previous composition AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalDemocraticRepublicanVacantEnd of Previous Session (2008–2012)22 18 400Begin 2020 400July 3, 2012Democrat Yvonne B. Miller (District 5) died. 19 391September 17, 2012Democrat Kenny Alexander replaced Miller after September 4 special election.20 400August 5, 2013Republican 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.19 391August 16, 2013Republican John Cosgrove replaced Blevins after August 6 special election.20 400January 11, 2014Democrats Ralph Northam (District 6) and Mark Herring (District 33) resigned upon being inaugurated Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, respectively. 18 382January 24, 2014Democrat Jennifer Wexton elected to succeed Herring. 19 391January 28, 2014Democrat 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.20 20 40 0June 8, 2014Democrat Phillip Puckett (District 38) resigned. Republicans regained effective control and adopted their own rules change effective June 12. 1920 39 1July 2, 2014Democrat Henry L. Marsh (District 16) resigned to take a seat on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. 18 38 2August 19, 2014Republican Ben Chafin elected to succeed Puckett. 1821 39 1November 4, 2014Democrat Rosalyn Dance elected to succeed Marsh. 19 40 0January 13, 2015Republicans Jeffrey McWaters (District 8), John Watkins (District 10), Walter Stosch (District 12) & Ralph K. Smith (District 19) & Democrats Charles Colgan (District 29) & Toddy Puller (District 36) Retiring, Replaced respectively by, Republicans Bill DeSteph, Glen Sturtevant, Siobhan Dunnavant & David Suetterlein & Democrats Jeremy McPike & Scott Surovell, No seats changing party. 19 400Latest voting share47.5% 52.5% "c" Summary 2015 Virginia Senate electionhttp://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/search/year_from:2015/year_to:2016 Virginia Elections Database » Search Elections 30 candidates (21 elected) Republican Party (United States) 716,331 52.57% +0 30 candidates (19 elected) Democratic Party (United States) 596,198 43.75% +0 3 candidates Independent Greens of Virginia 14,622 1.07% +0 4 candidates Independents 12,731 0.93% +0 1 - Carl Richard Loser Libertarian Party (United States) 527 0.04% +0 Write-ins 22,255 1.63% N/A 1,362,664 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) 0 Results by district District 1 Virginia Senate, District 1 Virginia Senate, 1st District general election John Clifford Miller (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 17,989 59.3% Mark Randolph Matney Republican Party (United States) 12,278 40.5% Write-ins 69 0.2% 30,336 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) N/A District 2 Virginia Senate, District 2 Virginia Senate, 2nd District general election Mamie Evelyn Locke (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 17,459 94.1% Write-ins 1,087 5.9% 18,546 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 3 Virginia Senate, District 3 Virginia Senate, 3rd District general election Thomas Kent Norment Jr. (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 35,520 69.5% Hugo Eduardo Reyes Democratic Party (United States) 15,432 30.2% Write-ins 147 0.3% 51,099 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 4 Virginia Senate, District 4 Virginia Senate, 4th District general election Ryan Todd McDougle (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 37,882 96.0% Write-ins 1,573 4% 39,455 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 5 Virginia Senate, District 5 Virginia Senate, 5th District general election Kenneth Cooper Alexander (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 13,955 95.4% Write-ins 668 4.6% 14,623 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 6 Virginia Senate, District 6 Virginia Senate, 6th District general election Lynwood Wayne Lewis Jr. (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 16,738 59.5% Richard Hooper Ottinger Republican Party (United States) 11,386 40.4% Write-ins 29 0.1% 28,153 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 7 Virginia Senate, District 7 Virginia Senate, 7th District general election Frank W. Wagner (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 18,266 53.9% Gary Thomas McCollum Democratic Party (United States) 15,434 45.5% Write-ins 208 0.6% 33,908 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 8 Virginia Senate, District 8 Virginia Senate, 8th District general election Howard David Belote Democratic Party (United States) 11,075 40.9% Bill R. DeSteph Jr. Republican Party (United States) 15,905 58.7% Write-ins 106 0.4% 27,086 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 9 Virginia Senate, District 9 Virginia Senate, 9th District general election A. Donald McEachin (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 31,067 95.0% Write-ins 1,620 5% 32,687 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 10 Virginia Senate, District 10 Virginia Senate, 10th District general election Daniel Allen Gecker Democratic Party (United States) 26,173 47.1% Glen Howard Sturtevant Jr. Republican Party (United States) 27,651 49.8% Marleen K. Durfee Independent Greens of Virginia 1,136 2.0% Carl Richard Loser Libertarian Party (United States) 527 1.0% Write-ins 60 0.1% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) 55,547 100.0% District 11 Virginia Senate, District 11 Virginia Senate, 11th District general election Ernest Wayne Powell Democratic Party (United States) 15,485 36.2% Amanda Freeman Chase Republican Party (United States) 27,218 63.6% Write-ins 111 0.3% 42,814 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 12 Virginia Senate, District 12 Virginia Senate, 12th District general election Deborah M. Repp Democratic Party (United States) 16,797 38.0% Siobhan Stolle Dunnavant Republican Party (United States) 25,504 57.6% Robert Scott Johnson Independent (politician) 1,881 4.3% Write-ins 65 0.1% 44,247 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 13 Virginia Senate, District 13 Virginia Senate, 13th District general election R. H. Black (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 25,898 52.3% Barbra Jill McCabe Democratic Party (United States) 23,544 47.5% Write-ins 84 0.2% 49,526 100.0 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 14 Virginia Senate, District 14 Virginia Senate, 14th District general election J. A. Cosgrove Jr. (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 15,371 92.4% Write-ins 1,266 7.6% 16,637 100.0 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 15 Virginia Senate, District 15 Virginia Senate, 15th District general election Frank Miller Ruff Jr. (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 32,745 98.3% Write-ins 572 1.7% 33,317 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 16 Virginia Senate, District 16 Virginia Senate, 16th District general election Rosalyn Randolph Dance (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 17,331 72.7% Joseph D. MorrisseyJoseph Morrissey withdrew from the race on September 10, 2015, however he remained on the ballot. Independent (politician) 6,090 25.5% Write-ins 428 1.8% 23,849 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 17 Virginia Senate, District 17 Virginia Senate, 17th District general election Bryce E. Reeves (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 24,519 62.1% Ned Lee Gallaway Democratic Party (United States) 14,915 37.8% Write-ins 53 0.1% 39,487 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 18 Virginia Senate, District 18 Virginia Senate, 18th District general election Lillie Louise Boone Lucas (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 20,321 95.6% Write-ins 942 4.4% 21,263 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 19 Virginia Senate, District 19 Virginia Senate, 19th District general election Michael Lawrence Hamlar Democratic Party (United States) 15,738 30.8% David Robert Suetterlein Republican Party (United States) 33,120 64.9% Steven Lee Nelson Independent (politician) 2,134 4.2% Write-ins 71 0.1% 51,063 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 20 Virginia Senate, District 20 Virginia Senate, 20th District general election William Martin Stanley Jr. (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 22,701 57.9% Kimberly Elliott Adkins Democratic Party (United States) 16,455 42.0% Write-ins 67 0.2% 39,223 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 21 Virginia Senate, District 21 Virginia Senate, 21st District general election John Saul Edwards (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 20,881 50.9% Nancy Vivian Dye Republican Party (United States) 17,438 42.5% Donald Stevens Caldwell Independent (politician) 2,626 6.4% Write-ins 42 0.1% 40,987 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 22 Virginia Senate, District 22 Virginia Senate, 22nd District general election Thomas A. Garrett Jr. (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 24,913 95.3% Write-ins 1,219 4.7% 26,132 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 23 Virginia Senate, District 23 Virginia Senate, 23rd District general election Stephen Dwayne Newman (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 27,309 96.7% Write-ins 923 3.3% 28,232 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 24 Virginia Senate, District 24 Virginia Senate, 24th District general election Emmett Wilson Hanger Jr. (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 34,980 97.9% Write-ins 765 2.1% 35,745 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 25 Virginia Senate, District 25 Virginia Senate, 25th District general election Robert Creigh Deeds (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 34,419 97.2% Write-ins 984 2.8% 35,403 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 26 Virginia Senate, District 26 Virginia Senate, 26th District general election Mark Dudley Obenshain (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 25,042 68.7% April Dorothea Moore Democratic Party (United States) 11,308 31.0% Write-ins 89 0.2% 36,439 100.0 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 27 Virginia Senate, District 27 Virginia Senate, 27th District general election Jill Holtzman Vogel (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 34,203 97.3% Write-ins 964 2.7% 35,167 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 28 Virginia Senate, District 28 Virginia Senate, 28th District general election Richard Henry Stuart Sr. (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 30,187 95.4% Write-ins 1,446 4.6% 31,633 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 29 Virginia Senate, District 29 Virginia Senate, 29th District general election Jeremy Scott McPike Democratic Party (United States) 16,489 53.7% Harry "Hal" Jacob Parrish, II Republican Party (United States) 14,131 46.1% Write-ins 60 0.2% 30,680 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 30 Virginia Senate, District 30 Virginia Senate, 30th District general election Adam Paul Ebbin (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 27,274 76.7% James Ronald Fisher Independent Greens of Virginia 7,431 20.9% Write-ins 842 2.4% 35,547 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Independent Greens of Virginia District 31 Virginia Senate, District 31 Virginia Senate, 31st District general election Barbara Ann Favola (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 26,373 62.3% George Forakis Republican Party (United States) 15,904 37.5% Write-ins 81 0.2% 42,358 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 32 Virginia Senate, District 32 Virginia Senate, 32nd District general election Janet Denison Howell (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 31,156 94.0% Write-ins 1,974 6% 33,130 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 33 Virginia Senate, District 33 Virginia Senate, 33rd District general election Jennifer Tosini Wexton (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 18,577 56.6% Stephen Bartholomew Hollingshead Republican Party (United States) 14,190 43.2% Write-ins 59 0.2% 32,826 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 34 Virginia Senate, District 34 Virginia Senate, 34th District general election John Chapman "Chap" Petersen (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 27,690 93.6% Write-ins 1,881 6.4% 29,571 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 35 Virginia Senate, District 35 Virginia Senate, 35th District general election Richard Lawrence Saslaw (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 18,754 74.4% Terrence Wayne Modglin Independent Greens of Virginia 6,055 24% Write-ins 383 1.5% 25,192 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Independent Greens of Virginia District 36 Virginia Senate, District 36 Virginia Senate, 36th District general election Scott A. Surovell Democratic Party (United States) 18,320 60.5% Gerald Moodrow Foreman, II Republican Party (United States) 11,890 39.3% Write-ins 62 0.2% 30,272 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 37 Virginia's 37th Senate district Virginia Senate, District 37 Virginia Senate, 37th District general election David William Marsden (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 18,966 55.4% David Michael Bergman Republican Party (United States) 15,216 44.5% Write-ins 38 0.1% 34,220 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 38 Virginia Senate, District 38 Virginia Senate, 38th District general election Augustus Benton Chafin Jr. (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 31,025 98.3% Write-ins 537 1.7% 31,562 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 39 Virginia Senate, District 39 Virginia Senate, 39th District general election George L. Barker (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 20,083 53.9% Joseph "Joe" Robert Murray Republican Party (United States) 17,101 45.9% Write-ins 85 0.2% 37,269 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 40 Virginia Senate, District 40 Virginia Senate, 40th District general election C. W. "Bill" Carrico (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 36,838 98.4% Write-ins 595 1.6% 37,433 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) See also 2015 Virginia House of Delegates election 2015 Virginia elections Notes References Category:2015 elections in Virginia Category:Virginia Senate elections Virginia, Senate Category:November 2015 elections in the United States