American legislative district
Virginia's 4th District map before the 2023 election District map from the 2023 election Senator Demographics 73% White Black Hispanic Asian Population (2019) 211,840[ 1] Registered voters 160,749[ 2]
Virginia's 4th Senate district is one of 40 districts in theSenate of Virginia . It has been represented byRepublican Ryan McDougle since his victory in a 2006 special election.[ 3]
District 4 stretches from just outsideFredericksburg to theChesapeake Bay , including all of theNorthern Neck and parts of theMiddle Peninsula . It covers all ofCaroline ,Essex ,Middlesex ,Lancaster ,Northumberland , andRichmond Counties , as well as parts ofHanover ,King George ,Spotsylvania , andWestmoreland Counties .[ 3]
The district overlaps with Virginia's1st and7th congressional districts , and with the54th ,55th ,97th ,98th , and99th districts of theVirginia House of Delegates .[ 4]
Recent election results [ edit ] Federal and statewide results [ edit ] All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.
District officeholders since 1940 [ edit ] Years Senator, District 4 Counties/Cities in District 1940–1944 I. Paul Wailes (D) Amherst County, Virginia andNelson County 1944–1948 Amherst County, Virginia ,Bedford County andNelson County 1948–1952 1952–1956 Walter H. Carter (D) 1956–1960 James D. Hagood (D)Charlotte County ,Halifax County , andPrince Edward County 1960–1964 Charlotte County ,Halifax County ,Prince Edward County and theCity of South Boston 1964–1966 1966–1972 Charlotte County ,Halifax County ,Prince Edward County ,Lunenburg County ,Nottoway County , and theCity of South Boston 1972–1976 Leslie D. Campbell Jr. (D)Charles City County ,Gloucester County ,Goochland County ,Hanover County ,King and Queen County ,King William County ,Louisa County ,Mathews County ,Middlesex County , andNew Kent County 1976–1980 Elmo 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 , andSpotsylvania County (part)1996–2000 Bill Bolling (R)2000–2004 2004–2008 Caroline County ,Essex County ,Hanover County ,King and Queen County Middlesex County , andSpotsylvania 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) andWestmoreland County (part)2016–present
^ "State Senate District 4, VA" . Census Reporter. RetrievedMarch 6, 2021 .^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF) . Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. RetrievedMarch 6, 2021 .^a b "Ryan T. McDougle" . Senate of Virginia. RetrievedAugust 6, 2019 .^ David Jarman."How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?" . Daily Kos. RetrievedAugust 31, 2019 . ^ "Virginia State Senate District 4" . Ballotpedia. RetrievedNovember 10, 2019 .^a b c d e f g "Elections Database" . Virginia Board of Elections. RetrievedAugust 6, 2019 .^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD" . Daily Kos. RetrievedAugust 6, 2019 .^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result" . CNalysis. Archived fromthe original on June 4, 2021. RetrievedJune 7, 2021 .
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District map before the 2023 election.svg)
District map from the 2023 election