American legislative district
Virginia's 6th District map before the 2023 election District map from the 2023 election Senator Demographics 58% White Black Hispanic Asian Population (2019) 194,890[ 1] Registered voters 108,287[ 2]
Virginia's 6th Senate district is one of 40 districts in theSenate of Virginia . The new 2021 redistricting has moved the designation of 6th Senate District to far southwestern Virginia.[ 3] [ 4]
Before the recent redistricting, the old district had been represented byDemocrat Lynwood Lewis since his victory in a highly contested 2014 special election to succeed fellow DemocratRalph Northam , who was electedLieutenant Governor of Virginia .[ 5]
Former District 6 was a disparate district which includedAccomack County andNorthampton County on theEastern Shore ,Mathews County on theMiddle Peninsula , and parts of theHampton Roads cities ofNorfolk andVirginia Beach .[ 5]
The former District 6 had overlapped with Virginia's former1st ,2nd , and3rd congressional districts , and with the former79th ,83rd ,89th ,90th ,98th , and100th districts of theVirginia House of Delegates .[ 6] Maryland .[ 1]
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 6 Counties/Cities in District 1940 Robert W. Daniel (D)Greensvile County ,Prince George County ,Surry County ,Sussex County and theCity of Hopewell 1941–1944 Garland Gray (D)1944–1948 1948–1952 1952–1956 1956–1960 1960–1964 1964–1966 1966–1968 Greensvile County ,James City County ,Prince George County ,Surry County ,Sussex County , theCity of Hopewell , and theCity of Williamsburg 1968–1972 Greensvile County ,James City County ,Prince George County ,Surry County ,Sussex County , theCity of Emporia , theCity of Hopewell , and theCity of Williamsburg 1972–1976 Stanley C. Walker (D)Peter K. Babalas (D)City of Norfolk ,City of Virginia Beach (part)[ 11] 1976–1980 Stanley C. Walker (D)Peter K. Babalas (D)Joseph T. Fitzpatrick (D)1980–1984 Stanley C. Walker (D)City of Norfolk (part)1984–1988 1988–1992 1992–1996 City of Norfolk (part),City of Virginia Beach (part)1996–2000 2000–2004 Nick Rerras (R)2004–2008 Accomack County ,Mathews County ,Northampton County ,City of Norfolk (part),City of Virginia Beach (part)2008–2012 Ralph Northam (D)2012–2013 2014–2016 Lynwood Lewis (D)2016–present
^a b "State Senate District 6, VA" . Census Reporter. RetrievedJune 4, 2021 .^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF) . Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. RetrievedJune 4, 2021 .^ "District Profile: Senate State District 6" .VPAP . The Virginia Public Access Project.^ "Virginia Redistricting 2021" .VPAP . The Virginia Public Access Project. RetrievedJuly 29, 2023 .^a b "Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr" . Senate of Virginia. RetrievedAugust 8, 2019 .^ David Jarman."How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?" . Daily Kos. RetrievedJune 7, 2021 . ^a b "Virginia State Senate District 6" . Ballotpedia. RetrievedNovember 10, 2019 .^a b c d e f "Elections Database" . Virginia Board of Elections. RetrievedAugust 8, 2019 .^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD" . Daily Kos. RetrievedAugust 8, 2019 .^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result" . CNalysis. April 16, 2021. Archived fromthe original on June 4, 2021. RetrievedJune 7, 2021 .^ Consolidated with Districts5 and7 to form a multi-member district
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District map before the 2023 election.svg)
District map from the 2023 election