Virginia's 31st Senate district

Virginia's 31st
State Senate district
Senator
  Russet Perry
D–Round Hill
Demographics64% White
6% Black
12% Hispanic
13% Asian
3% Other
Population (2019)213,237[1]
Registered voters160,781[2]

Virginia's 31st Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democrat Barbara Favola since 2012, succeeding retiring fellow Democrat Mary Margaret Whipple.[3] In the 2023 Virginia Senate election, Russet Perry was elected.

Geography

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District 31 stretches along the Potomac River in parts of Arlington, Fairfax, and Loudoun counties, including some or all of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, and Lowes Island. The sections of Arlington covered include the neighborhoods of Arlington Forest, Arlington View, Ballston, Cherrydale, Clarendon, Courthouse, Glen Carlyn, Lyon Village, Rosslyn, Virginia Square and Westover.[3]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 8th and 10th congressional districts, and with the 34th, 47th, 48th, 49th, and 86th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.[4] It lies directly across the river from Maryland and the District of Columbia.[1]

Recent election results

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2019

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2019 Virginia Senate election, District 31[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Favola (incumbent) 46,655 91.6
Total votes 50,914 100
Democratic hold

2015

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2015 Virginia Senate election, District 31[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Favola (incumbent) 26,373 62.3
Republican George Farakis 15,904 37.5
Total votes 42,358 100
Democratic hold

2011

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2011 Virginia Senate election, District 31[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Favola 6,549 64.7
Democratic Jaime Areizaga-Soto 3,575 35.3
Total votes 10,124 100
General election
Democratic Barbara Favola 24,349 58.1
Republican Caren Merrick 17,484 41.7
Total votes 41,912 100
Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

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Year Office Results[7][8][9]
2021 Governor McAuliffe 76.7–22.6%
2020 President Biden 71.6–26.6%
2017 Governor Northam 71.6–27.5%
2016 President Clinton 69.2–24.9%
2014 Senate Warner 61.7–36.1%
2013 Governor McAuliffe 63.0–31.2%
2012 President Obama 61.0–37.7%
Senate Kaine 63.7–36.3%

Historical results

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All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.

2007

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2007 Virginia Senate election, District 31[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary Margaret Whipple (incumbent) 23,380 82.6
Independent Samuel Burley 4,676 16.5
Total votes 28,297 100
Democratic hold

2003

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2003 Virginia Senate election, District 31[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary Margaret Whipple (incumbent) 23,015 69.4
Republican Kamal Nawash 10,053 30.3
Total votes 33,168 100
Democratic hold

1999

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1999 Virginia Senate election, District 31[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary Margaret Whipple (incumbent) 22,873 70.3
Republican Scott Tate 9,656 29.7
Total votes 32,551 100
Democratic hold

1995

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1995 Virginia Senate election, District 31[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary Margaret Whipple 23,898 68.6
Republican David Oblon 10,898 31.3
Total votes 34,824 100
Democratic hold

District officeholders

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Years Senator, District 31 Counties/cities in district
1940–1942 Henry T. Wickham (D) Caroline County, Essex County, Goochland County, Hanover County, King and Queen County, King William County, Middlesex County
1942–1944 Thomas H. Blanton (D)
1944–1948
1948–1952
1952–1956
1956–1960 W. Marvin Minter (D) Gloucester County, James City County, New Kent County, Mathews County, City of Warwick, City of Williamsburg, York County
1960–1964 Fred W. Bateman (D) Gloucester County, James City County, New Kent County, Mathews County, City of Newport News (part), City of Williamsburg, York County
1964–1968 Hunter Andrews (D) City of Hampton, City of Newport News (part)
1968–1972 No member elected District was defunct as a result of redistricting[10]
1972–1976 Edward M. Holland (D) Arlington County (part)
1976–1980
1980–1984
1984–1988
1988–1992
1992–1996 Arlington County (part), City of Falls Church.
1996–2000 Mary Margaret Whipple (D)
2000–2004
2004–2008 Arlington County (part), City of Falls Church, Fairfax County (part).
2008–2012
2012–2016 Barbara Favola (D) Arlington County (part), Fairfax County (part) and Loudoun County (part).
2016–present

References

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  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 31, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Barbara A. Favola". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  5. ^ "Virginia State Senate District 31". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  7. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  8. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. April 16, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  9. ^ "State Senate District 31".
  10. ^ See, Davis v. Mann
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