Virginia's 23rd Senate district

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Virginia's 23rd
State Senate district
Senator
  Mamie Locke
D–Hampton
Demographics35% White
49% Black
8% Hispanic
3% Asian
6% Other
Population (2022)216,421[1]
Registered voters152,346[2]

Virginia's 23rd Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democrat Mamie Locke since 2024.

Geography

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District 23 is based in the Virginia Peninsula portion of Hampton Roads and includes all of Hampton and parts of Newport News.

The district is within Virginia's 3rd congressional district, and overlaps with the 85th, 86th, and 87th districts within the Virginia House of Delegates.[3]

Recent election results

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2023 Virginia Senate election, District 23[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mamie Locke 35,132 89.7
Total votes 39,153 100
Democratic gain from Republican

Historic results

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All results below took place before 2023 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines, most recently north of the New River Valley.

2019

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2019 Virginia Senate election, District 23[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stephen Newman (incumbent) 47,374 93.9
Total votes 50,474 100
Republican hold

2015

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2015 Virginia Senate election, District 23[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stephen Newman (incumbent) 27,309 96.7
Total votes 28,232 100
Republican hold

2011

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2011 Virginia Senate election, District 23[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stephen Newman (incumbent) 33,481 77.8
Democratic Robert Short 9,439 21.9
Total votes 43,060 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

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Year Office Results[6][7]
2020 President Trump 72.6–25.6%
2017 Governor Gillespie 71.4–27.6%
2016 President Trump 70.1–25.0%
2014 Senate Gillespie 67.8–29.9%
2013 Governor Cuccinelli 68.0–25.1%
2012 President Romney 68.9–29.8%
Senate Allen 68.5–31.5%

2007

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2007 Virginia Senate election, District 23[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stephen Newman (incumbent) 20,269 97.2
Total votes 20,852 100
Republican hold

2003

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2003 Virginia Senate election, District 23[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stephen Newman (incumbent) 26,446 64.1
Democratic Robert Clarke 14,812 35.9
Total votes 41,279 100
Republican hold

1999

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1999 Virginia Senate election, District 23[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stephen Newman (incumbent) 23,052 66.2
Democratic John Campbell 11,255 32.3
Independent John Trent 529 1.5
Total votes 34,836 100
Republican hold

1995

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1995 Virginia Senate election, District 23[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stephen Newman 29,539 65.3
Democratic Barbara Coleman 15,690 34.7
Total votes 45,253 100
Republican gain from Democratic

References

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  1. ^ "State Senate District 23, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  2. ^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "vpap.org". The Virginia Public Access Project. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Virginia State Senate District 23". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  6. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  7. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.