Virginia's 16th Senate district

Virginia's 16th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democratic Senator Joe Morrissey since 2020, following his defeat of incumbent Rosalyn Dance in the 2019 Democratic primary.

Virginia's 16th State Senate District
Senator	Joe Morrissey D–Richmond
Demographics	33% White 52% Black 9% Hispanic 2% Asian 3% Other
Population (2017)	211,486[1]
Registered voters	130,681[2]

Geography

District 16 is a majority-black district in the Greater Richmond Region, including all of the cities of Hopewell and Petersburg and parts of Chesterfield County, Dinwiddie County, Prince George County, and the City of Richmond.[3]

The district overlaps with U.S. congressional districts 4 and 7.[4]

Recent election results

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 16[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Morrissey	8,622	56.4
	Democratic	Rosalyn Dance (incumbent)	6,665	43.6
Total votes			15,287	100
General election
	Democratic	Joe Morrissey	29,389	64.2
	Independent	Waylin Ross	15,719	34.4
Total votes			45,754	100
	Democratic hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 16[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rosalyn Dance (incumbent)	4,967	62.0
	Democratic	Joseph E. Preston	3,039	37.9
Total votes			8,008	100
General election
	Democratic	Rosalyn Dance (incumbent)	17,331	72.7
	Independent	Joe Morrissey	6,090	25.5
Total votes			23,849	100
	Democratic hold

2014 special

2014 Virginia Senate special election, District 16[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rosalyn Dance	29,237	73.0
	Independent	Preston Brown	10,154	25.4
Total votes			40,036	100
	Democratic hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 16[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry L. Marsh (incumbent)	16,711	69.0
	Independent	Preston Brown	7,391	30.5
Total votes			24,224	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results in District 16

Year	Office	Results[7]
2017	Governor	Northam 70.2–28.7%
2016	President	Clinton 68.7–27.9%
2014	Senate	Warner 68.7–28.9%
2013	Governor	McAuliffe 67.1–27.0%
2012	President	Obama 72.6–26.6%
	Senate	Kaine 72.6–27.4%

Historical results

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

2007

2007 Virginia Senate election, District 16[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry L. Marsh (incumbent)	11,186	66.6
	Independent	Robert Owens	5,557	33.1
Total votes			16,788	100
	Democratic hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 16[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry L. Marsh (incumbent)	13,901	99.0
Total votes			14,042	100
	Democratic hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 16[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry L. Marsh (incumbent)	12,806	98.3
Total votes			13,034	100
	Democratic hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 16[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry L. Marsh (incumbent)	19,723	99.5
Total votes			19,816	100
	Democratic hold

References

1. "State Senate District 16, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
2. "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. June 2019.
3. "District 16 Description". Joseph D. Morrissey. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
5. "Virginia State Senate District 16". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
6. "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved 15 August 2019.