Virginia's 17th Senate district

Virginia's 17th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Republican Senator Bryce Reeves since his 2011 victory over incumbent Democrat Edd Houck.

Virginia's 17th State Senate District
Senator	Bryce Reeves R–Spotsylvania
Demographics	69% White 17% Black 8% Hispanic 2% Asian 3% Other
Population (2017)	218,854[1]
Registered voters	148,595[2]

Geography

District 17 stretches from Fredericksburg in the east to the suburbs of Charlottesville in Albemarle County in the west, covering all of Orange County and parts of Culpeper County, Louisa County, and Spotsylvania County in between.[3]

The district overlaps with U.S. congressional districts 1, 5, and 7, and Virginia House of Delegates districts 25, 28, 30, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, and 88.[4]

Recent election results

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 17[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Amy Laufer	5,975	78.6
	Democratic	S. Ben Hixon	1,631	21.4
Total votes			7,606	100
General election
	Republican	Bryce Reeves (incumbent)	34,478	51.6
	Democratic	Amy Laufer	32,151	48.1
Total votes			66,833	100
	Republican hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 17[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryce Reeves (incumbent)	24,519	62.1
	Democratic	Ned Gallaway	14,915	37.8
Total votes			39,487	100
	Republican hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 17[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryce Reeves	22,615	50.2
	Democratic	Edd Houck (incumbent)	22,389	49.7
Total votes			45,084	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

Federal and statewide results in District 17

Year	Office	Results[7]
2017	Governor	Northam 49.4–49.4%
2016	President	Trump 49.7–45.1%
2014	Senate	Gillespie 53.1–44.2%
2013	Governor	Cuccinelli 49.0–44.0%
2012	President	Romney 49.5–49.0%
	Senate	Kaine 50.7–49.3%

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 17[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edd Houck (incumbent)	25,178	56.0
	Republican	Chris Yakabouski	19,754	43.9
Total votes			44,968	100
	Democratic hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 17[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edd Houck (incumbent)	21,324	59.2
	Republican	Robert Stuber	14,640	40.7
Total votes			35,991	100
	Democratic hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 17[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edd Houck (incumbent)	27,605	60.1
	Republican	Andrew Sheridan	18,334	39.9
Total votes			45,953	100
	Democratic hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 17[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edd Houck (incumbent)	25,162	53.4
	Republican	J. Russ Moulton, Jr.	21,930	46.6
Total votes			47,099	100
	Democratic hold

References

1. "State Senate District 17, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
2. "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. June 2019.
3. "District 17 Description". Bryce E. Reeves. 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 17". 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.