Virginia's 29th Senate district

Virginia's 29th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democratic Senator Jeremy McPike in 2016, succeeding retiring fellow Democrat Charles J. Colgan, the longest serving Senator in Virginia history.

Virginia's 29th State Senate District
Senator	Jeremy McPike D–Dale City
Demographics	35% White 21% Black 31% Hispanic 9% Asian 3% Other
Population (2017)	231,170[1]
Registered voters	127,915[2]

Geography

District 29 covers the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park, as well as much of surrounding Prince William County, including some or all of Dale City, Buckhall, Neabsco, and Potomac Mills.[3]

The district overlaps with U.S. congressional districts 1, 10, and 11, and Virginia House of Delegates districts 2, 13, 31, 50, 51, and 52.[4]

Recent election results

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 29[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeremy McPike (incumbent)	33,002	96.3
Total votes			34,264	100
	Democratic hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 29[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeremy McPike	1,377	43.2
	Democratic	Atif Qarni	1,152	36.1
	Democratic	Michael Futrell	660	20.7
Total votes			3,191	100
General election
	Democratic	Jeremy McPike	16,489	53.7
	Republican	Harry Parrish II	14,131	46.1
Total votes			30,680	100
	Democratic hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 29[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles J. Colgan (incumbent)	13,365	55.0
	Republican	Thomas Gordy	10,875	44.8
Total votes			24,284	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results in District 29

Year	Office	Results[7]
2017	Governor	Northam 66.5–32.4%
2016	President	Clinton 63.8–31.3%
2014	Senate	Warner 56.2–41.4%
2013	Governor	McAuliffe 57.0–39.0%
2012	President	Obama 63.5–35.2%
	Senate	Kaine 63.6–36.4%

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 29[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles J. Colgan (incumbent)	21,010	54.1
	Republican	Robert Fitzsimmonds	17,766	45.8
Total votes			38,829	100
	Democratic hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 29[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles J. Colgan (incumbent)	16,185	54.7
	Republican	David Mabie	13,415	45.3
Total votes			29,601	100
	Democratic hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 29[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Fitzsimmonds	2,782	51.6
	Republican	G. E. Waters	2,610	48.4
Total votes			5,392	100
General election
	Democratic	Charles J. Colgan (incumbent)	16,865	58.2
	Republican	Robert Fitzsimmonds	12,087	41.7
Total votes			28,954	100
	Democratic hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 29[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles J. Colgan (incumbent)	17,216	58.1
	Republican	James Long	12,386	41.8
Total votes			29,608	100
	Democratic hold

References

1. "State Senate District 29, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
2. "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. June 2019.
3. "District 29 Description". Jeremy S. McPike. Retrieved 22 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 29". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
6. "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved 22 August 2019.