Virginia's 2nd Senate district

Virginia's 2nd Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democratic Senator Mamie Locke since 2004.

Virginia's 2nd State Senate District
Senator	Mamie Locke D–Hampton
Demographics	38% White 49% Black 6% Hispanic 3% Asian 3% Other
Population (2017)	198,297[1]
Registered voters	133,452[2]

Geography

District 2 is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area in southeastern Virginia, including parts of York County, Hampton, Newport News, and Portsmouth.[3]

The district overlaps with U.S. congressional districts 2 and 3.[4]

Recent election results

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 2[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mamie Locke (incumbent)	36,518	92.8
Total votes			39,355	100
	Democratic hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 2[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mamie Locke (incumbent)	17,459	100
Total votes			17,459	100
	Democratic hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 2[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mamie Locke (incumbent)	17,526	65.6
	Republican	Thomas Harmon, IV	9,208	34.4
Total votes			26,734	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results in District 2

Year	Office	Results[6]
2017	Governor	Northam 72.0–27.0%
2016	President	Clinton 67.9–27.8%
2014	Senate	Warner 68.6–29.6%
2013	Governor	McAuliffe 67.5–27.8%
2012	President	Obama 71.7–27.2%
	Senate	Kaine 71.9–28.1%

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 2[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mamie Locke (incumbent)	12,242	94.1
Total votes			13,014	100
	Democratic hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 2[7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mamie Locke	6,278	48.1
	Democratic	Verbena M. Askew	6,093	46.7
	Democratic	J. E. Graves	679	5.2
Total votes			13,050	100
General election
	Democratic	Mamie Locke	12,784	64.7
	Republican	Phil Bomersheim	4,805	24.3
	Independent	J.B. Hobson	2,116	10.7
Total votes			19,744	100
	Democratic hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 2[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	W. Henry Maxwell (incumbent)	14,545	80.3
	Independent	M. A. Rogers, Sr.	3,475	19.2
Total votes			18,123	100
	Democratic hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 2[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	W. Henry Maxwell (incumbent)	18,836	99.9
Total votes			18,851	100
	Democratic hold

District officeholders since 1940

Years	Senator, District 2	Counties/Cities in District
1940–1944	Vivian L. Page (D) Ralph Hunter Daughton (D)	City of Norfolk[8]
1944	Ralph Hunter Daughton (D) James Hoge Tyler, III (D)
1945–1948	James Hoge Tyler, III (D) Edward L. Breeden (D)
1948–1952	Edward L. Breeden (D) Robert F. Baldwin (D)
1952–1956
1956–1960
1960–1964
1964–1966
1966–1968	Edward L. Breeden (D) Robert F. Baldwin (D) Henry Howell (D)
1968–1972	Edward L. Breeden (D) Henry Howell (D) [9] Peter K. Babalas (D)
1972–1976	Herbert H. Bateman (D)	City of Newport News (part)
1976–1980	Herbert H. Bateman (R)
1980–1983
1983–1984	Bobby Scott (D)	City of Newport News (part), City of Hampton (part)
1984–1988
1988–1992
1992–1996	W. Henry Maxwell (D)
1996–2000
2000–2004
2004–2008	Mamie Locke (D)	City of Hampton (part), City of Newport News (part), City of Portsmouth (part), City of Suffolk (part)
2008–2012
2012–2016		York County (part), City of Hampton (part), City of Newport News (part), City of Portsmouth (part)
2016–present

References

1. "State Senate District 2, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
2. "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. June 2019.
3. "District 2 Description". Mamie E. Locke. Retrieved 1 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 2". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
6. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
7. "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
8. Until 1972, District 2 was a multi-member district.
9. Elected to fill unexpired Lieutenant Governor term in 1971