Virginia's 35th Senate district

Virginia's 35th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democratic Senator Dick Saslaw, the current Senate Majority Leader, since 1980.

Virginia's 35th State Senate District
Senator	Dick Saslaw D–Springfield
Demographics	41% White 13% Black 25% Hispanic 16% Asian 3% Other
Population (2017)	206,999[1]
Registered voters	119,615[2]

Geography

District 35 covers all of Falls Church and parts of Fairfax County and Alexandria in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., including some or all of Merrifield, Idylwood, West Falls Church, Seven Corners, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, Annandale, and Springfield.[3] At just over 32 square miles, it is the smallest Senate district in Virginia.

The district overlaps with U.S. congressional districts 8 and 11, and with Virginia House of Delegates districts 38, 39, 42, 46, 49, and 53.[4]

Recent election results

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 35[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dick Saslaw (incumbent)	7,380	48.9
	Democratic	Yasmine Taeb	6,871	45.5
	Democratic	Karen Elena Torrent	852	5.6
Total votes			15,103	100
General election
	Democratic	Dick Saslaw (incumbent)	35,770	92.7
Total votes			38,603	100
	Democratic hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 35[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dick Saslaw (incumbent)	18,754	74.4
	Independent Greens	Terry Modglin	6,055	24.0
Total votes			25,192	100
	Democratic hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 35[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dick Saslaw (incumbent)	15,905	61.7
	Republican	Robert Sarvis	9,272	35.9
	Independent Greens	Katherine Pettigrew	591	2.3
Total votes			25,796	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results in District 35

Year	Office	Results[7]
2017	Governor	Northam 75.4–23.7%
2016	President	Clinton 72.8–21.9%
2014	Senate	Warner 66.0–31.6%
2013	Governor	McAuliffe 66.9–28.2%
2012	President	Obama 68.5–30.2%
	Senate	Kaine 69.6–30.4%

Historical results

All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting – a process Saslaw oversaw as then-Senate Majority Leader[8] – and thus were under different district lines.

2007

2007 Virginia Senate election, District 35[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dick Saslaw (incumbent)	16,856	77.9
	Independent	Mario Palmiotto	4,532	21.0
Total votes			21,626	100
	Democratic hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 35[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dick Saslaw (incumbent)	17,735	82.5
	Independent	C. W. Levy	3,537	16.4
Total votes			21,503	100
	Democratic hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 35[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dick Saslaw (incumbent)	19,257	57.6
	Republican	Robert Neitz	13,554	40.5
	Independent	D. D. Goode	611	1.8
Total votes			33,437	100
	Democratic hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 35[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Brubaker	936	52.1
	Republican	William Houston	860	47.9
Total votes			1,796	100
	Democratic	Dick Saslaw (incumbent)	21,012	57.0
	Republican	Paul Brubaker	15,833	42.9
Total votes			36,864	100
	Democratic hold

References

1. "State Senate District 35, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
2. "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. June 2019.
3. "District 35 Description". Richard L. Saslaw. Retrieved 26 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 35". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
6. "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
8. Ornstein, Norman J.; Mann, Thomas E. (March 18, 2011). "The rigged redistricting process". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 15, 2019.