Virginia's 7th Senate district

Virginia's 7th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Republican Jen Kiggans since 2020, following longtime Republican Senator Frank Wagner's resignation in 2019.[3]

Virginia's 7th State Senate District
Senator	Jen Kiggans R–Virginia Beach
Demographics	60% White 21% Black 8% Hispanic 7% Asian 4% Other
Population (2017)	206,312[1]
Registered voters	138,527[2]

Geography

District 7 is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area in southeastern Virginia, including much of Virginia Beach and a small part of Norfolk.[4]

The district is located entirely within U.S. congressional district 2.[5]

Recent election results

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 7[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cheryl Turpin	3,267	58.8
	Democratic	Susan Bates Hippen	1,530	27.5
	Democratic	Kim Howard	760	13.7
Total votes			5,557	100
	Republican	Jen Kiggans	4,044	51.6
	Republican	Carolyn Weems	3,788	48.4
Total votes			7,832	100
General election
	Republican	Jen Kiggans	29,609	50.36
	Democratic	Cheryl Turpin	29,098	49.49
Total votes			53,936	100
	Republican hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 7[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wagner (incumbent)	18,266	53.9
	Democratic	Gary McCollum	15,434	45.5
Total votes			33,908	100
	Republican hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 7[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wagner (incumbent)	17,303	96.8
Total votes			17,869	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results in District 7

Year	Office	Results[8]
2017	Governor	Northam 53.5–45.3%
2016	President	Clinton 47.1–46.9%
2014	Senate	Gillespie 49.9–47.4%
2013	Governor	Cuccinelli 47.1–46.4%
2012	President	Obama 49.5–49.1%
	Senate	Kaine 51.7–48.3%

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 7[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wagner (incumbent)	15,426	96.8
Total votes			15,943	100
	Republican hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 7[7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wagner (incumbent)	12,694	59.0
	Democratic	Clancy A. Holland	8,737	40.6
Total votes			21,507	100
	Republican hold

2000 special

2000 Virginia Senate special election, District 7[7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wagner	11,041	68.8
	Democratic	Louisa Strayhorn	4,998	31.1
Total votes			16,058	100
	Republican hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 7[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Schrock (incumbent)	24,127	97.7
Total votes			24,694	100
	Republican hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 7[7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Schrock	1,963	58.6
	Republican	Walter Erb	1,386	41.4
Total votes			3,349	100
General election
	Republican	Ed Schrock	16,147	55.8
	Democratic	Clancy A. Holland (incumbent)	12,773	49.5
Total votes			28,928	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

District officeholders since 1940

Years	Senator, District 6	Counties/Cities in District
1940–1942	H. B. Moseley (D)	Brunswick County and Mecklenburg County
1942–1944	Y. Melvin Hodges (D)
1944–1948
1948–1952	Albertis S. Harrison, Jr. (D)
1952–1956
1956–1958		Brunswick County, Lunenburg County, and Mecklenburg County
1958–1960	Joseph C. Hutcheson (D)
1960–1962
1962–1966
1966–1972		Brunswick County, Dinwiddie County, Mecklenburg County, and the City of Petersburg
1972–1976	Stanley C. Walker (D) Peter K. Babalas (D) Thomas McNamara (D)	City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach (part)[9]
1976–1980	Stanley C. Walker (D) Peter K. Babalas (D) Joseph T. Fitzpatrick (D)
1980–1984	Clancy A. Holland (D)	City of Virginia Beach (part)
1984–1988
1988–1992
1992–1996
1996–2000	Ed Schrock (R)
2000–2001
2001–2004	Frank Wagner (R)
2004–2008
2008–2012
2012–2016		City of Norfolk (part), City of Virginia Beach (part)
2016–2019
2020-present	Jen Kiggans (R)

References

1. "State Senate District 7, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
2. "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. June 2019.
3. Marie Albiges (7 March 2019). "Virginia Beach state senator Frank Wagner will retire, and Democrats have eyes on the seat". Daily Press. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
4. "District 7 Description". Retrieved 9 August 2019.
5. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
6. "Virginia State Senate District 7". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
7. "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
8. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
9. Consolidated with Districts 5 and 6 to form a multi-member district