Virginia's 9th Senate district

Virginia's 9th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democratic Senator Jennifer McClellan since 2017, following a special election to replace now-Congressman Donald McEachin. It is currently the most Democratic-leaning district in the Virginia Senate.

Virginia's 9th
State Senate District
Senator
  Jennifer McClellan
D–Richmond
Demographics40% White
53% Black
3% Hispanic
2% Asian
2% Other
Population (2017)206,651[1]
Registered voters148,049[2]

Geography

District 9 is based primarily in the City of Richmond, stretching to also include all of Charles City County and parts of Hanover County and Henrico County.[3]

The district overlaps with U.S. congressional districts 1, 4, and 7.[4]

Recent election results

2019
2019 Virginia Senate election, District 9[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jennifer McClellan (incumbent) 49,269 80.1
Libertarian Mark Lewis 11,696 19.0
Total votes 61,503 100
Democratic hold

2017 special
2017 Virginia Senate special election, District 9[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jennifer McClellan 7,849 91.3
Libertarian Corey Falconer 692 8.1
Total votes 8,596 100
Democratic hold

2015
2015 Virginia Senate election, District 9[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donald McEachin (incumbent) 31,067 95.0
Total votes 32,687 100
Democratic hold

2011
2011 Virginia Senate election, District 9[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donald McEachin (incumbent) 28,802 90.6
Total votes 31,778 100
Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results in District 9
Year Office Results[7]
2017 Governor Northam 75.1–23.9%
2016 President Clinton 72.2–23.5%
2014 Senate Warner 71.7–25.9%
2013 Governor McAuliffe 69.2–23.6%
2012 President Obama 72.8–26.1%
Senate Kaine 74.2–24.8%

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 9[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donald McEachin 6,253 58.1
Democratic Benjamin Lambert (incumbent) 4,512 41.9
Total votes 10,765 100
General election
Democratic Donald McEachin 16,782 80.9
Independent Silver Persinger 3,789 18.3
Total votes 20,740 100
Democratic hold

2003
2003 Virginia Senate election, District 9[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Benjamin Lambert (incumbent) 18,747 98.9
Total votes 18,948 100
Democratic hold

1999
1999 Virginia Senate election, District 9[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Benjamin Lambert (incumbent) 9,571 99.3
Total votes 9,643 100
Democratic hold

1995
1995 Virginia Senate election, District 9[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Benjamin Lambert (incumbent) 21,174 99.9
Total votes 21,199 100
Democratic hold

District officeholders since 1940
Years Senator, District 9 Counties/Cities in District
1940–1944 Robert K. Brock (D) Amelia County, Amherst County, Appomattox County, Buckingham County, Cumberland County, Nelson County and Powhatan County
1944–1948
1948 W. Dennis Kendig (D)[8]
1949–1952 George W. Palmer
1952–1956
1956–1960 Charles R. Fenwick (D)[9] Arlington County
1960–1964
1964–1968 Arlington County (part)
1968–1972 M. Patton Echols (R)
1972–1976 Douglas Wilder (D)[10] City of Richmond (part)
1976–1980
1980–1984
1984–1986
1986–1988 Benjamin Lambert (D) City of Richmond (part) and Henrico County (part)
1988–1992
1992–1996 Charles City County, City of Richmond (part) and Henrico County (part)
1996–2000
2000–2004
2004–2008
2008–2012 Donald McEachin (D)
2012–2016 Charles City County, Hanover County (part), Henrico County (part) and City of Richmond (part)
2016–2017
2017–present Jennifer McClellan (D)

References
  1. "State Senate District 9, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  2. "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. June 2019.
  3. "District 9 Description". Jennifer L. McClellan. Retrieved 10 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 9". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  6. "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  8. died in office
  9. died in office
  10. Elected Lieutenant Governor and resigned in January 1986
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