Virginia's 10th Senate district

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Virginia's 10th
State Senate district
Virginia Senate District 10 (2011).png
Senator
  Ghazala Hashmi
D–Midlothian
Demographics65% White
21% Black
7% Hispanic
4% Asian
3% Other
Population (2019)212,874[1]
Registered voters157,579[2]

Virginia's 10th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. The district has been represented by Democrat Ghazala Hashmi since 2020, following her 2019 defeat of incumbent Republican Glen Sturtevant.[3]

Geography[]

District 10 is located in the Greater Richmond Region, covering much of the City of Richmond as well as all of Powhatan County and parts of Chesterfield County.[3]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 4th and 7th congressional districts, and with the 27th, 65th, 66th, 68th, 69th, and 71st districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.[4]

Recent election results[]

2019[]

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 10[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ghazala Hashmi 5,246 49.4
Democratic Eileen McNeil Bedell 4,347 40.9
Democratic Zachary Brown 1,032 9.7
Total votes 10,627 100
General election
Democratic Ghazala Hashmi 44,548 54.1
Republican Glen Sturtevant (incumbent) 37,737 45.8
Total votes 82,377 100
Democratic gain from Republican

2015[]

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 10[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel Gecker 4,730 46.5
Democratic Emily Francis 3,487 45.5
Democratic Alex McMurtrie Jr. 1,957 19.2
Total votes 10,178 100
General election
Republican Glen Sturtevant 27,651 49.8
Democratic Daniel Gecker 26,173 47.1
Independent Marleen Durfee 1,136 2.0
Libertarian Carl Loser 527 0.9
Total votes 55,547 100
Republican hold

2011[]

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 10[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Watkins (incumbent) 18,496 56.4
Democratic David Bernard 14,189 43.3
Total votes 32,771 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results in District 10[]

Year Office Results[7][8]
2020 President Biden 58.6–39.6%
2017 Governor Northam 57.2–41.6%
2016 President Clinton 53.4–40.3%
2014 Senate Warner 49.4–47.1%
2013 Governor McAuliffe 47.1–42.3%
2012 President Obama 50.4–48.2%
Senate Kaine 53.7–46.3%

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 10[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Watkins (incumbent) 27,515 97.6
Total votes 28,204 100
Republican hold

2003[]

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 10[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Watkins (incumbent) 27,637 99.2
Total votes 27,863 100
Republican hold

1999[]

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 10[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Watkins (incumbent) 21,366 69.9
Independent Alex McMurtrie Jr. 9,164 30.0
Total votes 30,581 100
Republican hold

1998 special[]

1998 Virginia Senate special election, District 10[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Watkins 5,005 97.9
Total votes 5,112 100
Republican hold

1995[]

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 10[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joseph B. Benedetti (incumbent) 32,554 99.4
Total votes 32,738 100
Republican hold

References[]

  1. ^ "State Senate District 10, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Ghazala F. Hashmi". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  5. ^ "Virginia State Senate District 10". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  7. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  8. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
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