American legislative district
Virginia's 21st State Senate district Senator Demographics 71% White 16% Black 5% Hispanic 5% Asian 3% Other Population (2019) 204,563[1] Registered voters 127,983[2]
Virginia 's 21st Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia . It has been represented by Democrat John S. Edwards since 1996.[3] Although it voted for Joe Biden , it is currently the most Republican-leaning district to be represented by a Democrat.
Geography [ ]
District 21 comprises the most Democratic-leaning parts of Southwest Virginia , including all of the City of Roanoke and Giles County , as well as part of Montgomery County (where Blacksburg is located) and a small sliver of Roanoke County .[3]
The district overlaps with Virginia's 6th and 9th congressional districts , and with the 7th , 8th , 11th , 12th , and 17th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates .[4] It borders the state of West Virginia .[1]
Recent election results [ ]
2019 [ ]
2015 [ ]
2011 [ ]
2011 Virginia Senate election , District 21[6]
Primary election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
David Nutter
1,854
66.3
Republican
Everett Carl Tripp Godsey, III
944
33.7
Total votes
2,798
100
General election
Democratic
John S. Edwards (incumbent)
21,259
55.9
Republican
David Nutter
16,728
44.0
Total votes
38,037
100
Democratic hold
Federal and statewide results in District 21 [ ]
Historical results [ ]
All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.
2007 [ ]
2003 [ ]
1999 [ ]
1995 [ ]
References [ ]
^ a b "State Senate District 21, VA" . Census Reporter. Retrieved June 6, 2021 .
^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF) . Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021 .
^ a b "John S. Edwards" . Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 17, 2019 .
^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?" . Daily Kos. Retrieved August 31, 2019 .
^ "Virginia State Senate District 21" . Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 13, 2019 .
^ a b c d e f "Elections Database" . Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 17, 2019 .
^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD" . Daily Kos. Retrieved August 17, 2019 .
^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result" . CNalysis. Retrieved June 6, 2021 .
Members of the Senate of Virginia