Virginia's 28th Senate district

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Virginia's 28th
State Senate district
Virginia Senate District 28 (2011).png
Senator
  Richard Stuart
R–Westmoreland County
Demographics66% White
14% Black
11% Hispanic
4% Asian
4% Other
Population (2019)226,190[1]
Registered voters164,625[2]

Virginia's 28th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Republican Richard Stuart since 2008.[3]

Geography[]

District 28 stretches from the far reaches of the D.C. metropolitan area to the Northern Neck, incorporating parts of Prince William, Stafford, Spotsylvania, King George, and Westmoreland Counties.[3]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 1st, 7th, and 10th congressional districts, and with the 2nd, 13th, 28th, 31st, 40th, 50th, 51st, 54th, 87th, 88th, and 99th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.[4]

Recent election results[]

2019[]

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 28[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Qasim Rashid 3,302 59.1
Democratic Laura Sellers 2,256 40.4
Total votes 5,583 100
General election
Republican Richard Stuart (incumbent) 40,193 57.5
Democratic Qasim Rashid 29,696 42.5
Total votes 69,949 100
Republican hold

2015[]

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 28[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Stuart (incumbent) 30,187 95.4
Total votes 31,633 100
Republican hold

2011[]

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 28[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Stuart (incumbent) 26,662 95.3
Total votes 27,965 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results in District 28[]

Year Office Results[7][8]
2020 President Trump 53.1–45.1%
2017 Governor Gillespie 54.2–44.7%
2016 President Trump 54.2–40.5%
2014 Senate Gillespie 59.7–38.1%
2013 Governor Cuccinelli 56.3–38.8%
2012 President Romney 55.9–42.8%
Senate Allen 55.7–44.3%

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 28[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Stuart 21,496 50.6
Democratic Albert C. Pollard 20,896 49.2
Total votes 42,466 100
Republican hold

2003[]

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 28[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Chichester (incumbent) 11,165 70.5
Republican Mike Rothfeld 4,668 29.5
Total votes 15,833 100
General election
Republican John Chichester (incumbent) 23,251 98.0
Total votes 23,729 100
Republican hold

1999[]

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 28[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Chichester (incumbent) 29,548 99.0
Total votes 29,858 100
Republican hold

1995[]

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 28[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Chichester (incumbent) 28,612 99.9
Total votes 28,632 100
Republican hold

1991[]

1991 Virginia Senate election, District 28[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Chichester (incumbent) 20,739 69.5
Democratic Edwin King 9,109 30.5
Total votes 29,849 100
Republican hold

1987[]

1987 Virginia Senate election, District 28[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Chichester (incumbent) 24,747 68.3
Democratic Ann Riley Smith 11,468 31.7
Total votes 36,218 100
Republican hold

References[]

  1. ^ "State Senate District 28, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Richard H. Stuart". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  5. ^ "Virginia State Senate District 28". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  7. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  8. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
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