American legislative district
Virginia's 31st State Senate district Senator Demographics 64% White 6% Black 12% Hispanic 13% Asian 3% Other Population (2019) 213,237[1] Registered voters 160,781[2]
Virginia 's 31st Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia . It has been represented by Democrat Barbara Favola since 2012, succeeding retiring fellow Democrat Mary Margaret Whipple .[3]
Geography [ ]
District 31 stretches along the Potomac River in parts of Arlington , Fairfax , and Loudoun counties, including some or all of McLean , Langley , Great Falls , and Lowes Island . The sections of Arlington covered include the neighborhoods of Arlington Forest, Arlington View, Ballston , Cherrydale , Clarendon , Courthouse , Glen Carlyn , Lyon Village , Rosslyn , Virginia Square and Westover .[3]
The district overlaps with Virginia's 8th and 10th congressional districts , and with the 34th , 47th , 48th , 49th , and 86th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates .[4] It lies directly across the river from Maryland and the District of Columbia .[1]
Recent election results [ ]
2019 [ ]
2015 [ ]
2011 [ ]
Federal and statewide results in District 31 [ ]
Year
Office
Results[7] [8]
2020
President
Biden 71.6–26.6%
2017
Governor
Northam 71.6–27.5%
2016
President
Clinton 69.2–24.9%
2014
Senate
Warner 61.7–36.1%
2013
Governor
McAuliffe 63.0–31.2%
2012
President
Obama 61.0–37.7%
Senate
Kaine 63.7–36.3%
Historical results [ ]
All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.
2007 [ ]
2003 [ ]
1999 [ ]
1995 [ ]
District officeholders [ ]
Years
Senator, District 31
Counties/cities in district
1940–1942
Henry T. Wickham (D)
Caroline County , Essex County , Goochland County , Hanover County , King and Queen County , King William County , Middlesex County
1942–1944
Thomas H. Blanton (D)
1944–1948
1948–1952
1952–1956
1956–1960
W. Marvin Minter (D)
Gloucester County , James City County , New Kent County , Mathews County , City of Warwick , City of Williamsburg , York County
1960–1964
Fred W. Bateman (D)
Gloucester County , James City County , New Kent County , Mathews County , City of Newport News (part), City of Williamsburg , York County
1964–1968
Hunter Andrews (D)
City of Hampton , City of Newport News (part)
1968–1972
No member elected
District was defunct as a result of redistricting[9]
1972–1976
Edward M. Holland (D)
Arlington County (part)
1976–1980
1980–1984
1984–1988
1988–1992
1992–1996
Arlington County (part), City of Falls Church .
1996–2000
Mary Margaret Whipple (D)
2000–2004
2004–2008
Arlington County (part), City of Falls Church , Fairfax County (part).
2008–2012
2012–2016
Barbara Favola (D)
Arlington County (part), Fairfax County (part) and Loudoun County (part).
2016–present
References [ ]
^ a b "State Senate District 31, VA" . Census Reporter. Retrieved June 7, 2021 .
^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF) . Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021 .
^ a b "Barbara A. Favola" . Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?" . Daily Kos. Retrieved August 27, 2019 .
^ "Virginia State Senate District 31" . Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 13, 2019 .
^ a b c d e f "Elections Database" . Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD" . Daily Kos. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result" . CNalysis. Retrieved June 7, 2021 .
^ See, Davis v. Mann
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