Virginia's 20th Senate district

Virginia's 20th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Republican Senator Bill Stanley since 2012; prior to 2011 redistricting, Stanley represented the 19th district.

Virginia's 20th
State Senate District
Senator
  Bill Stanley
R–Moneta
Demographics65% White
28% Black
4% Hispanic
0% Asian
2% Other
Population (2017)197,084[1]
Registered voters127,142[2]

Geography

District 20 is based in Virginia's western Southside, incorporating all of Henry County, Patrick County, Martinsville, and Galax, as well as parts of Carroll County, Franklin County, Halifax County, Pittsylvania County, and the City of Danville.[3]

The district overlaps with U.S. congressional districts 5 and 9, and Virginia House of Delegates districts 5, 6, 9, 14, 16, and 60.[4] It borders the state of North Carolina.[1]

Recent election results

2019
2019 Virginia Senate election, District 20[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Stanley (incumbent) 32,523 70.5
Independent Sherman Witcher 13,388 29.0
Total votes 46,115 100
Republican hold

2015
2015 Virginia Senate election, District 20[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Stanley (incumbent) 22,701 57.9
Democratic Kim Adkins 16,455 42.0
Total votes 39,223 100
Republican hold

2011
2011 Virginia Senate election, District 20[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Stanley (incumbent) 23,975 46.8
Democratic Roscoe Reynolds (incumbent) 23,331 45.5
Independent Willis Jeffery Evans 3,887 7.6
Total votes 51,230 100
Republican gain from Democratic

2011 redistricting placed Bill Stanley, the Republican incumbent from the 19th district, in the same district as Democrat Roscoe Reynolds, the incumbent from the 20th district, resulting in an incumbent-vs-incumbent general election.

Federal and statewide results in District 20
Year Office Results[7]
2017 Governor Gillespie 58.5–40.7%
2016 President Trump 56.8–40.4%
2014 Senate Gillespie 51.1–47.1%
2013 Governor Cuccinelli 53.9–39.8%
2012 President Romney 50.6–47.2%
Senate Allen 51.6–48.4%

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 20[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roscoe Reynolds (incumbent) 30,365 63.0
Republican Willis Jeffery Evans 17,804 36.9
Total votes 48,229 100
Democratic hold

2003
2003 Virginia Senate election, District 20[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roscoe Reynolds (incumbent) 27,699 67.8
Republican Thomas Peterson 13,134 32.1
Total votes 40,876 100
Democratic hold

1999
1999 Virginia Senate election, District 20[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roscoe Reynolds (incumbent) 27,586 99.9
Total votes 27,617 100
Democratic hold

1996 special
1996 Virginia Senate special election, District 20[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roscoe Reynolds 17,360 58.2
Republican Allen Dudley 12,438 41.7
Total votes 29,803 100
Democratic hold

1995
1995 Virginia Senate election, District 20[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Virgil Goode (incumbent) 38,709 100
Total votes 38,728 100
Democratic hold

Decades earlier, District 20 consisted of Campbell County, Virginia and Lynchburg slightly further north.

References
  1. "State Senate District 20, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  2. "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. June 2019.
  3. "District 20 Description". William M. Stanley, Jr. Retrieved 17 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 20". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  6. "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
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