Virginia's 25th Senate district

Virginia's 25th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democratic Senator Creigh Deeds since a 2001 special election to replace deceased fellow Democrat Emily Couric.

Virginia's 25th
State Senate District
Senator
  Creigh Deeds
D–Bath County
Demographics80% White
9% Black
5% Hispanic
4% Asian
2% Other
Population (2017)203,902[1]
Registered voters141,806[2]

Geography

District 25 is based in the City of Charlottesville and much of surrounding Albemarle County, stretching to also include all of Alleghany County, Bath County, Highland County, Nelson County, Rockbridge County, and the cities of Buena Vista, Covington, and Lexington.[3]

The district overlaps with U.S. congressional districts 5, 6 and 9, and Virginia House of Delegates districts 19, 20, 24, 25, 57, 58, and 59.[4] It borders the state of West Virginia.[1]

Recent election results

2019
2019 Virginia Senate election, District 25[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Creigh Deeds (incumbent) 44,717 67.5
Independent Elliott Harding 21,315 32.2
Total votes 66,287 100
Democratic hold

2015
2015 Virginia Senate election, District 25[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Creigh Deeds (incumbent) 34,419 97.2
Total votes 35,403 100
Democratic hold

2011
2011 Virginia Senate election, District 25[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Creigh Deeds (incumbent) 32,409 64.4
Republican Thomas Aldous 17,862 35.5
Total votes 50,321 100
Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results in District 25
Year Office Results[7]
2017 Governor Northam 59.7–39.2%
2016 President Clinton 54.7–39.3%
2014 Senate Warner 55.3–41.1%
2013 Governor McAuliffe 53.7–37.1%
2012 President Obama 55.5–42.9%
Senate Kaine 57.5–42.5%

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 25[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Creigh Deeds (incumbent) 33,339 98.8
Total votes 33,747 100
Democratic hold

2003
2003 Virginia Senate election, District 25[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Creigh Deeds (incumbent) 25,015 98.4
Total votes 25,425 100
Democratic hold

2001 special
2001 Virginia Senate special election, District 25[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Creigh Deeds 20,094 68.7
Republican Jane Maddux 9,117 31.2
Total votes 29,233 100
Democratic hold

1999
1999 Virginia Senate election, District 25[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Emily Couric (incumbent) 26,817 65.6
Republican Jane Maddux 14,004 34.3
Total votes 40,850 100
Democratic hold

1995
1995 Virginia Senate election, District 25[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Emily Couric 23,158 50.1
Republican Edgar Robb (incumbent) 20,888 45.2
Independent Donal Day 1,725 3.7
Independent Eric Strzepek 427 0.9
Total votes 46,224 100
Democratic hold

References
  1. "State Senate District 25, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  2. "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. June 2019.
  3. "District 25 Description". R. Creigh Deeds. Retrieved 20 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 25". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  6. "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
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