Virginia's 30th Senate district

Virginia's 30th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democratic Senator Adam Ebbin since 2012, succeeding retiring fellow Democrat Patsy Ticer.

Virginia's 30th
State Senate District
Senator
  Adam Ebbin
D–Alexandria
Demographics59% White
13% Black
17% Hispanic
8% Asian
3% Other
Population (2017)217,439[1]
Registered voters153,760[2]

Geography

District 30 is located directly on the Potomac River, including most of Alexandria as well as smaller parts of Arlington County and Fairfax County such as Rose Hill, Huntington, Fort Hunt and Mount Vernon.[3]

The district is located entirely within U.S. congressional district 8, and overlaps with Virginia House of Delegates districts 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, and 49.[4] The district lies directly across the Potomac River from Maryland and the District of Columbia.[1]

Recent election results

2019
2019 Virginia Senate election, District 30[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Ebbin (incumbent) 42,368 91.7
Total votes 46,220 100
Democratic hold

2015
2015 Virginia Senate election, District 30[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Ebbin (incumbent) 27,274 76.7
Independent Greens J. Ron Fisher 7,431 20.9
Total votes 35,547 100
Democratic hold

2011
2011 Virginia Senate election, District 30[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Ebbin 4,570 38.8
Democratic Rob Krupicka 4,235 35.9
Democratic Libby Garvey 2,980 25.3
Total votes 11,791 100
General election
Democratic Adam Ebbin 20,968 64.7
Republican Timothy Thomas Christensen McGhee 11,349 35.0
Total votes 32,419 100
Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results in District 30
Year Office Results[7]
2017 Governor Northam 74.8–24.4%
2016 President Clinton 72.9–21.1%
2014 Senate Warner 65.6–32.2%
2013 Governor McAuliffe 67.1–27.4%
2012 President Obama 66.3–32.6%
Senate Kaine 68.2–31.8%

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 30[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patsy Ticer (incumbent) 20,853 95.2
Total votes 21,904 100
Democratic hold

2003
2003 Virginia Senate election, District 30[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patsy Ticer (incumbent) 18,633 95.4
Total votes 19,536 100
Democratic hold

1999
1999 Virginia Senate election, District 30[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patsy Ticer (incumbent) 17,846 80.8
Independent C. W. Levy 3,938 17.8
Total votes 22,079 100
Democratic hold

1995
1995 Virginia Senate election, District 30[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patsy Ticer 18,897 57.6
Republican Bob Calhoun (incumbent) 13,868 42.3
Total votes 32,788 100
Democratic gain from Republican

District officeholders
Years Senator, District 30 Counties/cities in district
1940–1944 Robert O. Norris, Jr. (D) King George County, Lancaster County, Northumberland County, Richmond County, Westmoreland County.
1944–1948
1948–1952
1952–1956
1956–1960 Thomas H. Blanton (D) Caroline County, Hanover County, King William County, Essex County, King and Queen County, Middlesex County.
1960–1964
1964–1968 Fred W. Bateman (D) York County and the City of Newport News.
1968–1970 Edward E. Willey (D) and J. Sargeant Reynolds (D) (multimember district) City of Richmond.
1970–1972 Edward E. Willey (D) and Douglas Wilder (D)[8] (multimember district)
1972–1976 Leroy S. Bendheim (D) City of Alexandria.
1976–1980 Wiley F. Mitchell (R)
1980–1984
1984–1988
1988–1992 Wiley F. Mitchell (R)
Bob Calhoun (R)[9]
1992–1996 Bob Calhoun (R) City of Alexandria (part), Fairfax County (part).
1996–2000 Patsy Ticer (D)
2000–2004
2004–2008
2008–2012
2012–2016 Adam Ebbin (D) Arlington County (part), Fairfax County (part), City of Alexandria (part).
2016–present

References
  1. "State Senate District 30, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  2. "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. June 2019.
  3. "District 30 Description". Adam P. Ebbin. Retrieved 23 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 30". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  6. "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  8. elected in special election December 1969
  9. elected in special election December 1989
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