Virginia's 35th Senate district

Virginia's 35th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democratic Senator Dick Saslaw, the current Senate Majority Leader, since 1980.

Virginia's 35th
State Senate District
Senator
  Dick Saslaw
D–Springfield
Demographics41% White
13% Black
25% Hispanic
16% Asian
3% Other
Population (2017)206,999[1]
Registered voters119,615[2]

Geography

District 35 covers all of Falls Church and parts of Fairfax County and Alexandria in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., including some or all of Merrifield, Idylwood, West Falls Church, Seven Corners, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, Annandale, and Springfield.[3] At just over 32 square miles, it is the smallest Senate district in Virginia.

The district overlaps with U.S. congressional districts 8 and 11, and with Virginia House of Delegates districts 38, 39, 42, 46, 49, and 53.[4]

Recent election results

2019
2019 Virginia Senate election, District 35[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dick Saslaw (incumbent) 7,380 48.9
Democratic Yasmine Taeb 6,871 45.5
Democratic Karen Elena Torrent 852 5.6
Total votes 15,103 100
General election
Democratic Dick Saslaw (incumbent) 35,770 92.7
Total votes 38,603 100
Democratic hold

2015
2015 Virginia Senate election, District 35[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dick Saslaw (incumbent) 18,754 74.4
Independent Greens Terry Modglin 6,055 24.0
Total votes 25,192 100
Democratic hold

2011
2011 Virginia Senate election, District 35[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dick Saslaw (incumbent) 15,905 61.7
Republican Robert Sarvis 9,272 35.9
Independent Greens Katherine Pettigrew 591 2.3
Total votes 25,796 100
Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results in District 35
Year Office Results[7]
2017 Governor Northam 75.4–23.7%
2016 President Clinton 72.8–21.9%
2014 Senate Warner 66.0–31.6%
2013 Governor McAuliffe 66.9–28.2%
2012 President Obama 68.5–30.2%
Senate Kaine 69.6–30.4%

Historical results

All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting – a process Saslaw oversaw as then-Senate Majority Leader[8] – and thus were under different district lines.

2007
2007 Virginia Senate election, District 35[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dick Saslaw (incumbent) 16,856 77.9
Independent Mario Palmiotto 4,532 21.0
Total votes 21,626 100
Democratic hold

2003
2003 Virginia Senate election, District 35[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dick Saslaw (incumbent) 17,735 82.5
Independent C. W. Levy 3,537 16.4
Total votes 21,503 100
Democratic hold

1999
1999 Virginia Senate election, District 35[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dick Saslaw (incumbent) 19,257 57.6
Republican Robert Neitz 13,554 40.5
Independent D. D. Goode 611 1.8
Total votes 33,437 100
Democratic hold

1995
1995 Virginia Senate election, District 35[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Brubaker 936 52.1
Republican William Houston 860 47.9
Total votes 1,796 100
Democratic Dick Saslaw (incumbent) 21,012 57.0
Republican Paul Brubaker 15,833 42.9
Total votes 36,864 100
Democratic hold

References
  1. "State Senate District 35, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  2. "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. June 2019.
  3. "District 35 Description". Richard L. Saslaw. Retrieved 26 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 35". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  6. "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  8. Ornstein, Norman J.; Mann, Thomas E. (March 18, 2011). "The rigged redistricting process". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
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