Virginia's 12th Senate district

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Virginia's 12th
State Senate district
Senator
  Glen Sturtevant
R–Richmond
Demographics66% White
12% Black
7% Hispanic
12% Asian
3% Other
Population (2019)220,099[1]
Registered voters153,111[2]

Virginia's 12th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the

Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Republican Glen Sturtevant since 2024.[3]

Geography

District 12 is located in the immediate northern suburbs of Richmond, covering parts of Henrico and Hanover Counties.[4]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 1st and 5th congressional districts, and with the 55th, 56th, 68th, 72nd, 73rd, and 74th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.[5]

Recent election results

2023

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 12[3]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Debra Rodman 7,051 60.0
Democratic Veena Gupta Lothe 4,705 40.0
Total votes 11,758 100
General election
Republican Siobhan Dunnavant (incumbent) 39,730 50.8
Democratic Debra Rodman 38,401 49.1
Total votes 78,274 100

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 12[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Siobhan Dunnavant 7,008 38.2
Republican Bill Janis 5,573 30.4
Republican Vincent Haley 4,046 22.0
Republican Edward Whitlock 1,728 9.4
Total votes 18,358 100
General election
Republican Siobhan Dunnavant 25,504 57.6
Democratic Deborah Repp 16,797 38.0
Independent
 Robert Johnson 1,881 4.3
Total votes 44,247 100
Republican hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 12[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Walter Stosch (incumbent) 28,438 95.5
Total votes 29,779 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[7][8]
2020 President Biden 54.1–44.1%
2017 Governor Northam 51.6–47.2%
2016 President Clinton 48.3–45.2%
2014 Senate Gillespie 52.8–43.9%
2013 Governor Cuccinelli 48.3–40.2%
2012 President Romney 55.2–43.5%
Senate Allen 52.6–47.4%

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 12[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Walter Stosch (incumbent) 8,547 50.8
Republican Joseph E. Blackburn, Jr. 8,281 49.2
Total votes 16,828 100
General election
Republican Walter Stosch (incumbent) 26,265 97.3
Total votes 27,002 100
Republican hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 12[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Walter Stosch (incumbent) 22,497 98.3
Total votes 22,875 100
Republican hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 12[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Walter Stosch (incumbent) 24,451 98.7
Total votes 24,784 100
Republican hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 12[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Walter Stosch (incumbent) 31,833 77.1
Independent
 Murray Steinberg 9,428 22.8
Total votes 41,282 100
Republican hold

References

  1. ^ "State Senate District 12, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Virginia State Senate District 12". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  4. ^ "Siobhan S. Dunnavant". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  5. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  7. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  8. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
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