Virginia's 2nd Senate district
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Virginia's 2nd State Senate District |
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Current senator | Mamie Locke (D–Hampton) | |
Demographics | 38% White | |
Population (2019) | 198,956[1] | |
Registered voters | 134,912[2] |
Virginia's 2nd Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democrat Mamie Locke since 2004.[3]
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Geography
District 2 is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area in southeastern Virginia, including parts of York County, Hampton, Newport News, and Portsmouth.[3]
The district overlaps with Virginia's 2nd and 3rd congressional districts, and with the 79th, 80th, 91st, 92nd, 93rd, 95th, and 96th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.[4]
Recent election results
2019
2019 Virginia Senate election, District 2[5] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Mamie Locke (incumbent) | 36,551 | 92.8 | |
Total votes | 39,390 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
2015
2015 Virginia Senate election, District 2[5] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Mamie Locke (incumbent) | 17,459 | 100 | |
Total votes | 17,459 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
2011
2011 Virginia Senate election, District 2[5] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Mamie Locke (incumbent) | 17,526 | 65.6 | |
Republican | Thomas Harmon, IV | 9,208 | 34.4 | |
Total votes | 26,734 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
Federal and statewide results in District 2
Year | Office | Results[6][7] |
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2020 | President | Biden 72.1–26.1% |
2017 | Governor | Northam 72.0–27.0% |
2016 | President | Clinton 67.9–27.8% |
2014 | Senate | Warner 68.6–29.6% |
2013 | Governor | McAuliffe 67.5–27.8% |
2012 | President | Obama 71.7–27.2% |
Senate | Kaine 71.9–28.1% |
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 2[8] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Mamie Locke (incumbent) | 12,242 | 94.1 | |
Total votes | 13,014 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
2003
2003 Virginia Senate election, District 2[8] | ||||
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Primary election | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Mamie Locke | 6,278 | 48.1 | |
Democratic | Verbena M. Askew | 6,093 | 46.7 | |
Democratic | J. E. Graves | 679 | 5.2 | |
Total votes | 13,050 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Mamie Locke | 12,784 | 64.7 | |
Republican | Phil Bomersheim | 4,805 | 24.3 | |
Independent | J.B. Hobson | 2,116 | 10.7 | |
Total votes | 19,744 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
1999
1999 Virginia Senate election, District 2[8] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | W. Henry Maxwell (incumbent) | 14,545 | 80.3 | |
Independent | M. A. Rogers, Sr. | 3,475 | 19.2 | |
Total votes | 18,123 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
1995
1995 Virginia Senate election, District 2[8] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | W. Henry Maxwell (incumbent) | 18,836 | 99.9 | |
Total votes | 18,851 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District officeholders since 1940
Years | Senator, District 2 | Counties/Cities in District |
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1940–1944 | Vivian L. Page (D) Ralph Hunter Daughton (D) |
City of Norfolk[9] |
1944 | Ralph Hunter Daughton (D) James Hoge Tyler, III (D) |
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1945–1948 | James Hoge Tyler, III (D) Edward L. Breeden (D) |
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1948–1952 | Edward L. Breeden (D) Robert F. Baldwin (D) |
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1952–1956 | ||
1956–1960 | ||
1960–1964 | ||
1964–1966 | ||
1966–1968 | Edward L. Breeden (D) Robert F. Baldwin (D) Henry Howell (D) |
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1968–1972 | Edward L. Breeden (D) Henry Howell (D) [10] Peter K. Babalas (D) |
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1972–1976 | Herbert H. Bateman (D) | City of Newport News (part) |
1976–1980 | Herbert H. Bateman (R) | |
1980–1983 | ||
1983–1984 | Bobby Scott (D) | City of Newport News (part), City of Hampton (part) |
1984–1988 | ||
1988–1992 | ||
1992–1996 | W. Henry Maxwell (D) | |
1996–2000 | ||
2000–2004 | ||
2004–2008 | Mamie Locke (D) | City of Hampton (part), City of Newport News (part), City of Portsmouth (part), City of Suffolk (part) |
2008–2012 | ||
2012–2016 | York County (part), City of Hampton (part), City of Newport News (part), City of Portsmouth (part) | |
2016–present |
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- ↑ Until 1972, District 2 was a multi-member district.
- ↑ Elected to fill unexpired Lieutenant Governor term in 1971