All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia 21[a] seats needed for a majority
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Dick Saslaw
Tommy Norment
Party
Democratic
Republican
Leader since
January 10, 1996
January 9, 2008
Leader's seat
35th - Springfield
3rd - Williamsburg
Last election
19
21
Seats won
21
19
Seat change
2
2
Popular vote
1,211,835
907,477
Percentage
53.2%
39.8%
Swing
9.5%
12.8%
Election results by seat change
Election results by district
Results: Democratic hold Democratic gain Republican hold Results By Vote Share: Democratic: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% 90-100% Republican: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 90-100%
Majority leader before election
Tommy Norment
Republican
Elected Majority leader
Dick Saslaw
Democratic
Elections in Virginia
Federal government
U.S. President
1788–89
1792
1796
1800
1804
1808
1812
1816
1820
1824
1828
1832
1836
1840
1844
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1852
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1968
1972
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1992
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2008
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2012
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2020
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2024
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U.S. Senate
1788
1790 (sp)
1791
1792 (sp)
1793
1794 (sp)
1796
1798
1799 (sp)
1803
1803 (sp)
1804
1804 (sp)
1808
1809
1811
1814
1814 (sp)
1815 (sp)
1816
1816 (sp)
1819 (sp)
1821
1822 (sp)
1823
1824
1824 (sp)
1827
1829
1832 (sp)
1833
1834 (sp)
1835
1836 (sp)
1837
1837 (sp)
1839
1840
1841 (sp)
1845
1845 (sp)
1846
1847 (sp)
1850
1852
1856
1858
1861 (sp)
1863
1865
1865 (sp)
1870
1871
1875
1877
1881
1883
1887
1889
1893
1893 (sp)
1894
1899
1899
1904
1906
1910
1911
1912
1912 (sp)
1916
1918
1920 (sp)
1922
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1928
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1933 (sp)
1934
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1946
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1958
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1966 (sp)
1970
1972
1976
1978
1982
1984
1988
1990
1994
1996
2000
2002
2006
2008
2012
2014
2018
2020
2024
2026
U.S. House
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1790
9th sp
1793
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1797
1798 (9th sp)
1799
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1801
1803
1804
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1805
13th sp
1807
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1809
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1st sp
1811
1813
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1816
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1817
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1819
1820
1st sp
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17th sp
20th sp
1821
1822 (2nd sp)
1823
1824 (13th sp)
1825
1826 (5th sp)
1827
1829
10th sp
1831
1833
1835
1837
1839
1841
1843
1845
1847
1849
1851
1853
1855
1857
1859
4th sp
1861
11th sp
1862 (1st sp)
1869
1870
1872
1874
1876
1878
1880
1882
1884
7th sp
1886
1888
1890
1892
1894
7th sp
1896
1898
1900
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1904
1906
1908
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1912
1914
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1918
1st sp
1920
4th sp
1922
1924
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1928
1930
1932
1934
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1942
1944
2nd sp
1946
5th sp
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1948
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1962
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1972
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1974
1976
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1982
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1990
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1992
1994
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2001 (4th sp)
2002
8th
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2006
2007 (1st sp)
2008
2010
2012
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10th
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2024
State government
Governor
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U
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1961
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1981
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2001
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2013
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2021
2025
Lieutenant Governor
1973
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1989
1993
1997
2001
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2025
Attorney General
1993
1997
2001
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2025
Senate
1967
1971
1975
1979
1983
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
House of Delegates
1975
1977
1979
1981
1982
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1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
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1999
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2003
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2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
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2019
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Ballot measures
Statewide
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Fairfax County
2016
Alexandria
Mayor
2012
2015
2018
2021
2024
(List)
Hampton
Mayor
2016
Henrico County
Commonwealth's Attorney
2011
2015
2019
Norfolk
Mayor
2006
2010
2014
2016
Richmond
Mayor
2016
2020
2024
City Council
2016
Virginia Beach
Mayor
2008
2012
2016
2018
2020
City Council
2020
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The 2019 Virginia Senate election was held on November 5, 2019, concurrently with the House election, to elect members to all 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia for the 161st Virginia General Assembly and the 162nd Virginia General Assembly. Primaries were held on June 11. The elections resulted in Democrats gaining 2 seats in the senate, and gaining control of both chambers of the General Assembly, marking the first time that Democrats held control of both legislative and executive branches in Virginia since 1993.
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