Virginia's 34th Senate district

Virginia's 34th
State Senate district
Senator
  Scott Surovell
D–Mount Vernon
Demographics56% White
6% Black
12% Hispanic
21% Asian
4% Other
Population (2019)205,486[1]
Registered voters142,507[2]

Virginia's 34th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democrat Chap Petersen since his 2007 defeat of Republican incumbent Jeannemarie Devolites Davis.[3]

Geography

District 34 includes all of the City of Fairfax and parts of Fairfax County in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., including some or all of Vienna, Dunn Loring, Merrifield, Oakton, Fair Oaks, Chantilly, and Centreville.[3]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 10th and 11th congressional districts, and with the 35th, 37th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 53rd, and 67th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.[4]

Recent election results

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 34[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chap Petersen (incumbent) 44,058 91.2
Total votes 48,303 100
Democratic hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 34[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chap Petersen (incumbent) 27,690 93.6
Total votes 29,571 100
Democratic hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 34[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chap Petersen (incumbent) 23,662 59.7
Republican Gerarda Culipher 15,933 40.2
Total votes 39,620 100
Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[7][8]
2020 President Biden 67.6–30.6%
2017 Governor Northam 66.6–32.4%
2016 President Clinton 63.6–30.1%
2014 Senate Warner 55.9–41.9%
2013 Governor McAuliffe 56.5–38.1%
2012 President Obama 57.4–41.3%
Senate Kaine 59.3–40.7%

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 34[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chap Petersen 25,513 55.3
Republican Jeannemarie Devolites Davis (incumbent) 20,490 44.4
Total votes 46,105 100
Democratic gain from Republican

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 34[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeannemarie Devolites Davis 5,240 74.9
Republican L. J. Zone, Jr. 1,757 25.1
Total votes 6,997 100
General election
Republican Jeannemarie Devolites Davis 22,690 52.7
Democratic Ronald Christian 20,267 47.1
Total votes 43,015 100
Republican gain from Democratic

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 34[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Leslie Byrne 13,719 45.5
Republican Jane Woods (incumbent) 13,682 45.4
Independent Virginia Dobey 2,726 9.0
Total votes 30,140 100
Democratic gain from Republican

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 34[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jane Woods (incumbent) 23,389 98.8
Total votes 23,669 100
Republican hold

References

  1. ^ "State Senate District 34, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "J. Chapman Petersen". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  5. ^ "Virginia State Senate District 34". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  7. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  8. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 7, 2021.