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Virginia's 2nd
State Senate district
Virginia's 2nd; State Senate district
Senator
	Mark Obenshain; R–Harrisonburg
Demographics	82% White; 4% Black; 9% Hispanic; 1% Asian; 1% Other
Population (2019)	216,089
Registered voters	134,912

Virginia's 2nd Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Republican Mark Obenshain since 2024.^[3]

Geography

District 2 is located in the rural western area of Virginia, including all of Rockingham County, Page County, Bath County and all of Highland County. It also includes the City of Harrisonburg and part of Augusta County.^[4]

The district is located entirely within Virginia's 6th Congressional District. ^[5]

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 2^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mamie Locke (incumbent)	36,551	92.8
Total votes			39,390	100
	Democratic hold

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 2^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mamie Locke (incumbent)	17,459	100
Total votes			17,459	100
	Democratic hold

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 2^[6]
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

All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 2^[9]
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

Years	Senator, District 2	Counties/Cities in District
1940–1944	Vivian L. Page (D) Ralph Hunter Daughton (D)	City of Norfolk^[10]
1944	Ralph Hunter Daughton (D) James Hoge Tyler, III (D)
1945–1948	James Hoge Tyler, III (D) Edward L. Breeden (D)
1948–1952	Edward L. Breeden (D) Robert F. Baldwin (D)
1952–1956
1956–1960
1960–1964
1964–1966
1966–1968	Edward L. Breeden (D) Robert F. Baldwin (D) Henry Howell (D)
1968–1972	Edward L. Breeden (D) Henry Howell (D) ^[11] Peter K. Babalas (D)
1972–1976	Herbert H. Bateman (D)	City of Newport News (part)
1976–1980	Herbert H. Bateman (R)
1980–1983	Herbert H. Bateman (R)
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

^ https://censusreporter.org/profiles/61000US51002-state-senate-district-2-va/
^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
^ "Redistricting". Mark Obenshain – Virginia Senate. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
^ "Redistricting". Mark Obenshain – Virginia Senate. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
^ "Home". www.elections.virginia.gov. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Virginia State Senate District 2". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. April 16, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
^ Until 1972, District 2 was a multi-member district.
^ Elected to fill unexpired Lieutenant Governor term in 1971