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This page displays election information for the Virginia State Senate.

Elections

Virginia state senators serve four-year terms, with all seats up for election every four years. Virginia is one of only four states to hold elections during odd years.

2027

See also: Virginia State Senate elections, 2027

Elections for the Virginia State Senate will take place in 2027. The general election is on November 2, 2027.

2023

See also: Virginia State Senate elections, 2023

Elections for the Virginia State Senate took place in 2023. The general election was on November 7, 2023. A primary was held on June 20, 2023. The filing deadline was April 6, 2023.

2019

See also: Virginia State Senate elections, 2019

Elections for the Virginia State Senate took place in 2019. The primary was on June 11, 2019, and the general election was on November 5. The filing deadline for candidates was March 28, 2019.

Virginia State Senate
Party As of November 5, 2019 After November 6, 2019
     Democratic Party 19 21
     Republican Party 20 19
     Vacancies 1 0
Total 40 40

2015

See also: Virginia State Senate elections, 2015

Elections for the Virginia State Senate took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 9, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 26, 2015.[1]

Heading into the election, Republicans held a 21-19 majority. No partisan change occurred in the election.

Virginia State Senate
Party As of November 3, 2015 After November 3, 2015
     Democratic Party 19 19
     Republican Party 21 21
Total 40 40


Historical party control

Democrats won a 21-19 majority in the Virginia State Senate in 2019, gaining control of the chamber for the first time since 2007.

The table below shows the partisan history of the Virginia Senate following every general election from 1991 to 2023. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.

Virginia State Senate election results: 1991-2023

Party 91 95[5] 99 03 07 11[6] 15 19 23
Democrats 22 20 19 16 21 20 19 21 21
Republicans 18 20 21 24 19 20 21 19 19

Trifecta history

A state government trifecta is a term that describes single party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government. Between 1992 and 2023, Virginia was under the following types of trifecta control:

  • Democratic trifecta: 1992-1993, 2020-2021
  • Republican trifecta: 2000-2001, 2012-2013
  • Divided government: 1994-1999, 2002-2011, 2014-2019, 2022-2023

Virginia Party Control: 1992-2025
Four years of Democratic trifectas  •  Four years of Republican trifectas
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Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Governor D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D R R R R D D D D D D D D R R R R
Senate D D D D S S R R R R R R R R R R D D D D R R D R R R R R D D D D D D
House D D D D D D S S R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D D R R D D

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "2015 November Election Calendar," accessed January 2, 2015
  2. ↑ Follow the Money, "Virginia 2011 Candidates," accessed August 5, 2013
  3. ↑ Follow the Money, "Virginia 2007 Candidates," accessed August 5, 2013
  4. ↑ Follow the Money, "Virginia 2003 Candidates," accessed August 5, 2013
  5. ↑ Chamber governed by a power-sharing agreement.
  6. ↑ Control of the Senate varied between the 2011 and 2015 elections. Republicans controlled the chamber from 2012 through 2013, with a Republican lieutenant governor serving as a tie-breaking vote. Democrats won the lieutenant governorship in 2013, giving them control for the first half of 2014. One Democrat resigned in June 2014 and Republicans won the August 2014 special election, giving the party a 21-19 majority.
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