Virginia's 3rd Senate district

American legislative district

Virginia's 3rd
State Senate district
District map before the 2023 election
District map from the 2023 election
Senator
  Chris Head
R–Roanoke
Demographics80% White
11% Black
4% Hispanic
2% Asian
3% Other
Population (2019)218,574[1]
Registered voters174,798[2]

Virginia's 3rd Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Republican Tommy Norment, currently the Senate Minority Leader, since 1992.[3]

Geography

District 3 is located largely on the Virginia Peninsula and Middle Peninsula along the Chesapeake Bay coastline, including all of Poquoson, Gloucester County, King and Queen County, King William County and New Kent County, as well as parts of Hampton, Suffolk, Isle of Wight County, James City County, Surry County and York County.[3]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd congressional districts, and with the 64th, 76th, 91st, 93rd, 96th, 97th, and 98th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.[4]

Recent election results

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 3[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tommy Norment (incumbent) 50,448 61.7
Democratic Herbert Jones Jr. 31,056 38.0
Total votes 81,776 100
Republican hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 3[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tommy Norment (incumbent) 35,520 69.7
Democratic Hugo Reyes 15,432 30.3
Total votes 50,952 100
Republican hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 3[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tommy Norment (incumbent) 11,400 73.0
Republican Mark Frechette 4,089 26.2
Total votes 15,617 100
General election
Republican Tommy Norment (incumbent) 38,665 96.5
Total votes 40,136 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[7][8]
2020 President Trump 61.6–36.6%
2017 Governor Gillespie 60.0–39.0%
2016 President Trump 61.1–33.8%
2014 Senate Gillespie 61.0–36.8%
2013 Governor Cuccinelli 57.7–34.7%
2012 President Romney 62.6–36.1%
Senate Allen 61.3–38.7%

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 3[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tommy Norment (incumbent) 29,699 95.1
Total votes 31,200 100
Republican hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 3[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tommy Norment (incumbent) 10,470 62.3
Republican Paul Jost 6,340 37.7
Total votes 16,810 100
General election
Republican Tommy Norment (incumbent) 21,309 65.5
Democratic Mary Minor 11,080 34.1
Total votes 32,520 100
Republican hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 3[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tommy Norment (incumbent) 24,916 62.9
Democratic Lynwood Lewis 14,611 36.9
Total votes 39,595 100
Republican hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 3[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tommy Norment (incumbent) 32,667 99.3
Total votes 32,904 100
Republican hold

District officeholders since 1904

Years Senator, District 3 Counties/Cities in District
1904–1906 John N. Harman (R) Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Russell County, and Tazewell County
1906–1908 R. Walter Dickenson (R)
1908–1912 Roland E. Chase (R)
1912–1916 J. Powell Royall (R)
1916–1920
1920–1922 Robert O. Crockett (R)
1922–1924 Campbell C. Hyatt (R)
1924–1928 Alfred C. Smith (D) Norfolk County, City of Portsmouth and the City of South Norfolk
1928–1932 Lloyd E. Warren (D)
1932–1936 Major M. Hillard (D)
1936–1940
1940–1944
1944–1948
1948–1952
1952–1956
1956–1960 Gordon F. Marsh (D) Norfolk County and the City of South Norfolk[9]
1960–1964
1964–1966
1966 William B. Spong (D) City of Portsmouth, City of Chesapeake and the City of Virginia Beach
1966–1972 William H. Hodges (D)
1972–1976 William E. Fears (D) Accomac County, James City County, Northampton County, York County and the cities of Williamsburg and Newport News (part)
1976–1980 Accomac County, James City County, Northampton County, York County and the cities of Williamsburg, Poquoson and Newport News (part)
1980–1984
1984–1988
1988–1992
1992–1996 Tommy Norment (R) Gloucester County, James City County, New Kent County, City of Newport News (part), City of Williamsburg and York County (part)
1996–2000
2000–2004
2004–2008
2008–2012
2012–2016 Gloucester County, King & Queen County, King William County, New Kent County, City of Poquoson, Isle of Wight County (part), James City County (part), Surry County (part), York County (part), City of Hampton (part), City of Suffolk (part)
2016–present

References

  1. ^ "State Senate District 3, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Thomas K. Norment, Jr". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Virginia State Senate District 3". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  7. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  8. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. April 16, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  9. ^ After 1963, these were merged into City of Chesapeake
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