Virginia's 15th Senate district

Virginia's 15th
State Senate district
Senator
  Ghazala Hashmi
D–Richmond
Demographics67% White
27% Black
3% Hispanic
1% Asian
2% Other
Population (2019)191,250[1]
Registered voters133,523[2]

Virginia's 15th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Republican Frank Ruff since 2000.[3]

Geography

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District 15 is a sprawling district based in Virginia's Southside, including all of Charlotte, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, and Nottoway Counties, as well as parts of Brunswick, Campbell, Dinwiddie, Halifax, Pittsylvania, and Prince George Counties and part of the city of Danville. At over 4,200 square miles, District 15 is the largest Senate district in Virginia. It borders the state of North Carolina.[1][3]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 4th and 5th congressional districts, and with the 14th, 16th, 59th, 60th, 61st, 63rd, 64th, and 75th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.[4]

Recent election results

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2019

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2019 Virginia Senate election, District 15[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Ruff (incumbent) 8,235 79.4
Republican Dale Sturdifen 2,132 20.6
Total votes 10,368 100
General election
Republican Frank Ruff (incumbent) 38,471 68.3
Democratic Virginia Smith 17,793 31.6
Total votes 56,327 100
Republican hold

2015

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2015 Virginia Senate election, District 15[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Ruff (incumbent) 32,745 98.3
Total votes 33,317 100
Republican hold

2011

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2011 Virginia Senate election, District 15[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Ruff (incumbent) 36,193 99.2
Total votes 36,474 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

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Year Office Results[7][8]
2020 President Trump 64.6–33.6%
2017 Governor Gillespie 65.3–34.0%
2016 President Trump 63.1–34.4%
2014 Senate Gillespie 59.6–38.7%
2013 Governor Cuccinelli 59.3–34.4%
2012 President Romney 58.9–39.8%
Senate Allen 60.1–39.9%

Historical results

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

2007

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2007 Virginia Senate election, District 15[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Ruff (incumbent) 25,429 59.0
Democratic Bob Wilkerson 17,658 40.9
Total votes 43,124 100
Republican hold

2003

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2003 Virginia Senate election, District 15[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Ruff (incumbent) 27,288 99.8
Total votes 27,338 100
Republican hold

2000 special

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2000 Virginia Senate special election, District 15[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Ruff 30,395 51.1
Democratic Jerry Flowers 28,235 47.5
Independent Amos Neill 826 1.4
Total votes 59,477 100
Republican gain from Democratic

1999

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1999 Virginia Senate election, District 15[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Richard J. Holland (incumbent) 21,783 53.7
Republican Thomas C. Wright 18,769 46.3
Total votes 40,560 100
Democratic hold

1995

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1995 Virginia Senate election, District 15[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Richard J. Holland (incumbent) 21,609 53.3
Republican Jerry Flowers 18,921 46.7
Total votes 40,533 100
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 15, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Frank M. Ruff, Jr". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  5. ^ "Virginia State Senate District 15". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  7. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  8. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
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