American legislative district
Virginia's 22nd District map before the 2023 election District map from the 2023 election Senator Demographics 69% White Black Hispanic Asian Population (2019) 199,227[ 1] Registered voters 138,328[ 2]
Virginia's 22nd Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia . After the 2020 Census and redistricting, it is located in Virginia Beach and represented by Democratic Senator Aaron Rouse. Before redistricting, the area covered by this district was located in central Virginia where it was represented by Republican Mark Peake since he ran to replace fellow Republican Tom Garrett in a 2017 special election.[ 3]
Geography District 22 is located in central Virginia , containing a large portion of the City of Lynchburg , part of Louisa County , and all of Amherst , Appomattox , Buckingham , Cumberland , Fluvanna , Goochland , and Prince Edward Counties .[ 3]
The district overlaps with Virginia's 5th , 6th , and 7th congressional districts , and with the 22nd , 23rd , 24th , 56th , 58th , 59th , 60th , 61st , and 65th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates .[ 4]
Recent election results
2019 County and independent city results
2017 special County and independent city results 40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
2015
2011 General election results by county and independent city
Federal and statewide results
Historical results All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines. Under the lines drawn in 2011, 22nd district incumbent Ralph K. Smith was redrawn into the 19th district , making the 22nd district an open seat.
2007
2003
1999
1995
District officeholders
Years
Senator, District 22
Counties/Cities in District
1940–1944
W. D. Medley (D)
Arlington County
1944–1948
1948–1952
Charles R. Fenwick (D)
1952–1956
1956–1960
Curry Carter (D)
Augusta County , Highland County , and the Cities of Staunton, Virginia and Waynesboro, Virginia
1960–1964
1964–1966
Augusta County , Bath County , Highland County , and the City of Staunton, Virginia and the City of Waynesboro, Virginia
1966–1968
Edward O. McCue (D)
Albemarle County , Cumberland County , Fluvanna County , Greene County , Madison County , Powhatan County and the City of Charlottesville
1968–1972
James Harry Michael Jr. (D)
1972–1976
David F. Thornton (R)
Allegheny County , Bath County , Botetourt County , Roanoke County (part) and all of the cities of Salem , Clifton Forge and Covington
1976–1980
Buzz Emick (D)
1980–1984
1984–1988
1988–1992
1992–1996
Malfourd W. "Bo" Trumbo
Allegheny County , Bath County , Botetourt County , Craig County , Giles County , Pulaski County (part), Roanoke County (part) and all of the cities of Clifton Forge , Covington , Radford and Salem
1996–2000
2000–2004
2004–2008
J. Brandon Bell (R)
Botetourt County , the City of Radford , the City of Salem , Montgomery County (part) and Roanoke County (part)
2008–2012
Ralph K. Smith (R)
2012–2016
Tom Garrett (R)
Amherst County , Appomattox County , Buckingham County , Cumberland County, Fluvanna County, Goochland County , Prince Edward County , Parts of Louisa County and Lynchburg City
2017–present
Mark Peake (R)
References
^ "State Senate District 22, VA" . Census Reporter. Retrieved August 18, 2019 .^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF) . Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021 .^ a b "Mark J. Peake" . Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 18, 2019 .^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?" . Daily Kos. Retrieved August 31, 2019 . ^ "Virginia State Senate District 22" . Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 13, 2019 .^ a b c d e f g "Elections Database" . Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 18, 2019 .^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD" . Daily Kos. Retrieved August 18, 2019 .^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result" . CNalysis. Retrieved June 6, 2021 .
