2007 Virginia Senate election

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2007 Virginia Senate election
← 2003 November 6, 2007 2011 →
All 40 seats in the Virginia Senate
21[a] seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Dick Saslaw Walter Stosch
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 10, 1996 January 13, 1998
Leader's seat District 35 District 12
Last election 16 24
Seats after 21 19
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 5
Majority Leader before election

Walter Stosch
Republican

 Elected Majority Leader

Dick Saslaw
Democratic

The 2007 Virginia Senate election was held on November 6, 2007, to determine which party would control the Virginia Senate for the following four years in the 155th Virginia General Assembly. All 40 seats in the Virginia Senate were up for election. Prior to the election, 24 seats were held by Republicans and 16 seats were held by Democrats. The general election saw Democrats flip 5 seats, thereby gaining a majority in the State Senate for the first time since 1995.[1][2]

Republicans

  1. District 19: Charles R. Hawkins retired.
  2. District 27: Russ Potts retired.
  3. District 28: John Chichester retired.

Defeated incumbents

In primary

Republicans

  1. District 1: Marty Williams lost renomination to Patricia Stall.
  2. District 22: Brandon Bell lost renomination to Ralph K. Smith.

Democrats

  1. District 9: Benjamin Lambert lost renomination to Donald McEachin.

In general

Republicans

  1. District 6: Nick Rerras lost re-election to Ralph Northam.
  2. District 34: Jeannemarie Devolites Davis lost re-election to Chap Petersen.
  3. District 39: Jay O'Brien lost re-election to George Barker.

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 37, 0.20%
  2. District 27, 1.20%
  3. District 28, 1.40%
  4. District 22, 1.80%
  5. District 39, 1.90% (gain)
  6. District 1, 2.50% (gain)
  7. District 29, 8.30%
  8. District 6, 8.80% (gain)

Results

Notes

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI