The only exception was the 2018 U.S. Senate race where Tim Kaine took the district by one proportion point. Republicans have held Senate District 4 since 1995, and GOP candidates have easily carried the district in the latest statewide races.
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In the 5 presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Virginia voted Democratic 3 times (2008, 2012, and 2016) and Republican two occasions (2000 and 2004). The chart under exhibits the districts that switched control. In addition to exhibiting the pre-election and publish-election standing of the seat, it details the 2017 margin of victory (based mostly on unofficial results), the margin of victory in the 2016 presidential election, and increases in voter turnout in 2017 compared to 2013, the final election the place both the governor's office and the state House were on the ballot. The average increase in turnout for the 14 districts that switched from Republican to Democratic management was 26.eight percent compared to 2013.
Incumbent Kelly Convirs-Fowler (D) gained election in 2017, receiving 53 percent of the vote and defeating her Republican opponent by 6 factors. This was a district where the incumbent gained less than 55 % of the vote in the newest election.
Incumbent Babur Lateef appears to have crushed Alyson Satterwhite and Stanley Bender. Supervisor Jeff McKay, a Democrat, appears to have received by a few 2-to-1 margin within the race for chairman against Republican Joe Galdo.
Incumbent Democrat Rosalyn Dance has represented the sixteenth district since a 2014 special election. She was defeated within the June 11 primary election. The 2019 Virginia elections happened on November 5, 2019.