American legislative district
Virginia's 9th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia . It is currently the most Democratic-leaning district in the Virginia Senate.
Geography
District 9 is based primarily in the City of Richmond , stretching to also include all of Charles City County and parts of Hanover County and Henrico County .[3]
The district overlaps with Virginia's 1st and 4th congressional districts , and with the 55th , 68th , 69th , 70th , 71st , 72nd , 73rd , and 74th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates .[4]
Recent election results
2024 special election
Republican Tammy Brankley Mulchi was elected in January 2024.[5]
2023 special election
Following Jennifer McClellan 's election to Congress , a special election was called for the district. Lamont Bagby , the Democratic nominee,[6] won the election with 89.84% of the vote.
County and independent city results
2019
County and independent city results 50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
2017 special
2015
2011
Federal and statewide results
Historical results
All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.
2007
2003
1999
1995
District officeholders since 1940
Years
Senator, District 9
Counties/Cities in District
1940–1944
Robert K. Brock (D)
Amelia County , Amherst County , Appomattox County , Buckingham County , Cumberland County , Nelson County , and Powhatan County
1944–1948
1948
W. Dennis Kendig (D)[12]
1949–1952
George W. Palmer
1952–1956
1956–1960
Charles R. Fenwick (D)[12]
Arlington County
1960–1964
1964–1968
Arlington County (part)
1968–1972
M. Patton Echols (R)
1972–1976
Douglas Wilder (D)[13]
City of Richmond (part)
1976–1980
1980–1984
1984–1986
1986–1988
Benjamin Lambert (D)
City of Richmond (part) and Henrico County (part)
1988–1992
1992–1996
Charles City County , City of Richmond (part), and Henrico County (part)
1996–2000
2000–2004
2004–2008
2008–2012
Donald McEachin (D)
2012–2016
Charles City County , Hanover County (part), Henrico County (part), and City of Richmond (part)
2016–2017
2017–2020
Jennifer McClellan (D)
2020–2023
2023–2024
Lamont Bagby (D)
References
^ "State Senate District 9, VA" . Census Reporter. Retrieved June 4, 2021 .
^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF) . Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021 .
^ "Jennifer L. McClellan" . Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 10, 2019 .
^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?" . Daily Kos. Retrieved June 7, 2021 .
^ "Mulchi, Younger win party nominations for Senate District 9 race - SoVaNOW: Home of The News & Record and The Mecklenburg Sun" . The News & Record and The Mecklenburg Sun . December 20, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2024 .
^ "Del. Lamont Bagby wins Democratic nomination for 9th District special election" . WRIC ABC 8News . February 27, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2023 .
^ "2023 March Senate 09 Special" . Retrieved December 23, 2023 .
^ a b "Virginia State Senate District 9" . Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .
^ a b c d e f "Elections Database" . Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 10, 2019 .
^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD" . Daily Kos. Retrieved August 10, 2019 .
^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result" . CNalysis. April 16, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021 .
^ a b died in office
^ Elected Lieutenant Governor and resigned in January 1986
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