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Virginia's 22nd Senate district

American legislative district

Field	Value
state	Virginia
district	22
chamber	Senate
image	{{switcher
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representative	Aaron Rouse
party	Democratic
residence	Virginia Beach
percent_white	69
percent_black	24
percent_hispanic	3
percent_asian	1
percent_other_race	2
population	199,227
population_year	2019
registered	138,328

|[[File:Virginia Senate District 22 (2011).png|400px]] |District map before the 2023 election |[[File:Virginia's 22nd Senate district (since 2024).svg|400px]] |District map from the 2023 election 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.

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.

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.

Recent election results

2019

County and independent city results{{Collapsible list

2017 special

County and independent city results{{Collapsible list

2015

2011

General election results by county and independent city{{Collapsible list

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results
2020	President	Trump 56.1–42.1%
2017	Governor	Gillespie 57.1–41.8%
2016	President	Trump 54.8–40.6%
2014	Senate	Gillespie 55.4–42.0%
2013	Governor	Cuccinelli 52.9–39.4%
2012	President	Romney 53.6–44.9%
Senate	Allen 53.8–46.2%

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	1944–1948	1948–1952	1952–1956	1956–1960	1960–1964	1964–1966	1966–1968	1968–1972	1972–1976	1976–1980	1980–1984	1984–1988	1988–1992	1992–1996	1996–2000	2000–2004	2004–2008	2008–2012	2012–2016	2017–present
W. D. Medley (D)	Arlington County
Charles R. Fenwick (D)
Curry Carter (D)	Augusta County, Highland County, and the Cities of Staunton, Virginia and Waynesboro, Virginia
Augusta County, Bath County, Highland County, and the City of Staunton, Virginia and the City of Waynesboro, Virginia
Edward O. McCue (D)	Albemarle County, Cumberland County, Fluvanna County, Greene County, Madison County, Powhatan County and the City of Charlottesville
James Harry Michael Jr. (D)
David F. Thornton (R)	Allegheny County, Bath County, Botetourt County, Roanoke County (part) and all of the cities of Salem, Clifton Forge and Covington
Buzz Emick (D)
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
J. Brandon Bell (R)	Botetourt County, the City of Radford, the City of Salem, Montgomery County (part) and Roanoke County (part)
Ralph K. Smith (R)
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
Mark Peake (R)

References

"State Senate District 22, VA". Census Reporter.
(February 1, 2021). "Registrant Counts by District Type". Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections.
"Mark J. Peake". Senate of Virginia.
David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos.
"Virginia State Senate District 22". Ballotpedia.
"Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections.
"Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos.
"2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis.

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