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Virginia's 31st Senate district

American legislative district

Field	Value
state	Virginia
district	31
chamber	Senate
image	{{switcher
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representative	Russet Perry
party	Democratic
residence	Round Hill
residence_link	Round Hill, Loudoun County, Virginia
percent_white	64
percent_black	6
percent_hispanic	12
percent_asian	13
percent_other_race	3
population	213,237
population_year	2019
registered	160,781

|[[File:Virginia Senate District 31 (2011).png|400px]] |District map before the 2023 election |[[File:Virginia's 31st Senate district (since 2024).svg|400px]] |District map from the 2023 election Virginia's 31st Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democrat Barbara Favola since 2012, succeeding retiring fellow Democrat Mary Margaret Whipple. In the 2023 Virginia Senate election, Russet Perry was elected.

Geography

District 31 stretches along the Potomac River in parts of Arlington, Fairfax, and Loudoun counties, including some or all of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, and Lowes Island. The sections of Arlington covered include the neighborhoods of Arlington Forest, Arlington View, Ballston, Cherrydale, Clarendon, Courthouse, Glen Carlyn, Lyon Village, Rosslyn, Virginia Square and Westover.

The district overlaps with Virginia's 8th and 10th congressional districts, and with the 34th, 47th, 48th, 49th, and 86th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates. It lies directly across the river from Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Recent election results

2019

2015

2011

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results
2021	Governor	McAuliffe 76.7–22.6%
2020	President	Biden 71.6–26.6%
2017	Governor	Northam 71.6–27.5%
2016	President	Clinton 69.2–24.9%
2014	Senate	Warner 61.7–36.1%
2013	Governor	McAuliffe 63.0–31.2%
2012	President	Obama 61.0–37.7%
Senate	Kaine 63.7–36.3%

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

Years	Senator, District 31	Counties/cities in district	1940–1942	1942–1944	1944–1948	1948–1952	1952–1956	1956–1960	1960–1964	1964–1968	1968–1972	1972–1976	1976–1980	1980–1984	1984–1988	1988–1992	1992–1996	1996–2000	2000–2004	2004–2008	2008–2012	2012–2016	2016–present
Henry T. Wickham (D)	Caroline County, Essex County, Goochland County, Hanover County, King and Queen County, King William County, Middlesex County
Thomas H. Blanton (D)
W. Marvin Minter (D)	Gloucester County, James City County, New Kent County, Mathews County, City of Warwick, City of Williamsburg, York County
Fred W. Bateman (D)	Gloucester County, James City County, New Kent County, Mathews County, City of Newport News (part), City of Williamsburg, York County
Hunter Andrews (D)	City of Hampton, City of Newport News (part)
No member elected	District was defunct as a result of redistricting
Edward M. Holland (D)	Arlington County (part)
Arlington County (part), City of Falls Church.
Mary Margaret Whipple (D)
Arlington County (part), City of Falls Church, Fairfax County (part).
Barbara Favola (D)	Arlington County (part), Fairfax County (part) and Loudoun County (part).

References

"State Senate District 31, VA". Census Reporter.
(February 1, 2021). "Registrant Counts by District Type". Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections.
"Barbara A. Favola". Senate of Virginia.
David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos.
"Virginia State Senate District 31". Ballotpedia.
"Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections.
"Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos.
(16 April 2021). "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis.
"State Senate District 31".
See, ''[[Davis v. Mann]]''

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