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Virginia's 5th Senate district

American legislative district

Field	Value
state	Virginia
district	5
chamber	Senate
image	{{switcher
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representative	Travis Hackworth
party	Republican
residence	Tazewell
percent_white	33
percent_black	53
percent_hispanic	7
percent_asian	3
percent_other_race	4
population	205,588
population_year	2019
registered	126,971

|[[File:Virginia Senate District 5 (2011).png|400px]] |District map before the 2023 election |[[File:Virginia's 5th Senate district (since 2024).svg|400px]] |District map from the 2023 election Virginia's 5th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democrat Lionell Spruill since his victory in a 2016 special election to succeed fellow Democrat Kenny Alexander, who was elected mayor of Norfolk.

Geography

District 5 is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area in southeastern Virginia, including parts of Norfolk and Chesapeake.

The district overlaps with Virginia's 3rd and 4th congressional districts, and with the 77th, 78th, 79th, 81st, 89th, and 90th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.

Recent election results

2019

2016 special

2015

2012 special

2011

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results
2020	President	Biden 73.1–25.1%
2017	Governor	Northam 75.7–23.2%
2016	President	Clinton 70.6–25.5%
2014	Senate	Warner 72.1–26.0%
2013	Governor	McAuliffe 72.6–23.4%
2012	President	Obama 74.8–24.3%
Senate	Kaine 74.9–25.1%

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 5	Counties/Cities in District
Edward Everett Holland (D)	Isle of Wight County, Nansemond County, Southampton County, and the City of Suffolk
A. E. S. Stephens (D)
Mills Godwin (D)
William V. Rawlings (D)	Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Nansemond County, Southampton County, the City of Franklin and the City of Suffolk
	Stanley C. Walker (D)
Peter K. Babalas (D)
Thomas R. McNamara (D)	City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach (part)
Stanley C. Walker (D)
Peter K. Babalas (D)
Joseph T. Fitzpatrick (D)
	Stanley C. Walker (D)
Peter K. Babalas (D)
Evelyn Momsen Hailey (D)
	Peter K. Babalas (D)	City of Norfolk (part)
Yvonne Miller (D)
City of Chesapeake (part), City of Norfolk (part)
Kenny Alexander (D)
Lionell Spruill (D)

References

"State Senate District 5, VA". Census Reporter.
(February 1, 2021). "Registrant Counts by District Type". Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections.
"Lionell Spruill, Sr.". Senate of Virginia.
David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos.
"Virginia State Senate District 5". 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.
Consolidated with Districts [[Virginia's 6th Senate district. 6]] and [[Virginia's 7th Senate district. 7]] to form a multi-member district

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