Virginia Senate, District 30

Virginia's 30th Senate District as enacted in 2011

District 30 of the Virginia Senate is a senatorial district that currently encompasses portions of the City of Alexandria, Arlington County and Fairfax County in the U.S. state of Virginia. The current Senator from District 30 is Adam Ebbin. As discussed below, the district's boundaries have varied greatly as Virginia has redistricted as a result of population changes documented in the decennial census, as well as court challenges to problematic reapportionments by the Virginia General Assembly.

Historical boundaries

From 1940 to 1952, the 30th Senate District included the Northern Neck counties of King George, Westmoreland, Northumberland, Lancaster and Richmond.

In 1962, the 30th Senate District included the counties of Caroline, Hanover, King William, Essex, King and Queen, and Middlesex in Central Virginia and the Middle Peninsula. As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the One person, one vote case of Davis v. Mann (which challenged under-representation in northern Virginia), the General Assembly redistricted itself such that in 1964-67 the 30th District included York County and the City of Newport News. In 1967, after implementation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the legislature redistricted again and the 30th District included all of the City of Richmond. Beginning in 1972, as a result of a regular decennial redistricting, the 30th Senate District included all of the City of Alexandria.

Current boundaries

All Virginia Senate districts were redrawn in 2011, such that the district now includes the eastern part of the City of Alexandria, southern part of the City and County of Arlington, and southeastern part of Fairfax County. Specifically, the 30th District now includes the Arlington neighborhoods of Arlington Ridge, Arlington View, Aurora Highlands, Aurora Hills, Claremont, Columbia Forest, Columbia Heights, Crystal City, Douglas Park, Fairlington and Nauck. In Alexandria, the district comprises the eastern part of the city, including the neighborhoods of Arlandria, Del Ray, Mount Vernon, North Ridge, Old Town, Parkfairfax, Parker Gray, and Seminary Hill. The Fairfax County areas represented are all in the Mount Vernon magisterial district and include Belle Haven, Belle View, Groveton, Huntington and Hybla Valley.

Election History

Election history of District 30 from 1995.

Most recent elections

2015

Virginia state elections, 2015: Senate District 30^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Adam Ebbin (incumbent)	27,274	76.73%
	Independent Greens	J. Ron Fisher	7,431	17.58%
	Write-ins		841	2.37%

2011

Virginia state elections, 2011: Senate District 30^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Adam Ebbin	21,722	64.35	-30.85
	Republican	Timothy T. C. McGhee	11,955	35.41
Majority			9,767	28.94	-66.26%
Turnout			33,755	27.34	+7.25
	Democratic hold

Previous elections

2007

Virginia state elections, 2007: Senate District 30^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Patsy Ticer	20,853	95.20
Majority			20,853	95.20	-.18
Turnout			21,904	20.09	+3.09
	Democratic hold

2003

Virginia state elections, 2003: Senate District 30^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Patsy Ticer	18,633	95.38
Majority			18,633	95.38	+14.55
Turnout			19,536	17.50
	Democratic hold

1999

Virginia state elections, 1999: Senate District 30^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Patsy Ticer	17,846	80.83	+23.20
	Independent	C.W. Levy	3,938	17.84
Majority			13,908	62.99	+47.66
Turnout			22,079
	Democratic hold

1995

Virginia state elections, 1995: Senate District 30^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Bob Calhoun	13,868	42.30
	Democratic	Patsy Ticer	18,897	57.63
Majority			5,029	15.33
Turnout			32,788
	Democratic gain from Republican

District officeholders

Years	Senator, District 30	Counties/Cities in District
1940 - 1944	Robert O. Norris, Jr. (D)	King George County, Lancaster County, Northumberland County, Richmond County, Westmoreland County.
1944 - 1948
1948 - 1952
1952 - 1956
1956 - 1960	Thomas H. Blanton (D)	Caroline County, Hanover County, King William County, Essex County, King and Queen County, Middlesex County.
1960 - 1964
1964 - 1968	Fred W. Bateman (D)	York County and the City of Newport News.
1968 - 1970	Edward E. Willey (D) and J. Sargeant Reynolds (D) (multimember district)	City of Richmond.
1970 - 1972	Edward E. Willey (D) and Douglas Wilder (D) [7](multimember district)
1972 - 1976	Leroy S. Bendheim (D)	City of Alexandria.
1976 - 1980	Wiley F. Mitchell (R)
1980 - 1984
1984 - 1988
1988 - 1992	Wiley F. Mitchell (R) Bob Calhoun (R)[8]
1992 - 1996	Bob Calhoun (R)	City of Alexandria (part), Fairfax County (part).
1996 - 2000	Patsy Ticer (D)
2000 - 2004
2004 - 2008
2008 - 2012
2012 - 2016	Adam Ebbin (D)	Arlington County (part), Fairfax County (part), City of Alexandria (part).

References

1. "2015 General Election". Office of the State Board of Elections (Virginia). Retrieved 2016-08-06.
2. "2011 General Election". Office of the State Board of Elections (Virginia). Retrieved 2011-11-13.
3. "2007 General Election". Office of the State Board of Elections (Virginia). Retrieved 2011-09-16.
4. "2003 General Election". Office of the State Board of Elections (Virginia). Retrieved 2011-09-17.
5. "1999 General Election". Office of the State Board of Elections (Virginia). Retrieved 2011-09-17.
6. "1995 General Election". Office of the State Board of Elections (Virginia). Retrieved 2011-09-17.
7. elected in special election December 1969
8. elected in special election December 1989