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The 2015 Virginia Senate election was held on November 3, 2015, to elect all 40 members of the Virginia Senate. Republicans retained their 21–19 majority in the chamber.
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All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia 21[lower-alpha 1] seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 1,362,664 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Results: Democratic hold Republican hold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 2023, this is the most recent time that Republicans won a majority in the Senate.
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Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | ||
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Democratic | Republican | Vacant | ||
End of Previous Session (2008–2012) | 22 | 18 | 40 | 0 |
Begin | 20 | 20 | 40 | 0 |
July 3, 2012[c 1] | 19 | 39 | 1 | |
September 17, 2012[c 2] | 20 | 40 | 0 | |
August 5, 2013[c 3] | 19 | 39 | 1 | |
August 16, 2013[c 4] | 20 | 40 | 0 | |
January 11, 2014[c 5] | 18 | 38 | 2 | |
January 24, 2014[c 6] | 19 | 39 | 1 | |
January 28, 2014[c 7] | 20 | 20 | 40 | 0 |
June 8, 2014[c 8] | 19 | 20 | 39 | 1 |
July 2, 2014[c 9] | 18 | 38 | 2 | |
August 19, 2014[c 10] | 18 | 21 | 39 | 1 |
November 4, 2014[c 11] | 19 | 40 | 0 | |
January 13, 2015[c 12] | 19 | 40 | 0 | |
Latest voting share | 47.5% | 52.5% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | 30 candidates (21 elected) | 716,331 | 52.57% | +0 | |
Democratic | 30 candidates (19 elected) | 596,198 | 43.75% | +0 | |
Independent Greens | 3 candidates | 14,622 | 1.07% | +0 | |
Independents | 4 candidates | 12,731 | 0.93% | +0 | |
Libertarian | 1 - Carl Richard Loser | 527 | 0.04% | +0 | |
Write-ins | 22,255 | 1.63% | N/A | ||
Total votes | 1,362,664 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold | Swing | 0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Clifford Miller (incumbent) | 17,989 | 59.3% | |
Republican | Mark Randolph Matney | 12,278 | 40.5% | |
Write-ins | 69 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 30,336 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mamie Evelyn Locke (incumbent) | 17,459 | 94.1% | |
Write-ins | 1,087 | 5.9% | ||
Total votes | 18,546 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Thomas Kent Norment Jr. (incumbent) | 35,520 | 69.5% | |
Democratic | Hugo Eduardo Reyes | 15,432 | 30.2% | |
Write-ins | 147 | 0.3% | ||
Total votes | 51,099 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ryan Todd McDougle (incumbent) | 37,882 | 96.0% | |
Write-ins | 1,573 | 4% | ||
Total votes | 39,455 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kenneth Cooper Alexander (incumbent) | 13,955 | 95.4% | |
Write-ins | 668 | 4.6% | ||
Total votes | 14,623 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lynwood Wayne Lewis Jr. (incumbent) | 16,738 | 59.5% | |
Republican | Richard Hooper Ottinger | 11,386 | 40.4% | |
Write-ins | 29 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 28,153 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frank W. Wagner (incumbent) | 18,266 | 53.9% | |
Democratic | Gary Thomas McCollum | 15,434 | 45.5% | |
Write-ins | 208 | 0.6% | ||
Total votes | 33,908 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Howard David Belote | 11,075 | 40.9% | |
Republican | Bill R. DeSteph Jr. | 15,905 | 58.7% | |
Write-ins | 106 | 0.4% | ||
Total votes | 27,086 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | A. Donald McEachin (incumbent) | 31,067 | 95.0% | |
Write-ins | 1,620 | 5% | ||
Total votes | 32,687 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Daniel Allen Gecker | 26,173 | 47.1% | |
Republican | Glen Howard Sturtevant Jr. | 27,651 | 49.8% | |
Independent Greens | Marleen K. Durfee | 1,136 | 2.0% | |
Libertarian | Carl Richard Loser | 527 | 1.0% | |
Write-ins | 60 | 0.1% | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Total votes | 55,547 | 100.0% |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ernest Wayne Powell | 15,485 | 36.2% | |
Republican | Amanda Freeman Chase | 27,218 | 63.6% | |
Write-ins | 111 | 0.3% | ||
Total votes | 42,814 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Deborah M. Repp | 16,797 | 38.0% | |
Republican | Siobhan Stolle Dunnavant | 25,504 | 57.6% | |
Independent | Robert Scott Johnson | 1,881 | 4.3% | |
Write-ins | 65 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 44,247 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | R. H. Black (incumbent) | 25,898 | 52.3% | |
Democratic | Barbra Jill McCabe | 23,544 | 47.5% | |
Write-ins | 84 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 49,526 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | J. A. Cosgrove Jr. (incumbent) | 15,371 | 92.4% | |
Write-ins | 1,266 | 7.6% | ||
Total votes | 16,637 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frank Miller Ruff Jr. (incumbent) | 32,745 | 98.3% | |
Write-ins | 572 | 1.7% | ||
Total votes | 33,317 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Rosalyn Randolph Dance (incumbent) | 17,331 | 72.7% | |
Independent | Joseph D. Morrissey[2] | 6,090 | 25.5% | |
Write-ins | 428 | 1.8% | ||
Total votes | 23,849 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bryce E. Reeves (incumbent) | 24,519 | 62.1% | |
Democratic | Ned Lee Gallaway | 14,915 | 37.8% | |
Write-ins | 53 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 39,487 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lillie Louise Boone Lucas (incumbent) | 20,321 | 95.6% | |
Write-ins | 942 | 4.4% | ||
Total votes | 21,263 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Michael Lawrence Hamlar | 15,738 | 30.8% | |
Republican | David Robert Suetterlein | 33,120 | 64.9% | |
Independent | Steven Lee Nelson | 2,134 | 4.2% | |
Write-ins | 71 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 51,063 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William Martin Stanley Jr. (incumbent) | 22,701 | 57.9% | |
Democratic | Kimberly Elliott Adkins | 16,455 | 42.0% | |
Write-ins | 67 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 39,223 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Saul Edwards (incumbent) | 20,881 | 50.9% | |
Republican | Nancy Vivian Dye | 17,438 | 42.5% | |
Independent | Donald Stevens Caldwell | 2,626 | 6.4% | |
Write-ins | 42 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 40,987 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Thomas A. Garrett Jr. (incumbent) | 24,913 | 95.3% | |
Write-ins | 1,219 | 4.7% | ||
Total votes | 26,132 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Stephen Dwayne Newman (incumbent) | 27,309 | 96.7% | |
Write-ins | 923 | 3.3% | ||
Total votes | 28,232 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Emmett Wilson Hanger Jr. (incumbent) | 34,980 | 97.9% | |
Write-ins | 765 | 2.1% | ||
Total votes | 35,745 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert Creigh Deeds (incumbent) | 34,419 | 97.2% | |
Write-ins | 984 | 2.8% | ||
Total votes | 35,403 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mark Dudley Obenshain (incumbent) | 25,042 | 68.7% | |
Democratic | April Dorothea Moore | 11,308 | 31.0% | |
Write-ins | 89 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 36,439 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jill Holtzman Vogel (incumbent) | 34,203 | 97.3% | |
Write-ins | 964 | 2.7% | ||
Total votes | 35,167 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard Henry Stuart Sr. (incumbent) | 30,187 | 95.4% | |
Write-ins | 1,446 | 4.6% | ||
Total votes | 31,633 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jeremy Scott McPike | 16,489 | 53.7% | |
Republican | Harry "Hal" Jacob Parrish, II | 14,131 | 46.1% | |
Write-ins | 60 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 30,680 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Adam Paul Ebbin (incumbent) | 27,274 | 76.7% | |
Independent Greens | James Ronald Fisher | 7,431 | 20.9% | |
Write-ins | 842 | 2.4% | ||
Total votes | 35,547 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Barbara Ann Favola (incumbent) | 26,373 | 62.3% | |
Republican | George Forakis | 15,904 | 37.5% | |
Write-ins | 81 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 42,358 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Janet Denison Howell (incumbent) | 31,156 | 94.0% | |
Write-ins | 1,974 | 6% | ||
Total votes | 33,130 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jennifer Tosini Wexton (incumbent) | 18,577 | 56.6% | |
Republican | Stephen Bartholomew Hollingshead | 14,190 | 43.2% | |
Write-ins | 59 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 32,826 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Chapman "Chap" Petersen (incumbent) | 27,690 | 93.6% | |
Write-ins | 1,881 | 6.4% | ||
Total votes | 29,571 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Richard Lawrence Saslaw (incumbent) | 18,754 | 74.4% | |
Independent Greens | Terrence Wayne Modglin | 6,055 | 24% | |
Write-ins | 383 | 1.5% | ||
Total votes | 25,192 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Scott A. Surovell | 18,320 | 60.5% | |
Republican | Gerald Moodrow Foreman, II | 11,890 | 39.3% | |
Write-ins | 62 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 30,272 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | David William Marsden (incumbent) | 18,966 | 55.4% | |
Republican | David Michael Bergman | 15,216 | 44.5% | |
Write-ins | 38 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 34,220 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Augustus Benton Chafin Jr. (incumbent) | 31,025 | 98.3% | |
Write-ins | 537 | 1.7% | ||
Total votes | 31,562 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George L. Barker (incumbent) | 20,083 | 53.9% | |
Republican | Joseph "Joe" Robert Murray | 17,101 | 45.9% | |
Write-ins | 85 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 37,269 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | C. W. "Bill" Carrico (incumbent) | 36,838 | 98.4% | |
Write-ins | 595 | 1.6% | ||
Total votes | 37,433 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
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