Virginia's 25th Senate district

Virginia's 25th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democrat Creigh Deeds since a 2001 special election to replace deceased fellow Democrat Emily Couric.^[3]

Virginia's 25th State Senate district
District map before the 2023 election District map from the 2023 election
Senator	Richard Stuart R–Montross
Demographics	79% White 10% Black 5% Hispanic 4% Asian 2% Other
Population (2019)	205,202[1]
Registered voters	145,829[2]

Geography

Prior to 2024, District 25 was based in the City of Charlottesville and much of surrounding Albemarle County, stretching to also include all of Alleghany County, Bath County, Highland County, Nelson County, Rockbridge County, and the cities of Buena Vista, Covington, and Lexington.^[3]

The district overlapped with Virginia's 5th and 6th congressional districts, and with the 19th, 20th, 24th, 25th, 57th, 58th, and 59th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.^[4] It borders the state of West Virginia.^[1]

Recent election results

2019

County and independent city results

  Deeds

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

  Harding

•   50–60%

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 25^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Creigh Deeds (incumbent)	44,778	67.5
	Independent	Elliott Harding	21,319	32.1
	Write-in		242	0.4
Total votes			66,339	100
	Democratic hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 25^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Creigh Deeds (incumbent)	34,419	97.2
	Write-in		984	2.8
Total votes			35,403	100
	Democratic hold

2011

County and independent city results

  Deeds

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 25^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Creigh Deeds (incumbent)	32,409	64.4
	Republican	Thomas Aldous	17,862	35.5
	Write-in		50	0.1
Total votes			50,321	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[7][8]
2020	President	Biden 56.6–41.6%
2017	Governor	Northam 59.7–39.2%
2016	President	Clinton 54.7–39.3%
2014	Senate	Warner 55.3–41.1%
2013	Governor	McAuliffe 53.7–37.1%
2012	President	Obama 55.5–42.9%
	Senate	Kaine 57.5–42.5%

Historical results

All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.

2007

2007 Virginia Senate election, District 25^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Creigh Deeds (incumbent)	33,339	98.8
Total votes			33,747	100
	Democratic hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 25^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Creigh Deeds (incumbent)	25,015	98.4
Total votes			25,425	100
	Democratic hold

2001 special

2001 Virginia Senate special election, District 25^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Creigh Deeds	20,094	68.7
	Republican	Jane Maddux	9,117	31.2
Total votes			29,233	100
	Democratic hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 25^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emily Couric (incumbent)	26,817	65.6
	Republican	Jane Maddux	14,004	34.3
Total votes			40,850	100
	Democratic hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 25^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emily Couric	23,158	50.1
	Republican	Edgar Robb (incumbent)	20,888	45.2
	Independent	Donal Day	1,725	3.7
	Independent	Eric Strzepek	427	0.9
Total votes			46,224	100
	Democratic hold

References

1. "State Senate District 25, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
2. "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
3. "R. Creigh Deeds". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
5. "Virginia State Senate District 25". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
6. "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
8. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 6, 2021.