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Politics & Elections in Virginia

Election results, representatives and voting trends.

Democratic presidential vote share
51.8%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Governor
Abigail Spanberger (D)
National Governors Association
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
54.4%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
U.S. House seats apportioned to Virginia
11
2020 · U.S. Census Bureau
Total votes cast for president
4,503,288
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Statehouse
Democratic majority

Election Results

Recent presidential votes.

Democratic presidential vote share
51.8%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican presidential vote share
46.1%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
2024 winner
Democratic
2024 margin
+5.8 pts
2020 margin
+10.1 pts (D)

Democratic presidential vote share

1976–2024
51.8%

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).

Republican presidential vote share

1976–2024
46.1%

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).

IndicatorVirginiaU.S.
2024 Republican margin (pts)-5.81.5
  • •Virginia has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 2008 after four decades of Republican wins.

Governors

State executive.

Governor
Abigail Spanberger (D)
National Governors Association
In office since
2026
National Governors Association
Governors listed
68
1776–present · National Governors Association
Term limit
No consecutive re-election
Governors of Virginia
GovernorPartyIn office
Abigail SpanbergerDemocratic2026–present
Glenn YoungkinRepublican2022–2026
Ralph NorthamDemocratic2018–2022
Terry McAuliffeDemocratic2014–2018
Robert McDonnellRepublican2010–2014
Tim KaineDemocratic2006–2010
Mark R. WarnerDemocratic2002–2006
James S. GilmoreRepublican1998–2002
George AllenRepublican1994–1998
L. Douglas WilderDemocratic1990–1994
Gerald L. BalilesDemocratic1986–1990
Charles Spittal RobbDemocratic1982–1986
John Nichols DaltonRepublican1978–1982
Linwood HoltonRepublican1970–1974
Albertis S. HarrisonDemocratic1962–1966
James Lindsay AlmondDemocratic1958–1962
Thomas Bahnson StanleyDemocratic1954–1958
John Stewart BattleDemocratic1950–1954
William Munford TuckDemocratic1946–1950
Colgate Whitehead DardenDemocratic1942–1946
James Hubert PriceDemocratic1938–1942
George Campbell PeeryDemocratic1934–1938
John Garland PollardDemocratic1930–1934
Harry Flood ByrdDemocratic1926–1930
Elbert Lee TrinkleDemocratic1922–1926
Westmoreland DavisDemocratic1918–1922
Henry Carter StuartDemocratic1914–1918
William Hodges MannDemocratic1910–1914
Claude Augustus SwansonDemocratic1906–1910
Andrew Jackson MontagueDemocratic1902–1906
James Hoge TylerDemocratic1898–1902
Charles Triplett O’FerrallDemocratic1894–1898
Philip Watkins McKinneyDemocratic1890–1894
Fitzhugh LeeDemocratic1886–1890
William E. CameronReadjuster1882–1886
Frederick William Mackey HollidayConservative1878–1882
James Lawson KemperConservative1874–1878
Gilbert Carlton WalkerRepublican1869–1874
Henry Horatio WellsRepublican1868–1869
John LetcherDemocratic1860–1864
Henry Alexander WiseDemocratic1856–1860
Joseph JohnsonDemocratic1852–1856
John Buchanan Floyd Jr.Democratic1848–1851
James McDowellDemocratic1843–1846
John Munford GregoryWhig1842–1843
John RutherfoordDemocratic1841–1842
John Mercer PattonWhig1841–1841
Thomas Walker GilmerWhig1840–1841
David CampbellDemocratic1837–1940
Wyndham RobertsonWhig1836–1837
Littleton Waller TazewellWhig1834–1836
John Floyd Sr.Democratic1830–1834
William Branch GilesAnti-Federalist1827–1830
John Tyler Jr.Democratic-Republican1825–1827
James PleasantsDemocratic-Republican1822–1825
Thomas Mann RandolphDemocratic-Republican1819–1822
James Patton PrestonDemocratic-Republican1816–1819
Wilson Cary NicholasDemocratic-Republican1814–1816
James BarbourDemocratic-Republican1812–1814
Peyton RandolphDemocratic-Republican1811–1812
John Tyler Sr.Democratic-Republican1808–1810
William Henry CabellDemocratic-Republican1805–1808
John PageDemocratic-Republican1802–1805
James MonroeDemocratic-Republican1799–1802
James WoodFederalist1796–1799
Robert BrookeDemocratic-Republican1794–1796
Henry LeeFederalist1791–1794
Patrick HenryCurrent Governor1776–1779

Source: National Governors Association, current and former governors.

IndicatorVirginiaU.S.
Years of Democratic control120
  • •Virginia is the only state that bars its governor from serving consecutive terms.

Senators

U.S. Senate delegation.

Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
54.4%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections
45.4%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Senate seats
2
Composition
2 Democrats
Notable
Both Tim Kaine and Mark Warner are former governors

Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections

1976–2024
54.4%

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse). Regular-term races; special elections only when no regular race was held. Independents (e.g. caucusing with Democrats) are not counted as Democratic; years without a Democratic nominee are omitted.

Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections

1976–2024
45.4%

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).

IndicatorVirginiaU.S.
U.S. Senate seats2100
  • •Virginia is one of few states where both U.S. senators previously served as governor.

Representatives

U.S. House delegation.

U.S. House seats apportioned to Virginia
11
2020 · U.S. Census Bureau
House seats
11
Republicans
5
Democrats
6

U.S. House seats apportioned to Virginia

1910–2020
11▲ 10%

U.S. Census Bureau, decennial apportionment counts.

IndicatorVirginiaU.S.
U.S. House seats11435
  • •Virginia's 11 House districts were redrawn in 2021 by a court-appointed special master.

Party Distribution

Partisan balance.

Statehouse
Democratic majority
Urban core
Democratic
  • •Virginia holds its state elections in odd years, so it is watched nationally as an early bellwether.
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