Virginia's 16th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the
Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by
Democrat
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Politics
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Joe Morrissey since 2020, following his defeat of incumbent
Rosalyn Dance
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in the 2019 Democratic primary.
Geography
District 16 is a majority-Black district in the
Greater Richmond Region
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, including all of the cities of
Hopewell and
Petersburg and parts of
Chesterfield County,
Dinwiddie County,
Prince George County
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, and the
City of Richmond
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History
Richmond was incorporated as a municipality on 24 A ...
.
The district overlaps with Virginia's
4th and
7th congressional districts, and with the
62nd,
63rd,
64th,
66th,
69th,
70th, and
71st districts of the
Virginia House of Delegates
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.
Recent election results
2019
2015
2014 special
2011
Federal and statewide results in District 16
Historical results
All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.
2007
2003
1999
1995
References
{{Virginia State Senators
Virginia Senate districts
Government in Chesterfield County, Virginia
Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Hopewell, Virginia
Petersburg, Virginia
Prince George County, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia