Virginia's 19th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the
Senate of Virginia
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. It has been represented by
Republican David Suetterlein since 2016, succeeding his retiring former boss
Ralph K. Smith.
In the
2023 Virginia Senate election
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The 2023 Senate of Virginia, Virginia Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, concurrently with 2023 Virginia House of Delegates election, elections for the Virginia House of Delegates, to elect senators to all 40 seats in the ...
,
Christie Craig was elected.
Geography
District 19 is based in
Southwest Virginia
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, including all of
Floyd County and the
City of Salem
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and parts of
Bedford
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Bedford was founded at a ford (crossin ...
,
Carroll,
Franklin
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,
Montgomery,
Roanoke, and
Wythe Counties.
The district overlaps with Virginia's
5th
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,
6th, and
9th congressional districts, and with the
6th,
7th
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,
8th
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,
9th,
12th
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*The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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,
17th, and
22nd districts of the
Virginia House of Delegates
The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two houses of the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbe ...
.
Recent election results
2019
2015
2011
Federal and statewide results
Historical results
All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines. In 2011,
Ralph K. Smith, the incumbent from the
22nd district, was redistricted into the 19th district; meanwhile, then-19th district incumbent
Bill Stanley was redistricted into the
20th district.
2011 special
2007
2003
1999
1995
References
{{Virginia State Senators
Virginia Senate districts
Bedford County, Virginia
Carroll County, Virginia
Floyd County, Virginia
Franklin County, Virginia
Montgomery County, Virginia
Roanoke County, Virginia
Salem, Virginia
Wythe County, Virginia