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American legislative district
Virginia's 4th District map before the 2023 election District map from the 2023 election Senator Demographics 73% White Black Hispanic Asian Population (2019) 211,840[ 1] Registered voters 160,749[ 2]
Virginia's 4th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia . It has been represented by Republican Ryan McDougle since his victory in a 2006 special election.[ 3]
District 4 stretches from just outside Fredericksburg to the Chesapeake Bay , including all of the Northern Neck and parts of the Middle Peninsula . It covers all of Caroline , Essex , Middlesex , Lancaster , Northumberland , and Richmond Counties , as well as parts of Hanover , King George , Spotsylvania , and Westmoreland Counties .[ 3]
The district overlaps with Virginia's 1st and 7th congressional districts , and with the 54th , 55th , 97th , 98th , and 99th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates .[ 4]
Recent election results [ edit ] Federal and statewide results [ edit ] All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.
District officeholders since 1940 [ edit ]
Years
Senator, District 4
Counties/Cities in District
1940–1944
I. Paul Wailes (D)
Amherst County, Virginia and Nelson County
1944–1948
Amherst County, Virginia , Bedford County and Nelson County
1948–1952
1952–1956
Walter H. Carter (D)
1956–1960
James D. Hagood (D)
Charlotte County , Halifax County , and Prince Edward County
1960–1964
Charlotte County , Halifax County , Prince Edward County and the City of South Boston
1964–1966
1966–1972
Charlotte County , Halifax County , Prince Edward County , Lunenburg County , Nottoway County , and the City of South Boston
1972–1976
Leslie D. Campbell Jr. (D)
Charles City County , Gloucester County , Goochland County , Hanover County , King and Queen County , King William County , Louisa County , Mathews County , Middlesex County , and New Kent County
1976–1980
Elmo Cross (D)
1980–1984
1984–1988
1988–1992
1992–1996
Caroline County , Essex County , Hanover County , King and Queen County , King William County , Middlesex County , and Spotsylvania County (part)
1996–2000
Bill Bolling (R)
2000–2004
2004–2008
Caroline County , Essex County , Hanover County , King and Queen County Middlesex County , and Spotsylvania County (part)
Ryan McDougle (R)
2008–2012
2012–2016
Caroline County , Essex County , Lancaster County , Middlesex County , Northumberland County , Richmond County , Hanover County (part), King George County (part), Spotsylvania County (part) and Westmoreland County (part)
2016–present
^ "State Senate District 4, VA" . Census Reporter. Retrieved March 6, 2021 .^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF) . Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021 .^ a b "Ryan T. McDougle" . Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 6, 2019 .^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?" . Daily Kos. Retrieved August 31, 2019 . ^ "Virginia State Senate District 4" . Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .^ a b c d e f g "Elections Database" . Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 6, 2019 .^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD" . Daily Kos. Retrieved August 6, 2019 .^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result" . CNalysis. Retrieved June 7, 2021 .
