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American legislative district
Virginia's 8th
State Senate district |
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District map before the 2023 election
District map from the 2023 election |
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| Demographics | 66% White
15% Black
8% Hispanic
5% Asian
5% Other |
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| Population (2019) | 199,731[1] |
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| Registered voters | 139,519[2] |
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Virginia's 8th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Republican Bill DeSteph since 2016, succeeding fellow Republican Jeff McWaters.[3]
District 8 is located in the City of Virginia Beach, encompassing all of the city's coastline along the Atlantic Ocean.[3]
The district is contained entirely within Virginia's 2nd congressional district, and overlaps with the 21st, 81st, 82nd, and 84th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.[4] Its far southern tip borders the state of North Carolina.[1]
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.
- ^ a b "State Senate District 8, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ a b "Bill DeSteph". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ "Virginia State Senate District 8". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
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