Virginia's 17th Senate district

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Virginia's 17th Senate district

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Virginia's 17th
State Senate district

Senator

Emily Jordan
R–Suffolk

Demographics

68% White
17% Black
9% Hispanic
2% Asian
3% Other

Population (2019)

223,182^[1]

Registered voters

157,263^[2]

Virginia's 17th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Republican Bryce Reeves since his 2011 victory over incumbent Democrat Edd Houck.^[3]

Geography

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District 17 stretches from Fredericksburg in the east to the suburbs of Charlottesville in Albemarle County in the west, covering all of Orange County and parts of Culpeper County, Louisa County, and Spotsylvania County in between.^[3]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 5th and 7th congressional districts, and with the 25th, 28th, 30th, 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th, and 88th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.^[4]

Recent election results

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2019

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2019 Virginia Senate election, District 17^[5]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryce Reeves (incumbent)	6,325	82.3
	Republican	Rich Breeden	1,359	17.7
Total votes			7,685	100
	Democratic	Amy Laufer	6,042	78.2
	Democratic	S. Ben Hixon	1,679	21.7
Total votes			7,722	100
General election
	Republican	Bryce Reeves (incumbent)	34,494	51.6
	Democratic	Amy Laufer	32,176	48.1
Total votes			66,878	100
	Republican hold

2015

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2015 Virginia Senate election, District 17^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryce Reeves (incumbent)	24,519	62.1
	Democratic	Ned Gallaway	14,915	37.8
Total votes			39,487	100
	Republican hold

2011

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2011 Virginia Senate election, District 17^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryce Reeves	22,615	50.2
	Democratic	Edd Houck (incumbent)	22,389	49.7
Total votes			45,084	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

Federal and statewide results

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Year	Office	Results^[7]^[8]
2020	President	Biden 49.6–48.6%
2017	Governor	Northam 49.4–49.4%
2016	President	Trump 49.7–45.1%
2014	Senate	Gillespie 53.1–44.2%
2013	Governor	Cuccinelli 49.0–44.0%
2012	President	Romney 49.5–49.0%
2012	Senate	Kaine 50.7–49.3%

Historical results

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All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.

2007

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2007 Virginia Senate election, District 17^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edd Houck (incumbent)	25,178	56.0
	Republican	Chris Yakabouski	19,754	43.9
Total votes			44,968	100
	Democratic hold

2003

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2003 Virginia Senate election, District 17^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edd Houck (incumbent)	21,324	59.2
	Republican	Robert Stuber	14,640	40.7
Total votes			35,991	100
	Democratic hold

1999

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1999 Virginia Senate election, District 17^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edd Houck (incumbent)	27,605	60.1
	Republican	Andrew Sheridan	18,334	39.9
Total votes			45,953	100
	Democratic hold

1995

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1995 Virginia Senate election, District 17^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edd Houck (incumbent)	25,162	53.4
	Republican	J. Russ Moulton, Jr.	21,930	46.6
Total votes			47,099	100
	Democratic hold

References

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^ "State Senate District 17, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Bryce E. Reeves". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
^ "Virginia State Senate District 17". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 5, 2021.

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