Virginia's 30th Senate district

Virginia's 30th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democratic Senator Adam Ebbin since 2012, succeeding retiring fellow Democrat Patsy Ticer.

Virginia's 30th State Senate District
Current senator	Adam Ebbin (D–Alexandria)
Demographics	59% White 13% Black 17% Hispanic 8% Asian 3% Other
Population (2017)	217,439[1]
Registered voters	153,760[2]

Geography

District 30 is located directly on the Potomac River, including most of Alexandria as well as smaller parts of Arlington County and Fairfax County such as Rose Hill, Huntington, Fort Hunt and Mount Vernon.[3]

The district is located entirely within U.S. congressional district 8, and overlaps with Virginia House of Delegates districts 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, and 49.[4] The district lies directly across the Potomac River from Maryland and the District of Columbia.[1]

Recent election results

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 30[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Ebbin (incumbent)	42,368	91.7
Total votes			46,220	100
	Democratic hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 30[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Ebbin (incumbent)	27,274	76.7
	Independent Greens	J. Ron Fisher	7,431	20.9
Total votes			35,547	100
	Democratic hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 30[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Ebbin	4,570	38.8
	Democratic	Rob Krupicka	4,235	35.9
	Democratic	Libby Garvey	2,980	25.3
Total votes			11,791	100
General election
	Democratic	Adam Ebbin	20,968	64.7
	Republican	Timothy Thomas Christensen McGhee	11,349	35.0
Total votes			32,419	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results in District 30

Year	Office	Results[7]
2017	Governor	Northam 74.8–24.4%
2016	President	Clinton 72.9–21.1%
2014	Senate	Warner 65.6–32.2%
2013	Governor	McAuliffe 67.1–27.4%
2012	President	Obama 66.3–32.6%
	Senate	Kaine 68.2–31.8%

Historical results

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

2007

2007 Virginia Senate election, District 30[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patsy Ticer (incumbent)	20,853	95.2
Total votes			21,904	100
	Democratic hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 30[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patsy Ticer (incumbent)	18,633	95.4
Total votes			19,536	100
	Democratic hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 30[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patsy Ticer (incumbent)	17,846	80.8
	Independent	C. W. Levy	3,938	17.8
Total votes			22,079	100
	Democratic hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 30[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patsy Ticer	18,897	57.6
	Republican	Bob Calhoun (incumbent)	13,868	42.3
Total votes			32,788	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

District officeholders

Years	Senator, District 30	Counties/cities in district
1940–1944	Robert O. Norris, Jr. (D)	King George County, Lancaster County, Northumberland County, Richmond County, Westmoreland County.
1944–1948
1948–1952
1952–1956
1956–1960	Thomas H. Blanton (D)	Caroline County, Hanover County, King William County, Essex County, King and Queen County, Middlesex County.
1960–1964
1964–1968	Fred W. Bateman (D)	York County and the City of Newport News.
1968–1970	Edward E. Willey (D) and J. Sargeant Reynolds (D) (multimember district)	City of Richmond.
1970–1972	Edward E. Willey (D) and Douglas Wilder (D)[8] (multimember district)
1972–1976	Leroy S. Bendheim (D)	City of Alexandria.
1976–1980	Wiley F. Mitchell (R)
1980–1984
1984–1988
1988–1992	Wiley F. Mitchell (R) Bob Calhoun (R)[9]
1992–1996	Bob Calhoun (R)	City of Alexandria (part), Fairfax County (part).
1996–2000	Patsy Ticer (D)
2000–2004
2004–2008
2008–2012
2012–2016	Adam Ebbin (D)	Arlington County (part), Fairfax County (part), City of Alexandria (part).
2016–present

References

1. "State Senate District 30, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
2. "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. June 2019.
3. "District 30 Description". Adam P. Ebbin. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
5. "Virginia State Senate District 30". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
6. "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
8. elected in special election December 1969
9. elected in special election December 1989