- Lead
- 8,691
- Total
- 54,682
- vs nation
- R+14.4
Virginia 59th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,095
- Total
- 52,201
- vs nation
- R+18.0
- Lead
- 7,674
- Total
- 44,654
- vs nation
- R+19.3
- Lead
- 7,710
- Total
- 42,568
- vs nation
- R+22.0
- Lead
- 6,058
- Total
- 40,355
- vs nation
- R+22.3
- Lead
- 9,691
- Total
- 34,375
- vs nation
- R+25.7
- Lead
- 7,469
- Total
- 29,080
- vs nation
- R+26.2
- Lead
- 5,168
- Total
- 24,623
- vs nation
- R+29.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+15.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 85,7112024 5-year
- Population density
- 125 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 685 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $93,1252024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 72.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+65.0 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 60, VA · twin score 91.2
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 59th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
42.3%
22,097 votes · R+13.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 42.0%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
63.8%
21,924 votes · R+28.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 58.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
22,680votes
41.5% of the vote · R+15.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 22,097 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
31,371votes
57.4% of the vote · R+15.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 29,192 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
−14.4pts D vs U.S.
Place R+15.9 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · −18.0 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+25.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+28.2 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +22.3 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Virginia 59th State House District sits in the Mid-Atlantic and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 65.0 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 60.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.9 points.
A population of 85,711, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $93,125 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 60 and State House District 72.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
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