- Lead
- 1,370
- Total
- 48,592
- vs nation
- D+4.3
Virginia 89th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,915
- Total
- 47,042
- vs nation
- R+0.4
- Lead
- 1,535
- Total
- 41,212
- vs nation
- R+5.8
- Lead
- 598
- Total
- 40,345
- vs nation
- R+5.3
- Lead
- 743
- Total
- 38,833
- vs nation
- R+9.2
- Lead
- 6,091
- Total
- 32,877
- vs nation
- R+16.1
- Lead
- 3,129
- Total
- 26,146
- vs nation
- R+12.5
- Lead
- 867
- Total
- 21,772
- vs nation
- R+12.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+2.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 86,2792024 5-year
- Population density
- 207 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 417 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $109,5672024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 28.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+72.8 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46.2 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 75, VA · twin score 86.1
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 89th 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
51.1%
24,016 votes · D+4.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 50.9%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
59.0%
19,408 votes · R+18.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 50.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
24,721votes
50.9% of the vote · D+2.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 24,016 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
23,351votes
48.1% of the vote · D+2.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 22,101 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
+4.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+2.8 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · −0.4 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+16.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+18.5 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +9.2 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.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | D | 61.2%18,359 | 38.8%11,633 | 29,992 |
Virginia 89th State House District sits in the Mid-Atlantic and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 72.8 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 46.2 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.8 points.
A population of 86,279, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $109,567 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 75 and State House District 86.
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.
District research tools
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