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Virginia 1st State Senate District
presidential margin
2008R+16.22012R+23.32016R+31.52020R+26.42024R+28.1
full record · 2008 → 2024
R+28.1
2024
median income$84,100U.S. $80,734 · VA $93,170
median age41.2U.S. 39.1 · VA 39.3
poverty rate10.5%U.S. 12.5% · VA 10.0%
bachelor’s+ (25+)29.0%U.S. 35.6% · VA 42.3%
non-english11.3%U.S. 22.3% · VA 17.5%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
German17.3%
English14.0%
Irish12.9%
Mexican3.6%
Salvadoran2.0%
Puerto Rican1.3%
African American†3.8%
Jamaican0.2%
African0.2%
Asian Indian0.3%
Filipino0.3%
Korean0.2%
religion

Religious adherence is published only at the county level (U.S. Religion Census). See Winchester city.

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024.

Virginia 1st State Senate District

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Virginia 1st State Senate DistrictTrumpR+28.1
2024
2024 presidential margin for Virginia 1st State Senate DistrictThe boundary of Virginia 1st State Senate District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (R+28.1), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.Virginia 1st State Senate District · R+28.1
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican63.3%76,625
Kamala HarrisDemocratic35.1%42,555
Jill SteinGreen1.6%1,945
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 5 counties it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.
County-level results (5 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Virginia 1st State Senate District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Clarke County, VARepublicanR+16.7
Frederick County, VARepublicanR+28.3
Shenandoah County, VARepublicanR+42.1
Warren County, VARepublicanR+37.4
Winchester city, VADemocraticD+9.7
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
35.1%Harris42,555
63.3%Trump76,625
1.6%Stein1,945
−28.1%
121,125
R
35.8%Biden41,170
62.2%Trump71,497
2.0%Jorgensen2,298
−26.4%
114,965
R
31.3%Clinton30,589
62.8%Trump61,401
5.9%Johnson5,787
−31.5%
97,777
R
38.4%Obama33,866
61.6%Romney54,438
0.0%
−23.3%
88,304
R
41.1%Obama35,562
57.3%McCain49,564
1.6%Nader1,401
−16.2%
86,527
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: −28.1% in 2024.−28.1%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008−16.2%
2012−23.3%
2016−31.5%
2020−26.4%
2024−28.1%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
RTimmy FrenchState Senate · 1

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

Source · OpenStates current legislator CSV.

Anchored in Virginia's southwestern corner, this district delivered a 13-point Republican margin in 2024, reflecting the broader rightward shift that has reshaped rural Appalachian Virginia over the past two decades.

Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 31.5 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.1 points.

A population of 219,235, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $84,100 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 37 and State Senate District 1.

Political twins — state-senate districts

The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

State Senate District 37
Indiana
91.9twin score
2008–2024 trajectory
State Senate District 1
Maryland
91.4twin score
2012–2024 trajectory
State Senate District 33
Pennsylvania
90.9twin score
2012–2024 trajectory≠ German ancestry

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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Places within Virginia 1st State Senate District

counties it covers5
Clarke CountyFrederick CountyShenandoah CountyWarren CountyWinchester city

Frequently asked questions

How did Virginia 1st State Senate District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Virginia 1st State Senate District voted Republican by 28.1 points (R+28.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 121,125 votes cast, 42,555 went Democratic and 76,625 went Republican.
How many people live in Virginia 1st State Senate District?
Virginia 1st State Senate District has a population of 219,235 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Virginia 1st State Senate District?
Median household income in Virginia 1st State Senate District is $84,100 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Virginia 1st State Senate District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Virginia 1st State Senate District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.