- Lead
- 14,371
- Total
- 97,794
- vs nation
- D+16.2
Virginia 22nd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 18,601
- Total
- 100,220
- vs nation
- D+14.1
- Lead
- 9,397
- Total
- 90,039
- vs nation
- D+8.3
- Lead
- 10,715
- Total
- 87,407
- vs nation
- D+8.4
- Lead
- 12,606
- Total
- 89,744
- vs nation
- D+6.8
- Lead
- 3,184
- Total
- 76,157
- vs nation
- R+1.7
- Lead
- 217
- Total
- 65,343
- vs nation
- R+0.2
- Lead
- 2,526
- Total
- 55,359
- vs nation
- R+4.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+14.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 213,0232024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,326 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 40 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $82,5532024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 46.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 25.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+30.6 in 1960MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45.0 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 44, MD · twin score 84.6
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 22nd State Senate 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
58.2%
58,285 votes · D+18.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 56.7%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
51.7%
39,383 votes · R+4.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 43.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
58,285votes
58.2% of the vote · D+18.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 55,420 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
41,049votes
42.0% of the vote · D+14.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 39,684 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
+16.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+14.7 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +14.1 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+1.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+4.2 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · −6.8 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Virginia 22nd State Senate District sits in the Mid-Atlantic and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 30.6 points in 1960 and a Republican high of 45.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.7 points.
A population of 213,023, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $82,553 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 44 and State Senate District 32.
The state-senate 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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Virginia 22nd State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/51022/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.