- Lead
- 27,696
- Total
- 143,627
- vs nation
- R+17.8
Virginia 26th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 27,736
- Total
- 137,854
- vs nation
- R+24.6
- Lead
- 32,422
- Total
- 120,981
- vs nation
- R+28.9
- Lead
- 32,430
- Total
- 115,173
- vs nation
- R+32.0
- Lead
- 27,895
- Total
- 109,716
- vs nation
- R+32.7
- Lead
- 33,889
- Total
- 93,038
- vs nation
- R+34.0
- Lead
- 25,472
- Total
- 76,199
- vs nation
- R+33.9
- Lead
- 15,370
- Total
- 63,575
- vs nation
- R+32.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+19.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 216,7592024 5-year
- Population density
- 259 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 836 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $106,9762024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+69.7 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49.1 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 15, SC · twin score 85.7
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 26th 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
Kamala Harris2024
39.9%
57,273 votes · R+19.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 39.0%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
67.9%
63,130 votes · R+36.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 63.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
57,273votes
39.9% of the vote · R+19.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 53,778 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
84,969votes
59.2% of the vote · R+19.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 81,514 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
−17.8pts D vs U.S.
Place R+19.3 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · −24.6 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+34.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+36.4 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +32.7 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 26th State Senate District sits in the Mid-Atlantic and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 69.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 49.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.8 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.3 points.
A population of 216,759, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $106,976 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 15 and State Senate District 15.
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 26th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/51026/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.