Virginia's 27th
State Senate district
Senator
  Jill Vogel
R–Upperville
Demographics80% White
6% Black
9% Hispanic
2% Asian
3% Other
Population (2019)219,263[1]
Registered voters160,822[2]

Virginia's 27th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Republican Jill Vogel since 2008.[3]

Geography

District 27 is located in the northern Shenandoah Valley and far western D.C. metropolitan area, covering all of Clarke County, Frederick County, Fauquier County, and the City of Winchester, as well as parts of Culpeper County, Loudoun County, and Stafford County.[3]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 1st, 5th, 7th, and 10th congressional districts, and the 2nd, 10th, 18th, 29th, 31st, 33rd, and 88th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.[4] It borders the state of West Virginia.[1]

Recent election results

2019

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 27[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jill Vogel (incumbent) 43,353 64.2
Democratic Ronnie Ross 24,114 35.7
Total votes 67,532 100
Republican hold

2015

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 27[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jill Vogel (incumbent) 34,203 97.3
Total votes 35,167 100
Republican hold

2011

2011 Virginia Senate election, District 27[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jill Vogel (incumbent) 24,555 74.6
Democratic Shaun Broy 7,636 23.2
Independent Donald Marro 681 2.1
Total votes 32,917 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results in District 27

Year Office Results[7][8]
2020 President Trump 59.1–39.1%
2017 Governor Gillespie 59.7–39.1%
2016 President Trump 60.0–34.6%
2014 Senate Gillespie 63.3–34.3%
2013 Governor Cuccinelli 59.6–35.2%
2012 President Romney 59.3–38.9%
Senate Allen 59.0–41.0%

Historical results

All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.

Prior to 2011 redistricting, the district had consisted of Clark County, Fauquier County, Frederick County, Loudoun County, and Winchester.

2007

2007 Virginia Senate election, District 27[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jill Vogel 3,778 54.0
Republican Mark Tate 2,022 28.9
Republican Terrence Nyhous 654 9.3
Republican Richard Robinson 548 7.8
Total votes 7,002 100
General election
Republican Jill Vogel 24,960 48.4
Democratic Karen Schultz 24,301 47.2
Independent Donald Marro 2,170 4.2
Total votes 51,521 100
Republican hold

2003

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 27[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Russ Potts (incumbent) 7,495 50.4
Republican Mark Tate 7,389 49.6
Total votes 14,884 100
General election
Republican Russ Potts (incumbent) 26,152 58.2
Democratic Mark Herring 18,460 41.1
Total votes 44,947 100
Republican hold

1999

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 27[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Russ Potts (incumbent) 7,942 62.1
Republican Mike McHugh 4,856 37.9
Total votes 12,798 100
General election
Republican Russ Potts (incumbent) 26,276 99.2
Total votes 26,479 100
Republican hold

1995

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 27[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Russ Potts (incumbent) 27,424 65.2
Democratic Thomas Lewis 14,622 34.8
Total votes 42,052 100
Republican hold

References

  1. 1 2 "State Senate District 27, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Jill Holtzman Vogel". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  4. ↑ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Virginia State Senate District 27". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  8. ↑ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
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