Virginia's 23rd Senate district
{{Short description|American legislative district}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
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|district=23
|chamber=Senate
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|representative=Mamie Locke
|party=Democratic
|residence=Hampton
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|percent_white=35
|percent_black=49
|percent_hispanic=8
|percent_asian=3
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|percent_other_race=6
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Virginia's 23rd Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democrat Mamie Locke since 2024.
Geography
District 23 is based in the Virginia Peninsula portion of Hampton Roads and includes all of Hampton and parts of Newport News.
The district is within Virginia's 3rd congressional district, and overlaps with the 85th, 86th, and 87th districts within the Virginia House of Delegates.{{Cite web |title=vpap.org |url=https://www.vpap.org/offices/state-senate-23/district/www.vpap.org/offices/state-senate-23/district/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=The Virginia Public Access Project |language=en}}
Recent election results
{{Election box begin no change| title= 2023 Virginia Senate election, District 23{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_State_Senate_District_23|title=Virginia State Senate District 23|publisher=Ballotpedia|access-date=November 13, 2019}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Mamie Locke
| votes = 35,132
| percentage = 89.7
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 39,153
| percentage = 100
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{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
| loser = Republican Party (United States)
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{{Election box end}}
Historic results
All results below took place before 2023 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines, most recently north of the New River Valley.
=2019=
{{Election box begin no change| title= 2019 Virginia Senate election, District 23{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_State_Senate_District_23|title=Virginia State Senate District 23|publisher=Ballotpedia|access-date=November 13, 2019}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Stephen Newman (incumbent)
| votes = 47,374
| percentage = 93.9
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 50,474
| percentage = 100
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
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{{Election box end}}
=2015=
{{Election box begin no change| title= 2015 Virginia Senate election, District 23{{cite web | url = https://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/search/year_from:1995/year_to:2019/office_id:9/district_id:27286| title = Elections Database| access-date = August 19, 2019 | publisher = Virginia Board of Elections}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Stephen Newman (incumbent)
| votes = 27,309
| percentage = 96.7
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 28,232
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
| swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2011=
{{Election box begin no change| title= 2011 Virginia Senate election, District 23}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Stephen Newman (incumbent)
| votes = 33,481
| percentage = 77.8
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Robert Short
| votes = 9,439
| percentage = 21.9
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 43,060
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
| swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Federal and statewide results=
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| width="30" | Year
! width="60" | Office ! width="180" | Results{{Cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YZRfFiCDBEYB7M18fDGLH8IrmyMQGdQKqpOu9lLvmdo/edit#gid=134618696|title= Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD|publisher=Daily Kos|access-date=August 19, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://cnalysis.com/maps/2020-presidential-by-legislative-district-and-most-recent-election-result/|title=2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result|publisher=CNalysis|access-date=June 6, 2021}} |
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| 2020
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | Trump 72.6–25.6% |
| 2017
| Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | Gillespie 71.4–27.6% |
| 2016
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | Trump 70.1–25.0% |
| 2014
| Senate | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | Gillespie 67.8–29.9% |
| 2013
| Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | Cuccinelli 68.0–25.1% |
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | Romney 68.9–29.8% |
| Senate
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | Allen 68.5–31.5% |
=2007=
{{Election box begin no change| title= 2007 Virginia Senate election, District 23}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Stephen Newman (incumbent)
| votes = 20,269
| percentage = 97.2
| change =
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 20,852
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
| swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2003=
{{Election box begin no change| title= 2003 Virginia Senate election, District 23}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Stephen Newman (incumbent)
| votes = 26,446
| percentage = 64.1
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Robert Clarke
| votes = 14,812
| percentage = 35.9
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 41,279
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
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{{Election box end}}
=1999=
{{Election box begin no change| title= 1999 Virginia Senate election, District 23}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Stephen Newman (incumbent)
| votes = 23,052
| percentage = 66.2
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = John Campbell
| votes = 11,255
| percentage = 32.3
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = John Trent
| votes = 529
| percentage = 1.5
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 34,836
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
| swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=1995=
{{Election box begin no change| title= 1995 Virginia Senate election, District 23}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Stephen Newman
| votes = 29,539
| percentage = 65.3
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Barbara Coleman
| votes = 15,690
| percentage = 34.7
| change =
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 45,253
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
| loser = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{Election box end}}
References
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Category:Virginia Senate districts
Category:Bedford County, Virginia
Category:Botetourt County, Virginia
Category:Campbell County, Virginia