Virginia's 31st Senate district

Virginia's 31st
State Senate district
Virginia's 31st; State Senate district
Senator
	Russet Perry; D–Round Hill
Demographics	64% White; 6% Black; 12% Hispanic; 13% Asian; 3% Other
Population (2019)	213,237
Registered voters	160,781

Virginia's 31st Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democrat Barbara Favola since 2012, succeeding retiring fellow Democrat Mary Margaret Whipple.^[3] In the 2023 Virginia Senate election, Russet Perry was elected.

Geography

District 31 stretches along the Potomac River in parts of Arlington, Fairfax, and Loudoun counties, including some or all of McLean, Langley, Great Falls, and Lowes Island. The sections of Arlington covered include the neighborhoods of Arlington Forest, Arlington View, Ballston, Cherrydale, Clarendon, Courthouse, Glen Carlyn, Lyon Village, Rosslyn, Virginia Square and Westover.^[3]

The district overlaps with Virginia's 8th and 10th congressional districts, and with the 34th, 47th, 48th, 49th, and 86th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.^[4] It lies directly across the river from Maryland and the District of Columbia.^[1]

2019 Virginia Senate election, District 31^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Favola (incumbent)	46,655	91.6
Total votes			50,914	100
	Democratic hold

2015 Virginia Senate election, District 31^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Favola (incumbent)	26,373	62.3
	Republican	George Farakis	15,904	37.5
Total votes			42,358	100
	Democratic hold

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

2007 Virginia Senate election, District 31^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Margaret Whipple (incumbent)	23,380	82.6
	Independent	Samuel Burley	4,676	16.5
Total votes			28,297	100
	Democratic hold

2003 Virginia Senate election, District 31^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Margaret Whipple (incumbent)	23,015	69.4
	Republican	Kamal Nawash	10,053	30.3
Total votes			33,168	100
	Democratic hold

1999 Virginia Senate election, District 31^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Margaret Whipple (incumbent)	22,873	70.3
	Republican	Scott Tate	9,656	29.7
Total votes			32,551	100
	Democratic hold

1995 Virginia Senate election, District 31^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Margaret Whipple	23,898	68.6
	Republican	David Oblon	10,898	31.3
Total votes			34,824	100
	Democratic hold

Years	Senator, District 31	Counties/cities in district
1940–1942	Henry T. Wickham (D)	Caroline County, Essex County, Goochland County, Hanover County, King and Queen County, King William County, Middlesex County
1942–1944	Thomas H. Blanton (D)
1944–1948
1948–1952
1952–1956
1956–1960	W. Marvin Minter (D)	Gloucester County, James City County, New Kent County, Mathews County, City of Warwick, City of Williamsburg, York County
1960–1964	Fred W. Bateman (D)	Gloucester County, James City County, New Kent County, Mathews County, City of Newport News (part), City of Williamsburg, York County
1964–1968	Hunter Andrews (D)	City of Hampton, City of Newport News (part)
1968–1972	No member elected	District was defunct as a result of redistricting^[10]
1972–1976	Edward M. Holland (D)	Arlington County (part)
1976–1980
1980–1984
1984–1988
1988–1992
1992–1996		Arlington County (part), City of Falls Church.
1996–2000	Mary Margaret Whipple (D)
2000–2004
2004–2008		Arlington County (part), City of Falls Church, Fairfax County (part).
2008–2012
2012–2016	Barbara Favola (D)	Arlington County (part), Fairfax County (part) and Loudoun County (part).
2016–present	Barbara Favola (D)

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^ ^a ^b "Barbara A. Favola". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
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^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. April 16, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
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^ See, Davis v. Mann