Incumbent Republican Glen Sturtevant has represented the tenth district since 2016. Incumbent Republican Bill DeSteph has represented the eighth district since 2016. Incumbent Democrat Lionell Spruill has represented the 2nd district since 2017. Incumbent Republican Ryan McDougle has represented the 4th district since 2006. In the 2016 presidential election, Virginia was a battleground state. Hillary Clinton (D) won Virginia with 49.7 % of the vote. Donald Trump (R) acquired forty four.four p.c. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Virginia voted Democratic 56.67 percent of the time and Republican forty three.33 percent of the time. This was a district where the incumbent received less than fifty five % of the vote in the newest election. Incumbent Wendy Gooditis (D) received election in 2017, receiving 52 percent of the vote and defeating her Republican opponent by four factors. The chart beneath lists every battleground district, the get together of the pre-election incumbent, and the get together that gained the district within the 2017 gubernatorial and 2016 presidential elections. Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves will defeat the state's lawyer general Jim Hood, a Democrat, within the Mississippi governor’s race, CNN initiatives. Earlier tonight, CNN projected that Democrats will win at least 21 seats within the Virginia state Senate. Incumbent Republican Stephen Newman has represented the twenty second district since 1996. Incumbent Democrat John S. Edwards has represented the 21st district since 1996. Incumbent Republican Bill Stanley has represented the twentieth district since 2012. This was a Republican-held district that Hillary Clinton (D) gained in the 2016 presidential election and the incumbent retired. Incumbent Gordon Helsel (R) won re-election in 2017 by thirteen factors. Clinton carried District ninety one by four.6 points in the 2016 presidential election. This was a district where the incumbent received lower than 55 p.c of the vote in the newest election. Incumbent Mark Cole (R) received re-election in 2017, receiving 53 p.c of the vote and defeating his Democratic opponent by 16 points. He obtained forty eight.6 p.c of the vote and defeated his Democratic by a random drawing after a recount resulted in a tie. Clinton carried District ninety four by sixteen.8 factors within the 2016 presidential election.
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