Virginia's 4th congressional district

Virginia's fourth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the state of Virginia. Taking in most of the area between Richmond and Hampton Roads, it covers all or part of the counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Henrico, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, and Sussex, and all or part of the independent cities of Chesapeake, Colonial Heights, Emporia, Hopewell, Petersburg, Richmond and Suffolk. The current representative is Donald McEachin (D).

Virginia's 4th congressional district
Representative	Donald McEachin D–Richmond
Distribution	73.83% urban[1] 26.17% rural
Population (2019)	768,382[2]
Median household income	$60,407[3]
Ethnicity	51.49% White 41.13% Black 5.1% Hispanic 1.92% Asian 0.36% Native American
Cook PVI	D+10[4]

2016 redistricting

This image shows the 2016 court-ordered VA Congressional districts.

The Virginia Legislature's 2012 redistricting of the adjacent 3rd district was found unconstitutional and replaced with a court-ordered redistricting on January 16, 2016 for the 2016 elections.[5]

Recent election results

2000s

2000 Virginia's 4th congressional district election[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norman Sisisky	189,787	98.9
	Write-ins		2,108	1.1
Total votes			191,895	100.00

2001 Special Election

2001 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Forbes	70,917	52.0
	Democratic	Louise Lucas	65,190	47.8
	Write-ins		208	0.1
Total votes			136,315	100.00

2002 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Forbes	108,733	52.0
	Write-ins		2,308	2.0
Total votes			111,041	100.00

2004 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Forbes	182,131	64.5
	Democratic	Jonathan R. Menefee	100,162	35.8
Total votes			283,027	100.00

2006 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Forbes	150,967	76.12
	Green	Albert P. Burckard	46,487	23.4
Total votes			198,340	100.00

2008 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Forbes	199,075	59.5
	Democratic	Andrea Miller	135,041	23.4
Total votes			334,521	100.00

2010s

2010 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Forbes	123,659	62.3
	Democratic	Wynne LeGrow	74,298	37.5
Total votes			198,389	100.00

2012 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Forbes	199,292	56.9
	Democratic	Ella Ward	150,190	42.9
Total votes			350,046	100.00

2014 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Forbes	120,684	60.2
	Democratic	Elliott Fausz	75,270	37.5
	Libertarian	Bo Brown	4,427	2.2

2016 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald McEachin	200,136	57.7
	Republican	Mike Wade	75,270	42.0
Total votes			346,656	100.00

2018 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald McEachin	187,642	62.6
	Republican	Ryan McAdams	107,706	35.9
Total votes			299,854	100.00

2020s

2020 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald McEachin	240,510	61.6
	Republican	Leon Benjamin	149,481	38.3
Total votes			389,991	100.00

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
1996	President	Bob Dole 46%–46%[18]
	Senator	John Warner 51%–49%[19]
1997	Governor	Jim Gilmore 57%–41%[20]
	Lieutenant Governor	John H. Hager 51%–42%[21]
	Attorney General	Mark Earley 62%–38%[22]
2000	President	George W. Bush 49%–49%[23]
	Senator	Chuck Robb 51%–49%[24]
2001	Governor	Mark Warner 54%–46%[25]
	Lieutenant Governor	Tim Kaine 53%–45%[26]
	Attorney General	Jerry W. Kilgore 57%–43%[27]
2004	President	George W. Bush 57%–43%[28]
2008	President	Barack Obama 50%–49%[29]
2012	President	Mitt Romney 50%–49%[30]
2013	Governor	Ken Cuccinelli 48%–45%–7%[31]
	Lieutenant Governor	Ralph Northam 53%–46%[32]
	Attorney General	Mark Obenshain 53%–47%[33]
2014	Senator	Ed Gillespie 51%–47%[34]
2016	President	Hillary Clinton 59%–37%[35]
2017	Governor	Ralph Northam 61%–37%[36]
2018	Senator	Tim Kaine 64%–34%[37]
2020	President	Joe Biden 62%–37%

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1789
Richard B. Lee	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	1st 2nd	Elected in 1789. Re-elected in 1790. Redistricted to the 17th district.
Francis Preston	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd 4th	Elected in 1793. Results were challenged but upheld. Re-elected in 1795. Retired.
	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797
Abram Trigg	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803	5th 6th 7th	Elected in 1797. Re-elected in 1799. Re-elected in 1801. Redistricted to the 6th district.
David Holmes	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809	8th 9th 10th	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1805. Re-elected in 1807. Retired.
Jacob Swoope	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	11th	Elected in 1809. Retired.
William McCoy	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1823	12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th	Elected in 1811. Re-elected in 1813. Re-elected in 1815. Re-elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Redistricted to the 19th district.
Mark Alexander	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd	Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. [data unknown/missing] Retired.
	Jackson	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833
James Gholson	Anti-Jackson	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
George Dromgoole	Jackson	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th 25th 26th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
William Goode	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Edmund W. Hubard	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Redistricted from the 5th district. Retired.
Thomas S. Bocock	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853	30th 31st 32nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 5th district.
William Goode	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – July 3, 1859	33rd 34th 35th 36th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Inactive		July 3, 1859 – December 6, 1859	36th
Roger Pryor	Democratic	December 7, 1859 – March 3, 1861		Elected to finish Goode's term. Resigned.
Vacant		March 4, 1861 – January 25, 1870	36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st	Civil War
George Booker	Conservative	January 26, 1870 – March 3, 1871	41st	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
William H. H. Stowell	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1877	42nd 43rd 44th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Joseph Jorgensen	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	45th 46th 47th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Benjamin Hooper	Readjuster	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
James Brady	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
William E. Gaines	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Edward Venable	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – September 23, 1890	51st	Election invalidated
John Langston	Republican	September 23, 1890 – March 3, 1891	51st	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
James F. Epes	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
William McKenney	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – May 2, 1896	54th	Election invalidated
Robert Thorp	Republican	May 2, 1896 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Sydney Epes	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 23, 1898	55th	Election invalidated
Robert Thorp	Republican	March 23, 1898 – March 3, 1899	55th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Sydney Epes	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1900	56th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		March 4, 1900 – April 18, 1900
Francis Lassiter	Democratic	April 19, 1900 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	Elected to finish Epes's term. Lost re-election.
Robert G. Southall	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	58th 59th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Francis Lassiter	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – October 31, 1909	60th 61st	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		November 1, 1909 – March 7, 1910	61st
Robert Turnbull	Democratic	March 8, 1910 – March 3, 1913	61st 62nd	Elected to finish Lassiter's term. Lost re-election.
Walter Watson	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – December 24, 1919	63rd 64th 65th 66th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		December 25, 1919 – April 26, 1920	66th
Patrick Drewry	Democratic	April 27, 1920 – March 3, 1933	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected to finish Watson's term. Redistricted to the at-large seat.
District eliminated March 4, 1933
District recreated January 3, 1935
Patrick Drewry	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – December 21, 1947	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		December 21, 1947 – February 17, 1948	80th
Watkins Abbitt	Democratic	February 17, 1948 – January 3, 1973	80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	Elected to finish Drewry's term. Retired.
Robert Daniel	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Lost re-election.
Norman Sisisky	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – March 29, 2001	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Died.
Vacant		March 29, 2001 – June 19, 2001	107th
Randy Forbes	Republican	June 19, 2001 – January 3, 2017	107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th	Elected to finish Sisisky's term. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Redistricted to the 2nd district and lost renomination.
Donald McEachin	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – Present	115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013

See also

• Virginia's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

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