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Virginia's 37th
State Senate district
Senator
  Saddam Azlan Salim
D–Falls Church
Demographics47% White
8% Black
17% Hispanic
23% Asian
4% Other
Population (2019)210,716[1]
Registered voters136,839[2]

Virginia's 37th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democrat Saddam Azlan Salim since the 2023 election following redistricting.

Geography

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District 37 is a serpentine district located entirely within Fairfax County in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., including some or all of Annandale, Kings Park, West Springfield, Burke, Fair Oaks, and Centreville, among other communities.[3] The district overlaps with Virginia's 8th, 10th, and 11th congressional districts, and with the 35th, 37th, 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, 53rd, and 67th districts of the Virginia House of Delegates.[4]

Recent election results

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2023

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2023 Virginia Senate election, District 37[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Saddam Azlan Salim 10,477 54.1
Democratic Chap Petersen 8,880 45.9
Total votes 19,357 100
General election
Democratic Saddam Azlan Salim 40,947 68.7
Republican Ken Reid 18,427 30.9
Total votes 59,374 100
Democratic hold

2019

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2019 Virginia Senate election, District 37[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dave Marsden (incumbent) 41,278 90.3
Total votes 45,717 100
Democratic hold

2015

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2015 Virginia Senate election, District 37[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dave Marsden (incumbent) 18,966 55.4
Republican David Bergman 15,216 44.5
Total votes 34,220 100
Democratic hold

2011

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2011 Virginia Senate election, District 37[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jason Flanary 3,131 54.9
Republican Stephen Hunt 2,568 45.1
Total votes 5,699 100
General election
Democratic Dave Marsden (incumbent) 19,841 53.7
Republican Jason Flanary 17,036 46.1
Total votes 36,925 100
Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

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Year Office Results[7][8]
2020 President Biden 67.1–31.1%
2017 Governor Northam 66.3–32.8%
2016 President Clinton 63.6–30.6%
2014 Senate Warner 54.7–43.1%
2013 Governor McAuliffe 55.9–39.1%
2012 President Obama 58.6–40.2%
Senate Kaine 60.2–39.8%

Historical results

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

2010 special

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2010 Virginia Senate special election, District 37[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dave Marsden 11,954 50.6
Republican Stephen Hunt 11,627 49.3
Total votes 23,602 100
Democratic gain from Republican

2007

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2007 Virginia Senate election, District 37[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Cuccinelli (incumbent) 18,602 50.0
Democratic Janet Oleszek 18,510 49.8
Total votes 37,185 100
Republican hold

2003

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2003 Virginia Senate election, District 37[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Cuccinelli (incumbent) 16,762 53.3
Democratic James Mitchell III 14,658 46.6
Total votes 31,443 100
Republican hold

2002 special

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2002 Virginia Senate special election, District 37[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Cuccinelli 10,041 55.0
Democratic Catherine Belter 8,193 44.9
Total votes 18,252 100
Republican hold

1999

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1999 Virginia Senate election, District 37[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Warren E. Barry (incumbent) 29,524 99.4
Total votes 29,703 100
Republican hold

1995

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1995 Virginia Senate election, District 37[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Warren E. Barry (incumbent) 28,135 98.9
Total votes 28,456 100
Republican hold

References

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  1. ^ "State Senate District 37, VA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "Registrant Counts by District Type" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections. February 1, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  3. ^ "David W. Marsden". Senate of Virginia. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Elections Database". Virginia Board of Elections. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  6. ^ "Virginia State Senate District 37". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  7. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  8. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
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