Virginia's 4th congressional district

Virginia's 4th congressional district
	Donald McEachin; D–Richmond
Distribution	73.83[1]% urban; 26.17% rural;
Population (2016)	764,301[2]
Median income	$57,684[3]
Ethnicity	51.49% white; 41.13% black; 1.92% Asian; 5.1% Hispanic; 0.36% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+10[4]

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).

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 from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
1996	President	Bob Dole (R) 46.3–45.6%[6]
1996	Senator	John Warner (R) 51–49%[7]
1997	Governor	Jim Gilmore (R) 57–41%[8]
	Lieutenant Governor	John H. Hager (R) 51–42%[9]
	Attorney General	Mark Earley (R) 62–38%[10]
2000	President	George W. Bush (R) 49.2–49.0%[11]
2000	Senator	Chuck Robb (D) 51–49%[12]
2001	Governor	Mark Warner (D) 54–46%[13]
	Lieutenant Governor	Tim Kaine (D) 53–45%[14]
	Attorney General	Jerry W. Kilgore (R) 57–43%[15]
2004	President	George W. Bush (R) 57–43%[16]
2008	President	Barack Obama (D) 50–49%[17]
2012	President	Mitt Romney (R) 50–49%[18]
2016	President	Hillary Clinton (D) 59–37%[19]
2017	Governor	Ralph Northam (D) 61-37%[20]

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.
Francis Preston	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	3rd 4th
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	Crawford 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.
Mark Alexander	Jackson	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833	18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd
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.
George Dromgoole	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	24th 25th 26th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
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.
Vacant		July 3, 1859 – December 6, 1859	36th
Roger Pryor	Democratic	December 7, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	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	56th
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	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Norman Sisisky	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – March 29, 2001	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	[data unknown/missing] 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. Redistricted to the 2nd district but lost renomination.
Donald McEachin	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – Present	115th 116th	[data unknown/missing]

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013

References

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Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
"My Congressional District".
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
"Court Ordered Redistricting". Redistricting.dls.virginia.gov. September 3, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
Personnhuballah v. Alcorn Civil Action
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"Virginia General Election – November 7, 2000". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
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"November 2012 Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
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[1] Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2018.

[2] Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2018.

[3] "My Congressional District".

[Cook-4] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[5] "Court Ordered Redistricting". Redistricting.dls.virginia.gov. September 3, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
Personnhuballah v. Alcorn Civil Action
"Supreme Court weighs legality of Virginia redistricting". TheHill. March 21, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
By $${element.Contributor} (February 1, 2016). "Supreme Court Allows Virginia Redistricting to Stand in 2016". Rollcall.com. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
By ANDREW CAIN Richmond Times-Dispatch (January 7, 2016). "Judges impose new Va. congressional map, redrawing 3rd, 4th Districts | Virginia Politics". richmond.com. Retrieved May 6, 2017.

[6] "1996 Election Results – President". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 15, 2013.

[7] "1996 Election Results – US Senate". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 15, 2013.

[8] "Nov 97 Gen Election Results for Governor by Congressional District and Locality". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 15, 2013.

[9] "Nov 97 Gen Election Results for Lt Governor by Congressional District and Locality". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 15, 2013.

[10] "Nov 97 Gen Election Results for Attorney General by Congressional District and Locality". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 15, 2013.

[11] "Virginia General Election – November 7, 2000". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 15, 2013.

[12] "Virginia General Election – November 7, 2000". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 15, 2013.

[13] "General Election – November 6, 2001". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 15, 2013.

[14] "General Election – November 6, 2001". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 15, 2013.

[15] "General Election – November 6, 2001". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 15, 2013.

[16] "General Election – November 2, 2004". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 15, 2013.

[17] "November 2008 Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 15, 2013.

[18] "November 2012 Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 15, 2013.

[19] Nir, David (November 19, 2012). "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for the 2016 and 2012 elections". Dailykos.com. Retrieved May 6, 2017.

[20] "2017 Governor's Election Results by Congressional District". The Virginia Public Access Project. Retrieved June 16, 2018.