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District 30 of the Virginia Senate is a senatorial district that currently encompasses portions of the City of Alexandria, Arlington County and Fairfax County in the U.S. state of Virginia. The current Senator from District 30 is Adam Ebbin. As discussed below, the district's boundaries have varied greatly as Virginia has redistricted as a result of population changes documented in the decennial census, as well as court challenges to problematic reapportionments by the Virginia General Assembly.
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Historical boundaries
From 1940 to 1952, the 30th Senate District included the Northern Neck counties of King George, Westmoreland, Northumberland, Lancaster and Richmond.
In 1962, the 30th Senate District included the counties of Caroline, Hanover, King William, Essex, King and Queen, and Middlesex in Central Virginia and the Middle Peninsula. As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the One person, one vote case of Davis v. Mann (which challenged under-representation in northern Virginia), the General Assembly redistricted itself such that in 1964-67 the 30th District included York County and the City of Newport News. In 1967, after implementation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the legislature redistricted again and the 30th District included all of the City of Richmond. Beginning in 1972, as a result of a regular decennial redistricting, the 30th Senate District included all of the City of Alexandria.
Current boundaries
All Virginia Senate districts were redrawn in 2011, such that the district now includes the eastern part of the City of Alexandria, southern part of the City and County of Arlington, and southeastern part of Fairfax County. Specifically, the 30th District now includes the Arlington neighborhoods of Arlington Ridge, Arlington View, Aurora Highlands, Aurora Hills, Claremont, Columbia Forest, Columbia Heights, Crystal City, Douglas Park, Fairlington and Nauck. In Alexandria, the district comprises the eastern part of the city, including the neighborhoods of Arlandria, Del Ray, Mount Vernon, North Ridge, Old Town, Parkfairfax, Parker Gray, and Seminary Hill. The Fairfax County areas represented are all in the Mount Vernon magisterial district and include Belle Haven, Belle View, Groveton, Huntington and Hybla Valley.
Election History
Election history of District 30 from 1995.