The district was an open seat in 2018. In November 2017, Goodlatte announced that he would retire from Congress at the end of his current term, and would not seek re-election.[4]
Historically, the 6th district was one of the first areas of Virginia to turn Republican. Many of the old Byrd Democrats in the area began splitting their tickets and voting Republican at the national level as early as the 1930s. It was also one of the first areas of Virginia where Republicans were able to break the long Democratic dominance at the state and local level. The district itself was in Republican hands from 1953 to 1983. Democrat Jim Olin then won the seat in 1982, and held it for a decade before Goodlatte won it.
The Virginia Sixth District started in 1788 covering the counties of Campbell, Charlotte, Buckingham, Bedford, Prince Edward, Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania and Halifax.[18]
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^"Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012".
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Virginia s sixth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia It covers much of the west central portion of the state including Roanoke and most of the Shenandoah Valley The current representative is Ben Cline R who has held the seat since the 2019 retirement of incumbent Republican Bob Goodlatte Virginia s 6th congressional districtInteractive map of district boundaries since 2023Representative Ben ClineR FincastleDistribution64 34 urban 1 35 66 ruralPopulation 2022 784 909 2 Median householdincome 67 623Ethnicity83 25 White11 44 Black5 19 Hispanic1 63 Asian0 16 Native AmericanCook PVIR 14 3 Virginia s 6th congressional district from January 3 2023The district was an open seat in 2018 In November 2017 Goodlatte announced that he would retire from Congress at the end of his current term and would not seek re election 4 Historically the 6th district was one of the first areas of Virginia to turn Republican Many of the old Byrd Democrats in the area began splitting their tickets and voting Republican at the national level as early as the 1930s It was also one of the first areas of Virginia where Republicans were able to break the long Democratic dominance at the state and local level The district itself was in Republican hands from 1953 to 1983 Democrat Jim Olin then won the seat in 1982 and held it for a decade before Goodlatte won it Some counties in the district have not supported a Democrat for president since Franklin D Roosevelt For instance Highland and Shenandoah counties last voted for a Democratic presidential candidate in 1932 and Augusta and Roanoke counties have not supported a Democrat since 1944 5 The district as a whole has not supported a Democrat for president since Lyndon B Johnson in 1964 Contents 1 Area covered 1 1 Counties 1 2 Cities 2 Recent election results 2 1 2000s 2 2 2010s 2 3 2020s 3 Recent results in statewide elections 4 List of members representing the district 5 Historical district boundaries 6 See also 7 ReferencesArea covered editIt covers all or part of the following political subdivisions Counties edit The entirety of Amherst County Augusta County Bath County Botetourt County Clarke County Frederick County Highland County Page County Rockbridge County Rockingham County Shenandoah County Warren CountyPortions of Bedford County Roanoke CountyCities edit Buena Vista Harrisonburg Lexington Roanoke Staunton Waynesboro WinchesterRecent election results edit2000s edit 2000 Virginia s 6th congressional district election 6 Party Candidate Votes Republican Bob Goodlatte incumbent 153 338 99 3Write ins 1 145 0 7Total votes 154 483 100 002002 Virginia s 6th congressional district election 6 Party Candidate Votes Republican Bob Goodlatte incumbent 105 530 97 1Write ins 3 202 2 9Total votes 108 732 100 002004 Virginia s 6th congressional district election 6 Party Candidate Votes Republican Bob Goodlatte incumbent 206 560 96 7Write ins 7 008 3 3Total votes 213 648 100 002006 Virginia s 6th congressional district election 6 Party Candidate Votes Republican Bob Goodlatte incumbent 153 187 75 1Independent Barbara Jean Pryor 25 129 12 3Independent Andre Peery 24 731 12 1Write ins 948 0 5Total votes 203 995 100 002008 Virginia s 6th congressional district election 6 Party Candidate Votes Republican Bob Goodlatte incumbent 192 350 61 6Democratic Sam Rasoul 114 367 36 6Write ins 262 0 1Total votes 312 392 100 002010s edit 2010 Virginia s 6th congressional district election 6 Party Candidate Votes Republican Bob Goodlatte incumbent 127 487 76 3Independent Jeffrey Vanke 21 649 13 0Libertarian Stuart Bain 15 309 9 2Write ins 2 709 1 6Total votes 167 154 100 002012 Virginia s 6th congressional district election 6 Party Candidate Votes Republican Bob Goodlatte incumbent 211 278 65 2Democratic Andy Schmookler 111 949 34 6Write ins 666 0 2Total votes 323 893 100 002014 Virginia s 6th congressional district election 6 Party Candidate Votes Republican Bob Goodlatte incumbent 133 898 74 3Libertarian Will Hammer 22 161 12 3Green Bo Brown 21 447 11 9Write ins 2 202 1 2Total votes 179 708 100 002016 Virginia s 6th congressional district election 6 Party Candidate Votes Republican Bob Goodlatte incumbent 225 471 66 6Democratic Kai Degner 112 170 33 1Write ins 768 0 2Total votes 338 409 100 002018 Virginia s 6th congressional district election 6 Party Candidate Votes Republican Ben Cline 167 957 59 7Democratic Jennifer Lewis 113 133 40 2Write ins 287 0 1Total votes 281 377 100 002020s edit 2020 Virginia s 6th congressional district election 7 Party Candidate Votes Republican Ben Cline incumbent 246 606 64 7Democratic Nicholas Betts 134 729 35 4Total votes 381 335 100 002022 Virginia s 6th congressional district election Party Candidate Votes Republican Ben Cline incumbent 173 352 64 4Democratic Jennifer Lewis 95 410 35 4Write in 472 0 2Total votes 269 234 100 00Recent results in statewide elections editYear Office Results1996 President Dole 50 40 citation needed Senator Warner 54 46 citation needed 1997 Governor Gilmore 60 38 citation needed Lieutenant Governor Hager 53 43 citation needed Attorney General Earley 62 38 citation needed 2000 President Bush 60 37 citation needed Senator Allen 58 42 citation needed 2001 Governor Earley 51 49 citation needed Lieutenant Governor Katzen 54 45 citation needed Attorney General Kilgore 67 33 citation needed 2004 President Bush 63 36 8 2008 President McCain 57 42 9 2012 President Romney 59 39 10 2013 Governor Cuccinelli 57 35 7 11 Lieutenant Governor Jackson 58 42 12 Attorney General Obenshain 64 35 13 2014 Senator Gillespie 60 37 14 2016 President Trump 59 35 15 2018 Senator Stewart 57 41 16 2020 President Trump 59 38 17 List of members representing the district editRepresentative Party Term Congress Electoral historyDistrict established March 4 1789 nbsp Isaac Coles Coles Hill Anti Administration March 4 1789 March 3 1791 1st Elected in 1789 Re elected in 1790 Retired nbsp Abraham B Venable Farmville Anti Administration March 4 1791 March 3 1793 2nd Elected in 1790 Redistricted to the 7th district nbsp Isaac Coles Coles Hill Anti Administration March 4 1793 March 3 1795 3rd4th Elected in 1793 Re elected in 1795 Retired Democratic Republican March 4 1795 March 3 1797 nbsp Matthew Clay Richmond Democratic Republican March 4 1797 March 3 1803 5th6th7th Elected in 1797 Re elected in 1799 Re elected in 1801 Redistricted to the 14th district Abram Trigg Christiansburg Democratic Republican March 4 1803 March 3 1809 8th9th10th Redistricted from the 4th district and re elected in 1803 Re elected in 1805 Re elected in 1807 Retired Daniel Sheffey Wythe County Federalist March 4 1809 March 3 1817 11th12th13th14th Elected in 1809 Re elected in 1811 Re elected in 1813 Re elected in 1815 Retired nbsp Alexander Smyth Wythe County Democratic Republican March 4 1817 March 3 1823 15th16th17th Elected in 1817 Re elected in 1819 Re elected in 1821 Redistricted to the 22nd district nbsp George Tucker Lynchburg Democratic Republican March 4 1823 March 3 1825 18th Redistricted from the 15th district and re elected in 1823 Lost re election Thomas Davenport Meadville Jackson March 4 1825 March 3 1833 19th20th21st22nd23rd Elected in 1825 Re elected in 1827 Re elected in 1829 Re elected in 1831 Re elected in 1833 Lost re election Anti Jackson March 4 1833 March 3 1835Walter Coles Robertsons Store Jackson March 4 1835 March 3 1837 24th25th26th27th Elected in 1835 Re elected in 1837 Re elected in 1839 Re elected in 1841 Redistricted to the 3rd district Democratic March 4 1837 March 3 1843 nbsp John W Jones Petersburg Democratic March 4 1843 March 3 1845 28th Elected in 1843 Retired nbsp James A Seddon Richmond Democratic March 4 1845 March 3 1847 29th Elected in 1845 Retired nbsp John M Botts Richmond Whig March 4 1847 March 3 1849 30th Elected in 1847 Lost re election nbsp James A Seddon Richmond Democratic March 4 1849 March 3 1851 31st Elected in 1849 Retired nbsp John S Caskie Richmond Democratic March 4 1851 March 3 1853 32nd Elected in 1851 Redistricted to the 3rd district Paulus Powell Amherst Democratic March 4 1853 March 3 1859 33rd34th35th Elected in 1853 Re elected in 1855 Re elected in 1857 Lost re election Shelton F Leake Charlottesville Independent Democratic March 4 1859 March 3 1861 36th Elected in 1859 Retired District inactive March 4 1861 January 26 1870 37th38th39th40th41st Civil War and Reconstruction nbsp William Milnes Jr Shenandoah Iron Works Conservative January 27 1870 March 3 1871 41st Elected in 1870 Lost re election nbsp John T Harris Harrisonburg Democratic March 4 1871 March 3 1873 42nd Elected in 1870 Redistricted to the 7th district nbsp Thomas Whitehead Amherst Democratic March 4 1873 March 3 1875 43rd Elected in 1872 Retired nbsp John R Tucker Lexington Democratic March 4 1875 March 3 1885 44th45th46th47th48th Elected in 1874 Re elected in 1876 Re elected in 1878 Re elected in 1880 Re elected in 1882 Redistricted to the 10th district nbsp John W Daniel Lynchburg Democratic March 4 1885 March 3 1887 49th Elected in 1884 Elected to the U S SenateSamuel I Hopkins Lynchburg Labor Party March 4 1887 March 3 1889 50th Elected in 1886 Retired nbsp Paul C Edmunds Halifax Democratic March 4 1889 March 3 1895 51st52nd53rd Elected in 1888 Re elected in 1890 Re elected in 1892 Retired nbsp Peter J Otey Lynchburg Democratic March 4 1895 May 4 1902 54th55th56th57th Elected in 1894 Re elected in 1896 Re elected in 1898 Re elected in 1900 Died Vacant May 5 1902 November 3 1902 57th nbsp E Carter Glass Lynchburg Democratic November 4 1902 December 16 1918 57th58th59th60th61st62nd63rd64th65th Elected to finish Otey s term Elected the same day to the next term Re elected in 1904 Re elected in 1906 Re elected in 1908 Re elected in 1910 Re elected in 1912 Re elected in 1914 Re elected in 1916 Re elected in 1918 Resigned to become U S Secretary of Treasury Vacant December 17 1918 February 24 1919 65th nbsp James P Woods Roanoke Democratic February 25 1919 March 3 1923 65th66th67th Elected to finish Glass s term Elected the same day to the next term Lost re election nbsp Clifton A Woodrum Roanoke Democratic March 4 1923 March 3 1933 68th69th70th71st72nd Elected in 1922 Elected in 1924 Re elected in 1926 Re elected in 1928 Re elected in 1930 Redistricted to the at large seat District inactive March 4 1933 January 3 1935 73rd nbsp Clifton A Woodrum Roanoke Democratic January 3 1935 December 31 1945 74th75th76th77th78th79th Redistricted from the at large seat and re elected in 1934 Re elected in 1936 Re elected in 1938 Re elected in 1940 Re elected in 1942 Re elected in 1944 Resigned Vacant December 31 1945 January 22 1946 79th nbsp J Lindsay Almond Roanoke Democratic January 22 1946 April 17 1948 79th80th Elected to finish Woodrum s term Re elected in 1946 Elected Attorney General of Virginia Vacant April 17 1948 November 2 1948 80thClarence G Burton Lynchburg Democratic November 2 1948 January 3 1953 80th81st82nd Elected to finish Almond s term Re elected in 1948 Re elected in 1950 Lost re election nbsp Richard H Poff Radford Republican January 3 1953 August 29 1972 83rd84th85th86th87th88th89th90th91st92nd Elected in 1952 Re elected in 1954 Re elected in 1956 Re elected in 1958 Re elected in 1960 Re elected in 1962 Re elected in 1964 Re elected in 1966 Re elected in 1968 Re elected in 1970 Resigned when appointed Virginia Supreme Court justice Vacant August 29 1972 November 7 1972 92nd nbsp M Caldwell Butler Roanoke Republican November 7 1972 January 3 1983 92nd93rd94th95th96th97th Elected to finish Poff s term Re elected in 1972 Re elected in 1974 Re elected in 1976 Re elected in 1978 Re elected in 1980 Retired nbsp Jim Olin Roanoke Democratic January 3 1983 January 3 1993 98th99th100th101st102nd Elected in 1982 Re elected in 1984 Re elected in 1986 Re elected in 1988 Re elected in 1990 Retired nbsp Bob Goodlatte Roanoke Republican January 3 1993 January 3 2019 103rd104th105th106th107th108th109th110th111th112th113th114th115th Elected in 1992 Re elected in 1994 Re elected in 1996 Re elected in 1998 Re elected in 2000 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 Re elected in 2016 Retired nbsp Ben Cline Fincastle Republican January 3 2019 present 116th117th118th Elected in 2018 Re elected in 2020 Re elected in 2022 Historical district boundaries editThe Virginia Sixth District started in 1788 covering the counties of Campbell Charlotte Buckingham Bedford Prince Edward Franklin Henry Pittsylvania and Halifax 18 nbsp 2003 2013 nbsp 2013 2023See also edit nbsp United States portal nbsp Virginia portalVirginia s congressional districts List of United States congressional districtsReferences edit Geography US Census Bureau Congressional Districts Relationship Files state based www census gov Retrieved April 10 2018 Bureau Center for New Media amp Promotion CNMP US Census My Congressional District www census gov Retrieved October 6 2023 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link 2022 Cook PVI District Map and List Cook Political Report Retrieved January 10 2023 Forman Carmen November 9 2017 After nearly a quarter century in D C Rep Bob Goodlatte of Roanoke County will not seek re election The Roanoke Times Roanoke VA Retrieved November 9 2017 Menendez Albert J The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States 1868 2004 pp 326 330 ISBN 0786422173 a b c d e f g h i j Virginia s 6th Congressional District Ballotpedia Retrieved August 1 2022 Virginia Election Results Sixth Congressional District The New York Times November 3 2020 Official Results President Commonwealth of Virginia November 2nd General Election Virginia State Board of Elections Archived from the original on December 29 2012 President gt President And Vice President gt Votes By District November 2008 Official Results Virginia State Board of Elections Archived from the original on March 4 2016 President gt President And Vice President gt Votes By District November 6 2012 General Election Official Results Virginia State Board of Elections Archived from the original on August 9 2016 Governor gt Votes by District November 2013 General Election Official Results Virginia State Board of Elections Retrieved July 5 2020 Lieutenant Governor gt Votes by District November 2013 General Election Official Results Virginia State Board of Elections Retrieved July 5 2020 Attorney General gt Votes by District November 2013 General Election Official Results Virginia State Board of Elections Retrieved July 5 2020 Turnout by Congressional District The Virginia Public Access Project Retrieved July 4 2020 2016 November General President Archived from the original on December 23 2016 Retrieved October 1 2020 2018 U S Senate Results by Congressional District The Virginia Public Access Project Retrieved June 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