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1922 US Senate election in Virginia
Claude Swanson (Democrat) beat J.W. McGavock (Republican) in Virginia in 1922, 71.9% to 26.5%, a margin of 45.4 points and 73,490 votes.
The Democratic hold continued from 1916, when Claude Swanson also won.
Democrats led in 118 of the 122 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 4. The largest, Wise, cast 8,816 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.7 points. The closest was Bland, where 15 votes separated the two parties.
Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
Senate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Swanson won | Democratic | 116,393 | 71.9% |
| J.W. McGavock | Republican | 42,903 | 26.5% |
| All other candidates | 2,627 | 1.6% | |
| Total | 161,923 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wise | 4,981 56.5% | 3,683 41.8% | 152 | 8,816 | D+14.7 |
| Washington | 3,300 53.5% | 2,791 45.3% | 72 | 6,163 | D+8.3 |
| Richmond | 5,308 91.0% | 356 6.1% | 167 | 5,831 | D+84.9 |
| Tazewell | 3,004 53.8% | 2,482 44.5% | 95 | 5,581 | D+9.4 |
| Lee | 2,493 49.4% | 2,474 49.1% | 75 | 5,042 | D+0.4 |
| Russell | 2,889 57.6% | 2,059 41.1% | 64 | 5,012 | D+16.6 |
| Scott | 2,314 48.1% | 2,416 50.3% | 76 | 4,806 | R+2.1 |
| Shenandoah | 2,475 56.2% | 1,798 40.8% | 131 | 4,404 | D+15.4 |
| Smyth | 2,113 49.8% | 2,097 49.4% | 35 | 4,245 | D+0.4 |
| Wythe | 1,982 48.6% | 2,090 51.2% | 10 | 4,082 | R+2.6 |
| Roanoke | 3,467 92.4% | 257 6.8% | 30 | 3,754 | D+85.5 |
| Rockingham | 2,059 57.9% | 1,409 39.6% | 87 | 3,555 | D+18.3 |
| Pulaski | 2,024 58.4% | 1,435 41.4% | 6 | 3,465 | D+17.0 |
| Grayson | 1,680 50.1% | 1,662 49.5% | 14 | 3,356 | D+0.5 |
| Dickenson | 1,694 53.5% | 1,445 45.7% | 26 | 3,165 | D+7.9 |
| Norfolk | 2,744 91.3% | 218 7.3% | 43 | 3,005 | D+84.1 |
| Buchanan | 1,264 50.1% | 1,215 48.1% | 46 | 2,525 | D+1.9 |
| Carroll | 1,405 58.9% | 899 37.7% | 83 | 2,387 | D+21.2 |
| Giles | 1,415 61.1% | 875 37.8% | 25 | 2,315 | D+23.3 |
| Fairfax | 1,838 87.1% | 247 11.7% | 26 | 2,111 | D+75.4 |
| Pittsylvania | 1,836 88.8% | 217 10.5% | 15 | 2,068 | D+78.3 |
| Franklin | 1,525 74.4% | 501 24.5% | 23 | 2,049 | D+50.0 |
| Newport News | 1,727 86.1% | 154 7.7% | 125 | 2,006 | D+78.4 |
| Portsmouth | 1,749 95.2% | 68 3.7% | 20 | 1,837 | D+91.5 |
| Botetourt | 1,112 61.1% | 698 38.4% | 9 | 1,819 | D+22.8 |
| Page | 1,054 59.5% | 692 39.1% | 25 | 1,771 | D+20.4 |
| Lynchburg | 1,477 90.7% | 132 8.1% | 19 | 1,628 | D+82.6 |
| Bedford | 1,495 92.7% | 103 6.4% | 14 | 1,612 | D+86.4 |
| Halifax | 1,462 93.4% | 89 5.7% | 14 | 1,565 | D+87.7 |
| Augusta | 1,159 74.2% | 376 24.1% | 26 | 1,561 | D+50.2 |
| Frederick | 1,232 79.2% | 274 17.6% | 49 | 1,555 | D+61.6 |
| Bristol | 1,221 79.0% | 311 20.1% | 13 | 1,545 | D+58.9 |
| Albemarle | 1,372 89.1% | 134 8.7% | 34 | 1,540 | D+80.4 |
| Patrick | 1,170 76.3% | 346 22.6% | 17 | 1,533 | D+53.8 |
| Accomack | 1,391 94.9% | 51 3.5% | 23 | 1,465 | D+91.5 |
| Norfolk (Ext) | 1,391 96.7% | 41 2.8% | 7 | 1,439 | D+93.8 |
| Bland | 681 49.1% | 696 50.2% | 9 | 1,386 | R+1.1 |
| Rockbridge | 1,037 78.1% | 270 20.3% | 21 | 1,328 | D+57.8 |
| Montgomery | 889 68.5% | 391 30.1% | 17 | 1,297 | D+38.4 |
| Winchester | 927 75.6% | 259 21.1% | 41 | 1,227 | D+54.4 |
| Henry | 911 74.3% | 299 24.4% | 16 | 1,226 | D+49.9 |
| Floyd | 534 45.1% | 584 49.4% | 65 | 1,183 | R+4.2 |
| Loudoun | 975 85.2% | 160 14.0% | 10 | 1,145 | D+71.2 |
| Petersburg | 1,067 93.4% | 47 4.1% | 29 | 1,143 | D+89.2 |
| Fauquier | 1,001 87.7% | 126 11.0% | 15 | 1,142 | D+76.6 |
| Roanoke | 891 86.0% | 134 12.9% | 11 | 1,036 | D+73.1 |
| Campbell | 955 93.8% | 56 5.5% | 7 | 1,018 | D+88.3 |
| Arlington | 916 90.5% | 76 7.5% | 20 | 1,012 | D+83.0 |
| Charlottesville | 961 95.4% | 28 2.8% | 18 | 1,007 | D+92.7 |
| Danville | 964 96.7% | 27 2.7% | 6 | 997 | D+94.0 |
| Harrisonburg | 608 61.7% | 315 31.9% | 63 | 986 | D+29.7 |
| Warren | 773 86.7% | 107 12.0% | 12 | 892 | D+74.7 |
| Madison | 673 76.9% | 170 19.4% | 32 | 875 | D+57.5 |
| Mecklenburg | 778 92.3% | 56 6.6% | 9 | 843 | D+85.6 |
| Appomattox | 805 96.3% | 31 3.7% | 836 | D+92.6 | |
| Southampton | 793 94.9% | 39 4.7% | 4 | 836 | D+90.2 |
| Staunton | 613 75.6% | 190 23.4% | 8 | 811 | D+52.2 |
| Elizabeth City (Ext) | 687 92.5% | 37 5.0% | 19 | 743 | D+87.5 |
| Nelson | 700 94.5% | 38 5.1% | 3 | 741 | D+89.3 |
| Princess Anne (Ext) | 623 84.9% | 102 13.9% | 9 | 734 | D+71.0 |
| Clarke | 688 93.9% | 35 4.8% | 10 | 733 | D+89.1 |
| Chesterfield | 633 93.0% | 42 6.2% | 6 | 681 | D+86.8 |
| Charlotte | 622 92.7% | 45 6.7% | 4 | 671 | D+86.0 |
| Amherst | 652 97.3% | 15 2.2% | 3 | 670 | D+95.1 |
| Orange | 644 96.1% | 23 3.4% | 3 | 670 | D+92.7 |
| Culpeper | 632 94.6% | 22 3.3% | 14 | 668 | D+91.3 |
| Nottoway | 600 93.2% | 35 5.4% | 9 | 644 | D+87.7 |
| Greene | 327 52.4% | 280 44.9% | 17 | 624 | D+7.5 |
| Gloucester | 567 93.1% | 21 3.4% | 21 | 609 | D+89.7 |
| Alleghany | 444 73.4% | 143 23.6% | 18 | 605 | D+49.8 |
| Louisa | 531 88.2% | 60 10.0% | 11 | 602 | D+78.2 |
| Stafford | 453 77.7% | 105 18.0% | 25 | 583 | D+59.7 |
| Mathews | 545 95.6% | 24 4.2% | 1 | 570 | D+91.4 |
| Northampton | 533 95.7% | 19 3.4% | 5 | 557 | D+92.3 |
| Henrico | 495 89.0% | 58 10.4% | 3 | 556 | D+78.6 |
| Rappahannock | 500 90.3% | 46 8.3% | 8 | 554 | D+81.9 |
| Radford | 394 72.3% | 147 27.0% | 4 | 545 | D+45.3 |
| Hanover | 495 93.4% | 26 4.9% | 9 | 530 | D+88.5 |
| Prince Edward | 463 87.4% | 61 11.5% | 6 | 530 | D+75.8 |
| Brunswick | 513 98.1% | 6 1.1% | 4 | 523 | D+96.9 |
| Caroline | 491 95.3% | 20 3.9% | 4 | 515 | D+91.5 |
| Isle Of Wight | 470 94.8% | 18 3.6% | 8 | 496 | D+91.1 |
| Buckingham | 411 84.0% | 72 14.7% | 6 | 489 | D+69.3 |
| Hampton | 457 93.8% | 13 2.7% | 17 | 487 | D+91.2 |
| Dinwiddie | 429 88.8% | 52 10.8% | 2 | 483 | D+78.1 |
| Lunenburg | 447 95.7% | 19 4.1% | 1 | 467 | D+91.6 |
| Craig | 317 73.9% | 105 24.5% | 7 | 429 | D+49.4 |
| Nansemond (Ext) | 397 93.6% | 26 6.1% | 1 | 424 | D+87.5 |
| Sussex | 381 92.7% | 19 4.6% | 11 | 411 | D+88.1 |
| Fredericksburg | 371 92.1% | 29 7.2% | 3 | 403 | D+84.9 |
| Fluvanna | 356 89.2% | 37 9.3% | 6 | 399 | D+79.9 |
| Lancaster | 374 95.9% | 12 3.1% | 4 | 390 | D+92.8 |
| Northumberland | 374 96.4% | 14 3.6% | 388 | D+92.8 | |
| Amelia | 323 86.1% | 49 13.1% | 3 | 375 | D+73.1 |
| Suffolk | 325 89.5% | 28 7.7% | 10 | 363 | D+81.8 |
| Clifton Forge | 308 85.1% | 37 10.2% | 17 | 362 | D+74.9 |
| Bath | 262 74.6% | 85 24.2% | 4 | 351 | D+50.4 |
| Westmoreland | 332 94.9% | 18 5.1% | 350 | D+89.7 | |
| Middlesex | 318 95.5% | 15 4.5% | 333 | D+91.0 | |
| Surry | 298 89.8% | 11 3.3% | 23 | 332 | D+86.4 |
| Spotsylvania | 280 85.1% | 35 10.6% | 14 | 329 | D+74.5 |
| Prince William | 302 97.4% | 7 2.3% | 1 | 310 | D+95.2 |
| Goochland | 272 88.0% | 26 8.4% | 11 | 309 | D+79.6 |
| Highland | 230 78.0% | 58 19.7% | 7 | 295 | D+58.3 |
| Greensville | 268 91.2% | 21 7.1% | 5 | 294 | D+84.0 |
| King William | 252 86.0% | 27 9.2% | 14 | 293 | D+76.8 |
| Cumberland | 247 86.1% | 34 11.8% | 6 | 287 | D+74.2 |
| Prince George | 248 88.6% | 21 7.5% | 11 | 280 | D+81.1 |
| King And Queen | 254 92.0% | 19 6.9% | 3 | 276 | D+85.1 |
| Essex | 240 93.8% | 9 3.5% | 7 | 256 | D+90.2 |
| York | 226 89.0% | 13 5.1% | 15 | 254 | D+83.9 |
| Richmond | 229 91.6% | 19 7.6% | 2 | 250 | D+84.0 |
| King George | 190 77.6% | 45 18.4% | 10 | 245 | D+59.2 |
| Powhatan | 193 87.7% | 22 10.0% | 5 | 220 | D+77.7 |
| Buena Vista | 149 82.8% | 30 16.7% | 1 | 180 | D+66.1 |
| South Norfolk | 159 90.3% | 15 8.5% | 2 | 176 | D+81.8 |
| James City | 160 95.2% | 6 3.6% | 2 | 168 | D+91.7 |
| Hopewell | 130 79.8% | 31 19.0% | 2 | 163 | D+60.7 |
| Warwick (Ext) | 128 94.8% | 4 3.0% | 3 | 135 | D+91.9 |
| Williamsburg | 126 94.0% | 8 6.0% | 134 | D+88.1 | |
| New Kent | 109 84.5% | 12 9.3% | 8 | 129 | D+75.2 |
| Charles City | 92 80.7% | 12 10.5% | 10 | 114 | D+70.2 |
Counties as they stood in 1922; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
Virginia Senate elections we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Timothy M. Kaine (D) | D+8.9 |
| 2020 | Mark Robert Warner (D) | D+12.1 |
| 2018 | Timothy M. Kaine (D) | D+16.0 |
| 2014 | Mark R. Warner (D) | D+0.8 |
| 2012 | Timothy M. Kaine (D) | D+5.9 |
| 2008 | Mark Warner (D) | D+31.3 |
| 2006 | Jim Webb (D) | D+0.4 |
| 2002 | John Warner (R) | R+82.6 |
| 2000 | George F. Allen (R) | R+4.6 |
| 1996 | John W. Warner (R) | R+5.1 |
| 1994 | Chuck Robb (D) | D+2.7 |
| 1990 | John Warner (R) | R+80.9 |
| 1988 | Charles S. Robb (D) | D+42.6 |
| 1984 | John Warner (R) | R+40.1 |
| 1982 | Paul Trible (R) | R+2.4 |
| 1978 | John William Warner (R) | R+0.4 |
| 1976 | Harry F. Byrd Jr. (other) | |
| 1972 | William Lloyd Scott (R) | R+5.3 |
| 1970 | Harry F. Byrd Jr. (other) | |
| 1966 | William B. Spong Jr. (D) | D+25.1 |
| 1964 | Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D) | D+44.8 |
| 1960 | A. Willis Robertson (D) | D+81.3 |
| 1958 | Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D) | D+69.3 |
| 1954 | A. Willis Robertson (D) | D+79.9 |
| 1952 | Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D) | D+73.4 |
| 1948 | A. Willis Robertson (D) | D+34.8 |
| 1946 | Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D) | D+34.4 |
| 1942 | Carter Glass (D) | D+91.1 |
| 1940 | Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D) | D+93.3 |
| 1936 | Carter Glass (D) | D+86.9 |
| 1934 | Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D) | D+55.0 |
| 1930 | Carter Glass (D) | D+76.7 |
| 1928 | Claude Swanson (D) | D+99.8 |
| 1924 | Carter Glass (D) | D+48.9 |
| 1922 | Claude Swanson (D) | D+45.4 |
| 1918 | Thomas S. Martin (D) | D+99.7 |
| 1916 | Claude Swanson (D) | D+99.9 |