Virginia 3rd Congressional District (VA) — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

Virginia 3rd Congressional District

HarrisD+34.6

2024

How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Kamala Harris ✓Democratic	66.4%	213,163
Donald TrumpRepublican	31.9%	102,225
OtherAll other candidates	1.7%	5,543

D+60

R+60

District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 5 counties it's drawn from (shown faint).

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1876–2024, on its current boundaries.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 2008–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
2008	+35.0%
2012	+38.0%
2016	+33.3%
2020	+38.1%
2024	+34.6%

DemocraticRepublican

current representation

Current officeholders

Robert C. Scott

U.S. House · VA-03 · Democratic

Mark R. Warner

U.S. Senate · Democratic

Timothy Michael (tim) Kaine

U.S. Senate · Democratic

Federal officeholders only. State and local officeholders are planned for the next data pass.

Source · Voteview HSall_members.csv.

5 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	D	66.4%Harris213,163	31.9%Trump102,225	1.7%	+34.6%	320,931
2020	D	68.0%Biden230,309	29.9%Trump101,396	2.1%incl. Jorgensen	+38.1%	338,683
2016	D	64.0%Clinton202,637	30.7%Trump97,246	5.3%incl. Johnson	+33.3%	316,787
2012	D	69.0%Obama225,707	31.0%Romney101,456	0.0%	+38.0%	327,163
2008	D	67.1%Obama226,226	32.1%McCain108,237	0.9%	+35.0%	337,339

Congressional elections · 25 House races · 17 Senate races

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	District	Won	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	3	D	70.0%219,926	29.8%93,801	314,397
2022	3	D	67.2%139,659	32.6%67,668	207,850
2020	3	D	68.4%233,326	31.4%107,299	341,361
2018	3	D	91.2%198,615	0.0%0	217,722
2016	3	D	66.7%208,337	33.1%103,289	312,340
2014	3	D	94.4%139,197	0.0%0	147,402
2012	3	D	81.3%259,199	18.5%58,931	318,936
2010	3	D	70.0%114,754	27.2%44,553	163,900
2008	3	D	97.0%239,911	0.0%0	247,288
2006	3	D	96.1%133,546	0.0%0	138,994
2004	3	D	69.3%159,373	30.5%70,194	229,892
2002	3	D	96.1%87,521	0.0%0	91,073
2000	3	D	97.7%137,527	0.0%0	140,753
1998	3	D	76.0%48,129	0.0%0	63,354
1996	3	D	82.1%118,603	17.9%25,781	144,418
1994	3	D	79.4%108,532	20.6%28,080	136,620
1992	3	D	78.6%132,432	21.2%35,780	168,473
1990	3	R	30.7%36,253	65.3%77,125	118,154
1988	3	R	0.0%0	99.7%187,354	187,898
1986	3	R	29.6%32,961	67.0%74,525	111,179
1984	3	R	0.0%0	85.6%169,987	198,567
1982	3	R	40.8%63,946	59.2%92,928	156,891
1980	3	R	32.6%60,962	51.6%96,524	186,912
1978	3	D	87.7%104,550	0.0%0	119,217
1976	3	D	87.9%129,066	0.0%0	146,788

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	54.4%2,417,115	45.4%2,019,911	4,445,535
2020	D	56.0%2,466,500	44.0%1,934,199	4,400,699
2018	D	57.1%1,910,370	41.1%1,374,313	3,346,248
2014	D	49.2%1,073,667	48.4%1,055,940	2,182,709
2012	D	53.0%2,010,067	47.0%1,785,542	3,795,609
2008	D	65.1%2,369,327	33.8%1,228,830	3,640,116
2006	D	49.6%1,175,606	49.3%1,166,277	2,367,985
2002	R	0.0%0	83.0%1,229,894	1,481,051
2000	R	47.7%1,296,093	52.3%1,420,460	2,716,553
1996	R	47.5%1,115,982	52.5%1,235,744	2,351,726
1994	D	45.6%938,376	42.9%882,213	2,056,026
1990	R	0.0%0	81.7%876,782	1,073,537
1988	D	71.3%1,474,086	28.7%593,652	2,067,738
1984	R	29.9%601,142	70.0%1,406,194	2,007,487
1982	R	48.8%690,839	51.2%724,571	1,415,410
1978	R	49.8%608,511	50.2%613,232	1,221,743
1976	O	38.3%596,009	0.0%0	1,557,346

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
Indicator	VA-3Congressional district	VirginiaState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	40.7%	60.2%	61.0%
Black	44.1%	18.6%	12.2%
Asian	3.0%	6.9%	6.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	9.5%	12.6%
Other race	4.3%	4.8%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	11.0%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$67,878	$93,170	$84,427
Poverty rate	15.0%	10.0%	12.5%
Median age	34.6	39.3	39.1
Age 18–24	12.0%	9.2%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	14.4%	16.7%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	30.6%	42.3%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	9.7%	17.5%	22.3%
Spanish	5.0%	7.9%	13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	English 8.2%	English 12.0%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	German 7.2%	German 10.1%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	Irish 6.5%	Irish 9.1%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	7.9%County context	10.2%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	21.6%County context	19.9%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	51.9%County context	54.3%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	7.3%County context	8.4%	5.2%
Black Protestant	5.7%County context	1.9%	2.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.

African

1.3%

Jamaican

0.7%

Nigerian

0.3%

Haitian

0.2%

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

English

8.2%

German

7.2%

Irish

6.5%

American

5.5%

Italian

3.0%

Polish

1.4%

Scottish

1.4%

French

1.2%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Mexican

3.2%

Puerto Rican

2.3%

Honduran

0.5%

Cuban

0.4%

Dominican

0.4%

Guatemalan

0.2%

Salvadoran

0.2%

Spaniard

0.2%

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Filipino

1.3%

Chinese

0.3%

Vietnamese

0.3%

Korean

0.2%

Asian Indian

0.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 34.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.9%

1.7%

75–84

2.5%

4.0%

65–74

4.9%

5.5%

55–64

6.2%

4.7%

45–54

5.3%

6.4%

35–44

6.6%

8.7%

25–34

8.2%

6.5%

18–24

5.5%

7.9%

5–17

7.6%

3.3%

3.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$67,878

Virginia 3rd Congressional District$67,878

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

15.0%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1822.1%

Working age (18–64)12.8%

Seniors (65+)13.4%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

90.3%

speak English only

Spanish5.0%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.9%

Other Indo-European0.7%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.6%

Other languages0.5%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.4%

German or other West Germanic0.4%

Korean0.3%

Vietnamese0.3%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.3%

Arabic0.3%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.2%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Evangelical Protestant

21.6%

Catholic

7.9%

Mainline Protestant

7.3%

Black Protestant

5.7%

Muslim

2.1%

Other Christian

0.9%

Jewish

0.7%

Latter-day Saints

0.6%

Orthodox Christian

0.6%

Buddhist

0.4%

Hindu

0.3%

Other faiths

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted51.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Virginia's 3rd stretches from Richmond through parts of the Hampton Roads region, drawing its deep-blue lean from a majority-Black electorate and dense urban precincts that have delivered Democratic presidential margins above 30 points in recent cycles.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 38.1 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.6 points.

A population of 779,533, a 41% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,878 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Virginia 3rd Congressional District vote in 2024?

In 2024, Virginia 3rd Congressional District voted Democratic by 34.6 points (D+34.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 320,931 votes cast, 213,163 went Democratic and 102,225 went Republican.

What is Virginia 3rd Congressional District's political typology?

Akashic places Virginia 3rd Congressional District in the "" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 5 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 0 times, and other 0 times.

How many people live in Virginia 3rd Congressional District?

Virginia 3rd Congressional District has a population of 779,533 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Virginia 3rd Congressional District?

Median household income in Virginia 3rd Congressional District is $67,878 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.

What is the political history of Virginia 3rd Congressional District?

Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Virginia 3rd Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican. The district's typology — "" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.

Virginia 3rd Congressional District delivered D+34.6 in 2024.

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