District 2 of the Virginia Senate is a senatorial district that encompasses parts of the cities of Hampton

Hampton, Virginia

Hampton is an independent city that is not part of any county in Southeast Virginia. Its population is 137,436. As one of the seven major cities that compose the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, it is on the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula. Located on the Hampton Roads Beltway, it hosts...

, Newport News

Newport News, Virginia

Newport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...

, Portsmouth

Portsmouth, Virginia

Portsmouth is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, the city had a total population of 95,535.The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard, is a historic and active U.S...

 and part of York County

York County, Virginia

York County is a county located on the north side of the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state of the United States. Situated on the York River and many tributaries, the county seat is the unincorporated town of Yorktown...

. The current Senator from District 2 is Mamie Locke

Mamie Locke

Mamie E. Locke is an American politician and educator. A Democrat, she was a member of the Hampton, Virginia city council 1996–2004, and mayor 2000–2004. In November 2003, she was elected to the Senate of Virginia. She the 2nd District, made up of parts of the cities of Hampton,...

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Historical boundaries

From 1940 to 1972, the 2nd Senate District included all of the City of Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....

 and was represented by two Senators from 1940 until 1966. As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Davis v. Mann

Davis v. Mann

Davis v. Mann, 377 U.S. 678 was a United States Supreme Court which was one of a series of cases decided in 1964 that ruled that state legislature districts had to be roughly equal in population. It was issued along with Reynolds v...

, the 2nd District was represented by three Senators from 1966 - 1972. After the 1971 redistricting, there were no more multimember Senate districts. Accordingly, from 1972 - 1982, the 2nd District included only a part of the City of Newport News. From 1982 - 2002, the district included parts of the cities of Hampton and Newport News. In the redistricting plan of 2002, the district added parts of the city of Portsmouth and Suffolk

Suffolk, Virginia

Suffolk is the largest city by area in Virginia, United States, and is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 84,585. Its median household income was $57,546.-History:...

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Current boundaries

All Virginia Senate districts were redrawn in 2011 and the 2011 elections are being contested in the these districts. The 2nd District includes parts of the cities of Newport News, Hampton, and Portsmouth and parts of York County

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2007

2003

1999

1995

District officeholders

Years	Senator, District 2	Counties/Cities in District
1940 - 1944	Vivian L. Page (D) Ralph H. Daughton (D) (multimember district)	City of Norfolk Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach.... .
1944	Ralph H. Daughton (D) James Hoge Tyler, III (D) (multimember district)
1945 - 1948	James Hoge Tyler, III (D) Edward L. Breeden (D) (multimember district)
1948 - 1952	Edward L. Breeden (D) Robert F. Baldwin (D) (multimember district)
1952 - 1956
1956 - 1960
1960 - 1964
1964 - 1966
1966 - 1968	Edward L. Breeden (D) Robert F. Baldwin (D) Henry Howell Henry Howell Henry Evans Howell, Jr. , nicknamed "Howlin'" Henry Howell, was an American politician from the U.S. state of Virginia...   (multimember district)
1968 - 1972	Edward L. Breeden (D) Henry Howell Henry Howell Henry Evans Howell, Jr. , nicknamed "Howlin'" Henry Howell, was an American politician from the U.S. state of Virginia...  (D) Peter K. Babalas (D) (multimember district)
1972 - 1976	Herbert H. Bateman Herbert H. Bateman Herbert "Herb" Harvell Bateman was an American politician in Virginia. He was a nine-term member of the United States House of Representatives, serving as a Republican.-Early life:...  (D)	City of Newport News Newport News, Virginia Newport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...  (part).
1976 - 1980	Herbert H. Bateman Herbert H. Bateman Herbert "Herb" Harvell Bateman was an American politician in Virginia. He was a nine-term member of the United States House of Representatives, serving as a Republican.-Early life:...  (R)
1980 - 1983
1983 - 1984	Bobby Scott (D)	City of Newport News Newport News, Virginia Newport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...  (part), City of Hampton Hampton, Virginia Hampton is an independent city that is not part of any county in Southeast Virginia. Its population is 137,436. As one of the seven major cities that compose the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, it is on the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula. Located on the Hampton Roads Beltway, it hosts...  (part).
1984 - 1988
1988 - 1992
1992 - 1996	W. Henry Maxwell W. Henry Maxwell Walter Henry Maxwell was a Baptist minister and Virginia politician from Newport News, Virginia, elected as Democrat to the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia Senate.-Early life:...  (D)
1996 - 2000
2000 - 2004
2004 - 2008	Mamie Locke Mamie Locke Mamie E. Locke is an American politician and educator. A Democrat, she was a member of the Hampton, Virginia city council 1996–2004, and mayor 2000–2004. In November 2003, she was elected to the Senate of Virginia. She the 2nd District, made up of parts of the cities of Hampton,...  (D)	City of Hampton Hampton, Virginia Hampton is an independent city that is not part of any county in Southeast Virginia. Its population is 137,436. As one of the seven major cities that compose the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, it is on the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula. Located on the Hampton Roads Beltway, it hosts...  (part), City of Newport News Newport News, Virginia Newport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...  (part), City of Portsmouth Portsmouth, Virginia Portsmouth is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, the city had a total population of 95,535.The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard, is a historic and active U.S...  (part), City of Suffolk Suffolk, Virginia Suffolk is the largest city by area in Virginia, United States, and is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 84,585. Its median household income was $57,546.-History:... (part).
2008 - 2012