2007 Virginia elections

Virginia's 2007 state elections were held on November 6, 2007. Voters elected all 100 members of the Virginia House of Delegates to two-year terms ending in 2009, and all 40 members of the Virginia Senate to four-year terms ending in 2011. There were also elections for local offices in most counties. Occurring simultaneously were local elections in some counties.
In general, the Democrats emphasized transportation and the gridlock within the Republican-controlled Virginia General Assembly. The Democrats ran a statewide coordinated "21/51" campaign seeking to regain control of both the House and the Senate. The Republicans emphasized the need to take local actions against illegal immigration.

State Senate

Previous to the election, Virginia's Senate consisted of 23 Republicans and 17 Democrats. Democrats defeated three incumbent Senators and won an open Republican seat to take control of the Senate by a 21 to 19 majority.

Election results

Party abbreviations: D - Democratic, R - Republican, I - Independent, IG - Independent Green, L - Libertarian
Note: Only Senate districts that were contested by more than one candidate are included here.

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	2007 result
1st	Marty Williams	Republican	1995	Defeated in primary	John Miller 51.1% Tricia Stall 48.6%
6th	Nick Rerras	Republican	1999	Defeated	Ralph Northam 54.3% Nick Rerras 45.5%
9th	Benjamin Lambert	Democratic	1985	Defeated in primary	A. Donald McEachin 80.9% Silver Persinger 18.3%
11th	Stephen Martin	Republican	1994	Reelected	Stephen Martin 62.4% Alex McMurtrie, Jr. 18.4% Roger Habeck 14.7% Hank Cook 4.3%
13th	Fred Quayle	Republican	1991	Reelected	Fred Quayle 58.6% Steve Heretick 41.1%
14th	Harry Blevins	Republican	2001	Reelected	Harry Blevins 70.8% Donald Tabor Jr. 28.8%
15th	Frank Ruff	Republican	1999	Reelected	Frank Ruff 59.0% Bob Wilkerson 40.9%
16th	Henry Marsh III	Democratic	1991	Reelected	Henry Marsh III 66.6% Robert Owens 33.1%
17th	Edd Houck	Democratic	1983	Reelected	Edd Houck 56.0% Chris Yakabouski 43.9%
19th	Charles Hawkins	Republican	1991	Retired	Robert Hurt 75.7% Sherman Witcher 24.2%
20th	Roscoe Reynolds	Democratic	1996	Reelected	Roscoe Reynolds 63.0% Jeff Evans 36.9%
22nd	J. Brandon Bell	Republican	1991	Defeated in primary	Ralph K. Smith 50.8% Michael Breiner 49.0%
24th	Emmett Hanger	Republican	1995	Reelected	Emmett Hanger 65.4% David Cox 26.7% Arin Sime 7.8%
26th	Mark Obenshain	Republican	2003	Reelected	Mark Obenshain 70.4% Maxine Hope Roles 29.5%
27th	Russ Potts	Republican	1991	Retired	Jill Holtzman Vogel 48.4% Karen Schultz 47.2% Donald Marro 4.2%
28th	John Chichester	Republican	1977	Retired	Richard Stuart 50.6% Albert Pollard 49.2%
29th	Chuck Colgan	Democratic	1975	Reelected	Chuck Colgan 54.1% Robert FitzSimmonds 45.8%
31st	Mary Margaret Whipple	Democratic	1995	Reelected	Mary Margaret Whipple 82.6% Samuel Burley 16.5%
33rd	Mark Herring	Democratic	2006	Reelected	Mark Herring 56.9% Patricia Phillips 43.0%
34th	Jeannemarie Devolites-Davis	Republican	2003	Defeated	Chap Petersen 55.3% Jeannemarie Devolites-Davis 44.4%
35th	Dick Saslaw	Democratic	1980	Reelected	Dick Saslaw 77.9% Mario Palmiotto 21.0%
37th	Ken Cuccinelli	Republican	2001	Reelected	Ken Cuccinelli 50.0% Janet Oleszek 49.8%
39th	Jay O'Brien	Republican	2002	Defeated	George Barker 50.9% Jay O'Brien 49.0%

House of Delegates

Before the election, Republicans controlled the House of Delegates with 57 seats, compared to the Democrats' 40 seats, and three seats held by Independents. Democrats won four seats from the Republicans, defeating one incumbent and taking three open seats, while one Republican defeated an incumbent Independent, making the post-election composition of the House 54 Republicans, 44 Democrats, and 2 Independents.