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2007Final results

2007 election for Virginia Senate District 9

Virginia State Senate · Virginia

A. Donald McEachin (D) won with 81.6% of the vote, defeating Silver Persinger (Ind) by 63.2 points.

A. Donald McEachinDemocrat · winner
81.6%16,782
Silver PersingerIndependent
18.4%3,789
20,571 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2007

Races before and after

EvenD+27.41969 special electionD+79.92023 special electionR+92.32023

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET