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2011Final results

2011 election for Virginia Senate District 16

Virginia State Senate · Virginia

Henry L. Marsh III (D) won with 69.3% of the vote, defeating Preston T. Brown (Ind) by 38.7 points.

Henry L. Marsh IIIDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.3%16,711
Preston T. BrownIndependent
30.7%7,391
24,102 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 2011

Races before and after

EvenD+24.41971D+9.52023

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