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2011Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

2011 election for Virginia Senate District 20

Virginia State Senate · Virginia

Bill Stanley (R) won with 46.8% of the vote, defeating William Roscoe Reynolds (D) by 1.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Bill StanleyRepublican · winner
46.8%23,975
William Roscoe ReynoldsDemocrat · incumbent
45.6%23,331
W. Jeff EvansIndependent
7.6%3,887
51,193 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+35.72003D+26.12007R+1.32011R+15.92015R+14.02023

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