2019Final results
2019 election for Virginia Senate District 8
Virginia State Senate · Virginia
Bill DeSteph (R) won with 52.1% of the vote, defeating Melissa Cottersmasal (D) by 4.4 points.
Bill DeStephRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.1%28,637
Melissa CottersmasalDemocrat
47.7%26,242
54,973 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 2019
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET