Virginia House of Delegates seat · lines in effect since 2023
Virginia House District 19
A district of about 90,000 people, 32% Hispanic and 28% Black, 41% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes D+35.2 relative to the nation for president.
2025 election
Nov 4, 2025- Rozia A. "j.r." Henson Jr. (D) · won92.4%
- Write-ins and other votes (OTH)7.6%
Unopposed.
Source: Virginia Department of ElectionsUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 12:45 PM ET
Where it sits among all 99 seats
Every Virginia House of Delegates seat by partisan lean, from most Democratic to most Republican. Lean is the seat's presidential vote on current lines, relative to the nation.
Democratic
Source: 99chambers: 2024 and 2020 presidential results on current lines, relative to the nation (2024 weighted 3:1)Updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:19 AM ET
Every election for this seat
31 races since 1969; the seat changed party 1 time. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lines first used in 2023 | |||
| 2025 | Rozia A. "j.r." Henson Jr. (D) | — | Unopposed |
| 2023 | Rozia A. "j.r." Henson Jr. (D) | — | Unopposed |
| Lines first used in 2012 | |||
| 2021 | Terry Austin (R) | Wendy Suzanne Rowden (D) | 58.6 |
| 2019 | Terry Austin (R) | — | Unopposed |
| 2017 | Terry Austin (R) | — | Unopposed |
| 2015 | Terry Austin (R) | — | Unopposed |
| 2013 | Terry Austin (R)Flip | Lewis B. Medlin Jr. (D) | 40.3 |
| Lines first used in 2002 | |||
| 2011 | Lacey E. Putney (IND) | Jerry R. Johnson (R) | 9.9 |
| 2009 | Lacey E. Putney (IND) | Lewis B. Medlin Jr. (D) | 43.5 |
| 2007 | Lacey E. Putney (IND) | Lewis B. Medlin Jr. (D) | 45.5 |
| 2005 | Lacey E. Putney (IND) | — | Unopposed |
| 2003 | Lacey E. Putney (IND) | A. M. Lipscomb (D) | 46.9 |
| Lines first used in 1992 | |||
| 2001 | Lacey E. Putney (IND) | — | Unopposed |
| 1999 | Lacey E. Putney (IND) | Eric D. Thompson (I) | 61.8 |
| 1997 | Lacey E. Putney (IND) | Eric D. Thompson (I) | 56.8 |
| 1995 | Lacey E. Putney (IND) | — | Unopposed |
| 1993 | Lacey E. Putney (IND) | — | Unopposed |
| Lines first used in 1982 | |||
| 1991 | Lacey E. Putney (IND) | Ronald E. Gravatt (D) | 40.6 |
| 1989 | Lacey E. Putney (IND) | — | Unopposed |
| 1987 | Lacey E. Putney (IND) | Ronald E. Gravatt (I) | 43.2 |
| 1985 | Lacey E. Putney (IND) | — | Unopposed |
| 1983 | Lacey E. Putney (IND) | — | Unopposed |
| 1982 | Lacey E. Putney (IND) | — | Unopposed |
| Lines first used in 1972 | |||
| 1981 | George P. Beard Jr. (R) | Judy A. Faller (D) | 35.9 |
| 1979 | Warren E. Barry · Robert E. Harris · James E. Dillard · Gladys B. Keating · Lawrence D. Pratt (REP) | Robert L. Thoburn (R) | 0.6 |
| 1977 | Warren E. Barry · Robert E. Harris · Gladys B. Keating · Richard L. Saslaw · Robert L. Thoburn (REP) | Thomas Jefferson Rothrock (D) | 0.3 |
| 1975 | Thomas Jefferson Rothrock · Warren E. Barry · Robert E. Harris · James E. Dillard · Richard L. Saslaw (DEM) | Gladys B. Keating (D) | 0.3 |
| 1973 | Warren E. Barry · James E. Dillard · Thomas Jefferson Rothrock · James R. Tate · Robert E. Harris (REP) | William H. Moss (R) | 0.1 |
| 1972 special election | James R. Tate (R) | John A. Wilkins (D) | 8.9 |
| Lines first used in 1962 | |||
| 1971 | Stanford E. Parris · Warren E. Barry · Thomas Jefferson Rothrock · Warren J. Davis · James E. Dillard · William H. Moss (REP) | Jim Burch (D) | 0.0 |
| 1969 | Julien J. Mason (D) | — | Unopposed |
Primaries: 1979 Republican primary · 1979 Democratic primary · 1977 Republican primary · 1977 Democratic primary · 1975 Republican primary · 1971 Democratic primary
Won by: the winner's lead over the runner-up, in points of the vote. Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Districts that overlap District 19
The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 19's area in each.
Every race on these lines
Results recomputed from precinct returns as if today's boundaries had always existed, so years compare like for like.
| 2024 | |
|---|---|
| President | D+31.7 |
| U.S. Senate | D+37.7 |
Outlined: the race for this seat itselfBlank: no race that year
Source: 99chambers results archive: precinct results allocated to current lines; 2026: civicAPIUpdated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Who lives here, compared
Grey bars show the spread of all 99 seats. Small marks are other seats in Virginia. The black marker is District 19.
Higher than 57% of seats.
Lower than 79% of seats.
Highest of 99 seats.
Higher than 77% of seats.
Higher than 71% of seats.
Denser than 57% of seats.
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current linesUpdated Oct 13, 2026, 5:06 AM ET
Seats most like this one
Nearest seats on demographics, density and lean.
District 2425% Hispanic · 23% BlackD+27.6Not up in 2026District 16
29% Hispanic · 54% college gradsD+41.6Not up in 2026District 23
24% Hispanic · 32% BlackD+36.0Not up in 2026District 25
24% Hispanic · 46% college gradsD+26.6Not up in 2026
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current lines; 99chambers: 2024 and 2020 presidential results on current lines, relative to the nation (2024 weighted 3:1)Updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:19 AM ET