Virginia House of Delegates seat · lines in effect since 2023

Virginia House District 30

A district of about 93,000 people, 61% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes R+0.8 relative to the nation for president.

2025 election

Nov 4, 2025 · changed party
  1. John McAuliff (D) · won50.9%
  2. Geary M. Higgins (R)49.0%

Full results →

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.

R+0.858th most
Democratic
Most DemocraticMost Republican50th seat · the majority lineDistrict 30

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

30 races since 1969; the seat changed party 5 times. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.

YearWinnerRunner-upWon by
Lines first used in 2023
2025John McAuliff (D)FlipGeary M. Higgins (R)1.9
2023Geary M. Higgins (R)Robert L. "Rob" Banse Jr. (D)6.4
Lines first used in 2012
2021Nicholas J. Freitas (R)Annette Heathcock Hyde (D)31.0
2019No winner recordedAnn Faulknerridgeway (D)Unopposed
2017Nicholas J. Freitas (R)Samuel Ben Hixon (D)24.4
2015Nicholas J. Freitas (R)—Unopposed
2013Edward T. Scott (R)Traci L. Dippert (D)26.8
Lines first used in 2002
2011Edward T. Scott (R)—Unopposed
2009Edward T. Scott (R)Matt A. Carson (I)51.1
2007Edward T. Scott (R)—Unopposed
2005Edward T. Scott (R)—Unopposed
2003Edward T. Scott (R)W. C. Thompson (I)72.5
Lines first used in 1992
2001George E. Broman Jr. (R)—Unopposed
1999George E. Broman Jr. (R)FlipD. G. Lackey (D)12.6
1997John J. Davies III (D)J. Michael Sharman (R)4.2
1995John J. Davies III (D)S. C. Lindsay (R)5.1
1993John J. Davies III (D)John J. Callahan (R)16.6
Lines first used in 1982
1991John J. Davies III (D)FlipJohn M. Rohrer (R)19.1
1989S. Page Higginbotham (R)T. E. Calhoun (D)7.4
1987S. Page Higginbotham (R)Henry Lee Carter (D)3.3
1985George P. Beard Jr. (R)—Unopposed
1983George P. Beard Jr. (R)—Unopposed
1982George P. Beard Jr. (R)—Unopposed
Lines first used in 1972
1981Robert W. Ackerman (D)Andrew H. Seay (I)11.2
1979Norman Sisisky (D)—Unopposed
1977Norman Sisisky (D)—Unopposed
1975Norman Sisisky (D)Flip—Unopposed
1973Norman Sisisky (IND)John Claiborne Dance (D)19.4
Lines first used in 1962
1971William Roy Smith (D)FlipFlorence Farley (I)29.2
1969Russell L. Davis (R)—Unopposed

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 30

The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 30's area in each.

U.S. House
VA-10 100%
Virginia State Senate
SD-31 98%

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
PresidentR+0.9
U.S. SenateR+2.4

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 30.

Adults with a bachelor's degree61% 80th pct · 21st of 99 in VA

Higher than 80% of seats.

White adults without a degree28% 40th pct · 60th of 99 in VA

Lower than 60% of seats.

Hispanic residents11% 61st pct · 39th of 99 in VA

Higher than 61% of seats.

Black residents4% 7th pct · 92nd of 99 in VA

Lower than 93% of seats.

Asian residents7% 68th pct · 32nd of 99 in VA

Higher than 68% of seats.

People per square mile140 27th pct · 73rd of 99 in VA

Less dense than 73% of seats.

Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current linesUpdated Oct 13, 2026, 5:06 AM ET