Virginia House of Delegates seat · lines in effect since 2023
Virginia House District 56
A district of about 91,000 people, 27% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes R+21.4 relative to the nation for president.
2025 election
Nov 4, 2025- Tom Garrett (R) · won60.8%
- Angela T. Chainer (D)39.0%
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
24 races since 1969; the seat changed party 1 time. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.
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 56
The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 56'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 | R+21.4 |
| U.S. Senate | R+17.6 |
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 56.
Lower than 80% of seats.
Higher than 81% of seats.
Lower than 88% of seats.
Higher than 64% of seats.
Lower than 97% of seats.
Less dense than 94% 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 6721% Black · 30% college gradsR+19.2Not up in 2026District 68
25% college gradsR+33.4Not up in 2026District 50
31% BlackR+18.0Not up in 2026District 48
27% BlackR+27.2Not 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