Virginia House of Delegates seat · lines in effect since 2023

Virginia House District 57

A district of about 85,000 people, 22% Asian, 67% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes D+8.6 relative to the nation for president.

May Nivar (D) · since Nov 4, 2025Next election Nov 2, 2027

2025 election

Nov 4, 2025 · changed party
  1. May Nivar (D) · won55.5%
  2. David L. Owen (R)44.3%

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.

D+8.651st most
Democratic
Most DemocraticMost Republican50th seat · the majority lineDistrict 57

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.

YearWinnerRunner-upWon by
Lines first used in 2023
2025May Nivar (D)FlipDavid L. Owen (R)11.2
2023David L. Owen (R)Susanna S. Gibson (D)2.0
Lines first used in 2012
2021Sally Lindquist Hudson (D)Phillip A. Hamilton (R)57.2
2019Sally Lindquist Hudson (D)—Unopposed
2017David J. Toscano (D)—Unopposed
2015David J. Toscano (D)—Unopposed
2013David J. Toscano (D)—Unopposed
Lines first used in 2002
2011David J. Toscano (D)Robert Brandon Smith III (I)61.6
2009David J. Toscano (D)Robert Brandon Smith III (I)56.8
2007David J. Toscano (D)—Unopposed
2005David J. Toscano (D)Thomas W. McCrystal (R)50.8
2003Mitchell Vanyahres (D)—Unopposed
Lines first used in 1992
2001Mitchell Vanyahres (D)—Unopposed
1999Mitchell Vanyahres (D)—Unopposed
1997Mitchell Vanyahres (D)Donald T. Ubben (R)37.4
1995Mitchell Vanyahres (D)—Unopposed
1993Mitchell Vanyahres (D)Michael W. D. Brown (R)23.8
Lines first used in 1982
1991Mitchell Vanyahres (D)—Unopposed
1989Mitchell Vanyahres (D)—Unopposed
1987Mitchell Vanyahres (D)—Unopposed
1985Mitchell Vanyahres (D)Robert S. Fitzsimmonds (R)32.5
1983Mitchell Vanyahres (D)—Unopposed
1982Mitchell Vanyahres (D)—Unopposed
Lines first used in 1962
1969M. Caldwell Butler · Willis M. Anderson (REP)William B. Robertson (I)7.4

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 57

The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 57's area in each.

U.S. House
VA-5 65%, VA-1 35%
Virginia State Senate
SD-10 65%, SD-16 35%

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
PresidentD+13.9
U.S. SenateD+15.3

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 57.

Adults with a bachelor's degree67% 88th pct · 13th of 99 in VA

Higher than 88% of seats.

White adults without a degree21% 35th pct · 65th of 99 in VA

Lower than 65% of seats.

Hispanic residents6% 24th pct · 75th of 99 in VA

Lower than 76% of seats.

Black residents7% 23rd pct · 76th of 99 in VA

Lower than 77% of seats.

Asian residents22% 95th pct · 6th of 99 in VA

Higher than 95% of seats.

People per square mile1,104 52nd pct · 48th of 99 in VA

Denser than 52% of seats.

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