2007 Virginia Senate election

2007 Virginia Senate election
November 6, 2007
All 40 seats in the Virginia Senate
21 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Dick Saslaw Walter Stosch
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 10, 1996 January 13, 1998
Leader's seat District 35 District 12
Last election 16 24
Seats after 21 19
Seat change 5 5
Majority Leader before election

Walter Stosch
Republican

Elected Majority Leader

Dick Saslaw
Democratic

The 2007 Virginia Senate election was held on November 6, 2007, to determine which party would control the Virginia Senate for the following four years in the 155th Virginia General Assembly. All 40 seats in the Virginia Senate were up for election. Prior to the election, 24 seats were held by Republicans and 16 seats were held by Democrats. The general election saw Democrats flip 5 seats, thereby gaining a majority in the State Senate for the first time since 1995.


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