Virginia House District 53
State House District 53
Covers all of Amherst County; parts of Bedford County and Nelson County.
Who Holds This Seat
Running in 2026
No 2026 candidates are on file for this seat yet.
The District
Includes Madison Heights, Forest, Arrington, Bedford, Nellysford (part), Wintergreen (part), Amherst, Lovingston, Montvale, Shipman and Big Island.
36 precincts · District lines: State house lines: U.S. Census Bureau (1:500,000 cartographic boundary) · Precinct lines: Virginia Department of Elections, per-locality precinct shapefiles (133 localities, elections.virginia.gov redistricting/gis)
Results in This District
| Contest | First | Second | Margin | Votes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Governor35 precinctsVirginia Department of Elections - official election resultsOfficial - Virginia Department of… | Winsome Earle-Sears (R)27,928 · 68.2% | Abigail D. Spanberger (D)12,945 · 31.6% | R+36.6 | 40,935 | Virginia Department of Elections - official election resultsOfficial - Virginia Department of… |
| 2024 President35 precinctsVirginia Department of ElectionsOfficial — Virginia Department of… | Donald J. Trump (R)35,693 · 68.5% | Kamala D. Harris (D)15,738 · 30.2% | R+38.3 | 52,078 | Virginia Department of ElectionsOfficial — Virginia Department of… |
| 2024 U.S. Senate35 precinctsVirginia Department of ElectionsOfficial — Virginia Department of… | Hung Cao (R)35,152 · 68.0% | Timothy M. Kaine (D)16,497 · 31.9% | R+36.1 | 51,707 | Virginia Department of ElectionsOfficial — Virginia Department of… |
| 2020 President31 precinctsVirginia Department of ElectionsCertified — Virginia Department of… | Donald J. Trump (R)18,494 · 79.8% | Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr (D)4,181 · 18.0% | R+61.7 | 23,187 | Virginia Department of ElectionsCertified — Virginia Department of… |
| 2020 U.S. Senate31 precinctsVirginia Department of ElectionsCertified — Virginia Department of… | Daniel Mac Arthur Gade (R)17,831 · 77.4% | Mark Robert Warner (D)5,199 · 22.6% | R+54.8 | 23,049 | Virginia Department of ElectionsCertified — Virginia Department of… |
Totals add up the certified precinct results for the precincts inside today's district lines. A precinct split by the district line counts in full, or only in the district holding most of its voters where the linkage assigns it to one, and votes a county reported only countywide (some counties' absentee and early votes) are left out, so totals can differ from an official canvass.
Past Results
Member, House of Delegates (53rd District)
2025 November General · Nov 4, 2025| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy P. GriffinRepublican | Republican | 28,219 | 69.4% |
| Samuel R. SoghorDemocratic | Democratic | 12,350 | 30.4% |
| Write-In | 80 | 0.2% |
Official - Virginia Department of Elections official results (results marked official; report last updated 2025-11-24), matching the certified totals in the Department's Historical Elections Database · Virginia Department of Elections - official election results