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1977Final results

1977 election for Virginia House District 51

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

George W. Grayson (D) won re-election with 64.0% of the vote, defeating David W. Ware Jr. (R) by 28.0 points.

George W. GraysonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.0%10,837
36.0%6,096
16,934 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1977

Races before and after

EvenD+28.01977D+20.71979R+8.11981

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)