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1977Final results

1977 Democratic primary for Virginia House District 19

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Gladys B. Keating (D) won with 20.2% of the vote, defeating D. Dashiell Sibley (D) by 7.2 points.

Gladys B. KeatingDemocrat · winner
20.2%12,324
Richard L. SaslawDemocrat · winner · incumbent
19.3%11,785
Thomas Jefferson RothrockDemocrat · winner · incumbent
18.8%11,472
V. L. Lee Strang Jr.Democrat · winner
14.6%8,893
Michael Patrick LeahyDemocrat · winner
14.3%8,722
13.0%7,922
61,118 votes

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