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1979Final results

1979 election for Virginia House District 35

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Gerald L. Baliles (D) won re-election with 90.0% of the vote, defeating John B. Ascher (IND) by 80.1 points.

Gerald L. BalilesDemocrat · winner · incumbent
90.0%54,974
John B. AscherIndependent
10.0%6,076
61,057 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 1979

Races before and after

EvenD+14.01973D+30.21981

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