1982Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1982 election for Virginia House District 35
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Dorothy McDiarmid (D) won re-election with 58.2% of the vote, defeating James N. Burroughs (R) by 16.5 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Dorothy McDiarmidDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.2%8,865
James N. BurroughsRepublican
41.7%6,355
15,222 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 1982
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)