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1982Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1982 election for Virginia House District 66

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

John G. Dicks III (D) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Robert E. Russell (R) by 0.7 points.

John G. Dicks IIIDemocrat · winner
50.4%6,953
Robert E. RussellRepublican · incumbent
49.6%6,851
13,804 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

EvenD+0.71982D+24.31983R+5.01989

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