1983Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1983 election for Virginia House District 85
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Robert Tata (R) won with 55.5% of the vote, defeating Julie L. Smith (D) by 11.0 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Robert TataRepublican · winner
55.5%5,283
Julie L. SmithDemocrat · incumbent
44.5%4,233
9,519 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 1983
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)