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1985Final results

1985 election for Virginia House District 2

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

James B. Robinson (D) won re-election with 55.8% of the vote, defeating Glenn R. Tankersley (R) by 11.7 points.

James B. RobinsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.8%7,060
44.2%5,583
12,643 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 1985

Races before and after

EvenD+25.61982D+31.71983D+11.71985D+2.41987D+22.01989

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