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1985Final results

1985 election for Virginia House District 43

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Gladys B. Keating (D) won re-election with 63.6% of the vote, defeating Edith L. Stratton (R) by 27.3 points.

Gladys B. KeatingDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.6%7,430
36.3%4,244
11,676 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+22.41982D+12.71983D+27.31985D+19.11989D+9.51991

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