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1985Final results

1985 election for Virginia House District 47

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

James F. Almand (D) won re-election with 67.8% of the vote, defeating Thomas W. Dennison (R) by 35.5 points.

James F. AlmandDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.8%9,058
32.2%4,307
13,365 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+27.31983D+35.51985D+26.31987

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