1985Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1985 election for Virginia House District 52
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
John Adams Rollison III (R) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating George G. Dowd (D) by 1.6 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
John Adams Rollison IIIRepublican · winner
50.8%3,846
George G. DowdDemocrat
49.2%3,728
7,574 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)