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1985Final results

1985 election for Virginia House District 7

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

G. C. Jennings (D) won re-election with 52.9% of the vote, defeating Archie Bailey (R) by 5.9 points.

G. C. JenningsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.9%7,339
Archie BaileyRepublican
47.1%6,523
13,862 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+3.91982D+19.21983D+5.91985D+3.71987R+38.61991

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