1985Final results
1985 election for Virginia House District 85
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Robert Tata (R) won re-election with 69.0% of the vote, defeating Julie L. Smith (D) by 38.1 points.
Robert TataRepublican · winner · incumbent
69.0%10,182
Julie L. SmithDemocrat
31.0%4,565
14,748 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)