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1985Final results

1985 election for Virginia House District 9

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Willard R. Finney (D) won re-election with 61.7% of the vote, defeating B. James Jefferson (R) by 23.5 points.

Willard R. FinneyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.7%7,363
38.3%4,564
11,927 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+34.21982D+23.51985D+30.41989D+5.11991

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