1987Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1987 election for Virginia House District 27
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Phoebe M. Orebaugh (R) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating Paul C. Cline (D) by 9.3 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Phoebe M. OrebaughRepublican · winner
54.7%7,272
Paul C. ClineDemocrat · incumbent
45.3%6,034
13,306 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 1987
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)