1989Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1989 election for Virginia House District 54
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Robert Dickson Orrock Sr. (R) won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Robert W. Ackerman (D) by 9.0 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Robert Dickson Orrock Sr.Republican · winner
54.5%10,383
Robert W. AckermanDemocrat · incumbent
45.5%8,665
19,050 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 1989
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)