1997 general · November 4, 1997

1997 Virginia House of Delegates election results, district by district

Every Virginia House of Delegates district in the 1997 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 100 seats

After the electionD 51 · R 48 · 1 other
Races100
Changed party1
Unopposed49%49 races
Incumbents defeated1

Every district

D 51 · R 48 · Other 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Terry Kilgore (R)44.1
HD-2Clarence E. Phillips (D)Unopposed
HD-3Jack Stump (D)Unopposed
HD-4Joseph P. Johnson Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-5J. H. Tate Jr. (D)2.7
HD-6Thomas M. Jackson Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-7Thomas G. Baker Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-8Morgan Griffith (R)Unopposed
HD-9Allen W. Dudley (R)14.9
HD-10Barnie K. Day (D)42.0
HD-11Ward L. Armstrong (D)73.8
HD-12James M. Shuler (D)Unopposed
HD-13Robert G. Marshall (R)70.3
HD-14C. Richard Cranwell (D)3.0
HD-15Raymond R. Guest Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-16Clifton A. Woodrum (D)Unopposed
HD-17A. Victor Thomas (D)Unopposed
HD-18Creigh Deeds (D)71.1
HD-19Lacey E. Putney (IND)56.8
HD-20W. W. Clement (D)Unopposed
HD-21Frank W. Wagner (R)Unopposed
HD-22Kathy J. Byron (R)18.2
HD-23L. Preston Bryant Jr. (R)25.7
HD-24S. Vance Wilkins Jr. (R)67.0
HD-25R. Steven Landes (R)69.7
HD-26Glenn M. Weatherholtz (R)48.3
HD-27Samuel A. Nixon Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-28William J. Howell (R)Unopposed
HD-29Beverly J. Sherwood (R)Unopposed
HD-30John J. Davies III (D)4.2
HD-31Jay K. Katzen (R)31.9
HD-32William C. Mims (R)42.5
HD-33Joe T. May (R)27.0
HD-34Vincent F. Callahan (R)23.2
HD-35Jeannemarie A. Devolitesdavis (R)4.7
HD-36Kenneth Plum (D)21.5
HD-37John H. Rust Jr. (R)13.4
HD-38Robert D. Hull (D)19.0
HD-39Vivian Watts (D)27.2
HD-40James Kenneth Obrien Jr. (R)38.4
HD-41James E. Dillard (R)Unopposed
HD-42David B. Albo (R)52.3
HD-43Gladys B. Keating (D)2.7
HD-44Linda T. Puller (D)48.5
HD-45Marian A. Vanlandingham (D)33.9
HD-46Brian J. Moran (D)25.2
HD-47James F. Almand (D)Unopposed
HD-48Robert H. Brink (D)21.9
HD-49L. Karen Darner (D)24.2
HD-50Harry J. Parrish (R)Unopposed
HD-51David G. Brickley (D)14.4
HD-52John Adams Rollison III (R)30.2
HD-53James M. Scott (D)Unopposed
HD-54Robert Dickson Orrock Sr. (R)Unopposed
HD-55Frank D. Hargrove Sr. (R)Unopposed
HD-56V. Earl Dickinson (D)Unopposed
HD-57Mitchell Vanyahres (D)37.4
HD-58Paul C. Harris (R)24.9
HD-59Watkins M. Abbitt Jr. (D)30.9
HD-60W. W. Bennett Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-61Frank Millerruff Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-62Riley Edward Ingram (R)Unopposed
HD-63Jay W. Deboer (D)Unopposed
HD-64William K. Barlow (D)Unopposed
HD-65John C. Watkins (R)Unopposed
HD-66M. Kirkland Cox (R)Unopposed
HD-67Roger J. McClure (R)12.3
HD-68Anne G. Rhodes (R)Unopposed
HD-69Franklin P. Hall (D)Unopposed
HD-70Dwight C. Jones (D)Unopposed
HD-71Viola Osborn Baskerville (D)71.2
HD-72John S. Reid (R)43.8
HD-73Eric Cantor (R)Unopposed
HD-74A. Donald McEachin (D)59.3
HD-75J. Paul Councill Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-76S. Chris Jones (R)35.5
HD-77Lionell Spruill Sr. (D)Unopposed
HD-78J. Randy Forbes (R)Unopposed
HD-79John S. Joannou (D)5.8
HD-80Kenneth R. Melvin (D)Unopposed
HD-81Glenn R. Croshaw (D)Unopposed
HD-82Harry R. Purkey (R)Unopposed
HD-83Leo C. Wardrup Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-84Robert F. McDonnell (R)Unopposed
HD-85Robert Tata (R)Unopposed
HD-86Donald L. Williams (D)0.2
HD-87Thelma Sawyers Drake (R)30.9
HD-88Thomas W. Moss Jr. (D)46.1
HD-89Jerrauld C. Jones (D)Unopposed
HD-90William P. Robinson Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-91I. V. Behm Jr. (D)41.0
HD-92Mary T. Christian (D)Unopposed
HD-93Phillip A. Hamilton (R)Unopposed
HD-94Alan Diamonstein (D)10.1
HD-95Flora D. Crittenden (D)Unopposed
HD-96Joann S. Davis (R)1.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-97George W. Grayson (D)8.1
HD-98Harvey B. Morgan (R)Unopposed
HD-99W. Tayloe Murphy Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-100Rob Bloxom (R)54.6

Virginia House of Delegates

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner