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1997Final results

1997 election for Virginia House District 14

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

C. Richard Cranwell (D) won re-election with 51.5% of the vote, defeating Al Bedrosian (R) by 3.0 points.

C. Richard CranwellDemocrat · winner · incumbent
51.5%11,198
Al BedrosianRepublican
48.5%10,540
21,738 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 1997

Races before and after

EvenD+18.01993D+7.71995D+3.01997D+26.41999R+21.02001

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

The candidates

C. Richard Cranwell (D)Al Bedrosian (R)