1997Final results
1997 election for Virginia House District 18
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Creigh Deeds (D) won re-election with 85.6% of the vote, defeating Billy Eli Fishpaw (IND) by 71.1 points.
Creigh DeedsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
85.6%12,414
Billy Eli FishpawIndependent
14.4%2,093
14,507 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)