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1997Final results

1997 election for Virginia House District 42

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

David B. Albo (R) won re-election with 76.1% of the vote, defeating Ali M. Ghaemi (D) by 52.3 points.

David B. AlboRepublican · winner · incumbent
76.1%11,200
23.9%3,512
14,712 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

EvenR+6.11993R+16.71995R+52.31997R+22.22001

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