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1997Final results

1997 election for Virginia House District 43

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Gladys B. Keating (D) won re-election with 51.3% of the vote, defeating T. M. Bolvin (R) by 2.7 points.

Gladys B. KeatingDemocrat · winner · incumbent
51.3%9,304
T. M. BolvinRepublican
48.7%8,818
18,122 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+24.71993D+10.01995D+2.71997R+4.51999R+1.72001

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

The candidates

Gladys B. Keating (D)T. M. Bolvin (R)