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1997Final results

1997 election for Virginia House District 44

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Linda T. Puller (D) won re-election with 74.2% of the vote, defeating Kip R. Karl (IND) by 48.5 points.

Linda T. PullerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
74.2%11,173
Kip R. KarlIndependent
25.8%3,879
15,052 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+19.61993D+18.01995D+2.51999D+1.92001

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