1997Final results
1997 election for Virginia House District 87
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Thelma Sawyers Drake (R) won re-election with 65.4% of the vote, defeating Todd M. Fiorella (D) by 30.9 points.
Thelma Sawyers DrakeRepublican · winner · incumbent
65.4%6,012
Todd M. FiorellaDemocrat
34.6%3,175
9,187 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)