2001Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2001 election for Virginia House District 59
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Watkins M. Abbitt Jr. (IND) won re-election with 63.3% of the vote, defeating H. P. Hagenau (D) by 26.6 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Watkins M. Abbitt Jr.Independent · winner · incumbent
63.3%11,782
H. P. HagenauDemocrat
36.7%6,829
18,611 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 2001
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)