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2001 election for Virginia House District 86

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Thomas Davis Rust (R) won with 63.0% of the vote, defeating J. G. Kelly (D) by 26.0 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.

Thomas Davis RustRepublican · winner
63.0%9,175
J. G. KellyDemocrat
37.0%5,388
14,563 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

The seat's recent races

EvenD+14.51995D+0.21997D+10.31999R+26.02001

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