2001Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2001 election for Virginia House District 97
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Ryan McDougle (R) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating J. W. Montgomery Jr. (D) by 7.1 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Ryan McDougleRepublican · winner
53.6%11,726
J. W. Montgomery Jr.Democrat
46.4%10,169
21,895 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)