2005Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2005 election for Virginia House District 41
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Dave Marsden (D) won with 59.4% of the vote, defeating Michael J. Golden (R) by 18.7 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Dave MarsdenDemocrat · winner
59.4%12,918
Michael J. GoldenRepublican
40.6%8,847
21,765 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 2005
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)