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2009Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

2009 election for Virginia House District 21

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Ron A. Villanueva (R) won with 49.9% of the vote, defeating R. W. Mathieson (D) by 0.1 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.

Ron A. VillanuevaRepublican · winner
49.9%7,673
R. W. MathiesonDemocrat · incumbent
49.8%7,659
15,365 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 2009

Races before and after

EvenR+23.92003D+15.52007R+0.12009R+14.82011

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

The candidates

Ron A. Villanueva (R)R. W. Mathieson (D)