2009Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2009 election for Virginia House District 23
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Tom Garrett (R) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Shannon R. Valentine (D) by 1.0 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Tom GarrettRepublican · winner
50.4%10,813
Shannon R. ValentineDemocrat · incumbent
49.4%10,604
21,448 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET