2009Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2009 election for Virginia House District 34
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Barbara Comstock (R) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Margaret G. Vanderhye (D) by 1.7 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Barbara ComstockRepublican · winner
50.8%12,636
Margaret G. VanderhyeDemocrat · incumbent
49.1%12,214
24,876 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)