2009Final results
2009 election for Virginia House District 47
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Patrick Hope (D) won with 63.5% of the vote, defeating Eric J. Brescia (R) by 31.8 points.
Patrick HopeDemocrat · winner
63.5%13,540
Eric J. BresciaRepublican
31.7%6,758
Joshua F. RuebnerGreen
4.6%981
21,308 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
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)