2009Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2009 election for Virginia House District 52
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Luke Torian (D) won with 51.9% of the vote, defeating Rafael Lopez (R) by 4.1 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Luke TorianDemocrat · winner
51.9%8,267
Rafael LopezRepublican
47.8%7,616
15,929 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)