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2009Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

2009 election for Virginia House District 83

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Chris P. Stolle (R) won with 59.5% of the vote, defeating Joe F. Bouchard (D) by 19.1 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.

Chris P. StolleRepublican · winner
59.5%9,347
Joe F. BouchardDemocrat · incumbent
40.4%6,346
15,707 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

EvenR+20.22005D+1.42007R+19.12009

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