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2015Final results

2015 election for Virginia House District 12

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Joseph R. Yost (R) won re-election with 58.3% of the vote, defeating Laurie A. Buchwald (D) by 16.8 points.

Joseph R. YostRepublican · winner · incumbent
58.3%9,245
41.5%6,587
15,855 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 2015

Races before and after

EvenR+3.32011R+4.92013R+16.82015D+8.92017D+7.22019

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