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2015Final results

2015 election for Virginia House District 47

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Patrick Hope (D) won re-election with 77.4% of the vote, defeating Janet H. Murphy (IND) by 55.6 points.

Patrick HopeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
77.4%11,656
Janet H. MurphyIndependent
21.8%3,281
Write-ins and other votesOther party
0.8%120
15,057 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET