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2015 election for Virginia House District 87

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

John J. Bell (D) won with 49.9% of the vote, defeating Chuong D. Nguyen (R) by 1.9 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

John J. BellDemocrat · winner
49.9%8,203
47.9%7,883
2.1%343
16,447 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+0.52011R+0.92013D+1.92015D+23.72017D+24.12019

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

The candidates

John J. Bell (D)Chuong D. Nguyen (R)

Also on the ballot: Brian T. Suojanen (Libertarian), 2.1%