2017Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2017 election for Virginia House District 12
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Christopher Laird Hurst (D) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating Joseph R. Yost (R) by 8.9 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Christopher Laird HurstDemocrat · winner
54.4%12,495
Joseph R. YostRepublican · incumbent
45.6%10,458
22,953 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 2017
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)