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2017Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

2017 election for Virginia House District 13

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Danica Roem (D) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Robert G. Marshall (R) by 7.9 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

Danica RoemDemocrat · winner
53.9%12,077
Robert G. MarshallRepublican · incumbent
46.1%10,318
22,395 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

EvenR+19.42011R+2.92013R+12.22015D+7.92017D+12.02019D+8.62021

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