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2017Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

2017 election for Virginia House District 21

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Kelly Fowler (D) won with 52.6% of the vote, defeating Ron A. Villanueva (R) by 5.2 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

Kelly FowlerDemocrat · winner
52.6%12,540
Ron A. VillanuevaRepublican · incumbent
47.4%11,309
23,849 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+14.82011R+8.92013R+13.72015D+5.22017D+9.22019D+1.12021

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

The candidates

Kelly Fowler (D)Ron A. Villanueva (R)