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2017Final results

2017 election for Virginia House District 23

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Tom Garrett (R) won re-election with 65.7% of the vote, defeating Natalie Allene Short (D) by 31.5 points.

Tom GarrettRepublican · winner · incumbent
65.7%17,370
34.3%9,050
26,420 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+31.52017R+27.92019R+33.32021

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