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2017 election for Virginia House District 31

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Liz Guzmán (D) won with 54.1% of the vote, defeating L. Scott Lingamfelter (R) by 9.8 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

Liz GuzmánDemocrat · winner
54.1%15,466
L. Scott LingamfelterRepublican · incumbent
44.3%12,658
Nathan D. LarsonIndependent
1.7%481
28,605 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+17.42011R+1.02013R+6.82015D+9.82017D+5.42019D+4.22021

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

The candidates

Liz Guzmán (D)L. Scott Lingamfelter (R)

Also on the ballot: Nathan D. Larson (Independent), 1.7%