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2017Final results

2017 election for Virginia House District 34

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Kathleen J. Murphy (D) won re-election with 61.0% of the vote, defeating Cheryl A. Buford (R) by 21.9 points.

Kathleen J. MurphyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.0%20,522
39.0%13,146
33,668 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+9.72011R+1.42013D+0.92015D+21.92017D+16.82019D+14.22021

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