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2017 election for Virginia House District 42

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Kathy Tran (D) won with 61.1% of the vote, defeating Lolita I. Manchenosmoak (R) by 22.1 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

Kathy TranDemocrat · winner
61.1%18,761
38.9%11,967
30,728 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+24.42011R+19.82013R+26.82015D+22.12017D+19.42019D+20.22021

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