2017Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2017 election for Virginia House District 51
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Hala Sophia Ayala (D) won with 53.1% of the vote, defeating Richard L. Anderson (R) by 6.2 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Hala Sophia AyalaDemocrat · winner
53.1%15,244
Richard L. AndersonRepublican · incumbent
46.9%13,476
28,720 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)