2017Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2017 election for Virginia House District 72
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Schuyler VanValkenburg (D) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Edward S. Whitlock III (R) by 5.7 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Schuyler VanValkenburgDemocrat · winner
52.8%16,655
Edward S. Whitlock IIIRepublican
47.2%14,869
31,524 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)