2017Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2017 election for Virginia House District 85
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Cheryl Baldwinturpin (D) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Norman Deweyholcomb III (R) by 1.7 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Cheryl BaldwinturpinDemocrat · winner
50.8%11,843
Norman Deweyholcomb IIIRepublican
49.2%11,454
23,297 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)