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2019Final results

2019 election for Virginia House District 51

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Hala Sophia Ayala (D) won re-election with 54.6% of the vote, defeating Richard L. Anderson (R) by 9.2 points.

Hala Sophia AyalaDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.6%15,508
45.3%12,882
28,424 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 2019

Races before and after

EvenR+7.62013D+6.22017D+9.22019D+6.92021

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