2021Final results
2021 election for Virginia House District 78
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Jay Leftwich (R) won re-election with 66.0% of the vote, defeating Melanie Lynn Cornelisse (D) by 32.1 points.
Jay LeftwichRepublican · winner · incumbent
66.0%24,907
Melanie Lynn CornelisseDemocrat
33.9%12,788
37,761 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 2021
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)