2021Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2021 election for Virginia House District 85
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Karen Starling Greenhalgh (R) won with 50.2% of the vote, defeating Alex Askew (D) by 0.4 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Karen Starling GreenhalghRepublican · winner
50.2%14,270
Alex AskewDemocrat · incumbent
49.7%14,143
28,442 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)