RepublicanNot in office · last served 2025Last on a ballot: Nov 2025
J. Christian "Chris" Obenshain
Last held office: Virginia House of Delegates, District 41 (2023–2025). Ran in 2 elections between 2023 and 2025, winning 1.
- Last margin
- −6.7
- Lost 2025
- Elections
- 2
- 2023–2025
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Obenshain was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Obenshain has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Obenshain won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 41 | General | Lost | Lily Franklin (D) | 46.6% | D+6.7 | R+2.9 | |
| 2023 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 41 | General | Won | Lily Franklin (D) | 50.3% | R+0.7 | R+2.6 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Obenshain has held
- Virginia House of Delegates, District 41 · 2023–2025
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Obenshain has run against
- Lily Franklin (D) · 2025 election, lost
Source: 99chambers results archive