Virginia House of Delegates seat · lines in effect since 2023

Virginia House District 27

A district of about 89,000 people, 28% Hispanic and 21% Asian, 55% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes D+24.6 relative to the nation for president.

2025 election

Nov 4, 2025
  1. Atoosa Reaser (D) · won65.5%
  2. Junaid Khan (R)34.3%

Full results →

Source: Virginia Department of ElectionsUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 12:45 PM ET

Where it sits among all 99 seats

Every Virginia House of Delegates seat by partisan lean, from most Democratic to most Republican. Lean is the seat's presidential vote on current lines, relative to the nation.

D+24.639th most
Democratic
Most DemocraticMost Republican50th seat · the majority lineDistrict 27

Source: 99chambers: 2024 and 2020 presidential results on current lines, relative to the nation (2024 weighted 3:1)Updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:19 AM ET

Every election for this seat

30 races since 1969; the seat changed party 3 times. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.

YearWinnerRunner-upWon by
Lines first used in 2023
2025Atoosa Reaser (D)Junaid Khan (R)31.1
2023Atoosa Reaser (D)Chris K. Harnisch (R)14.9
Lines first used in 2012
2021Roxann L. Robinson (R)Debra Darlene Gardner (D)3.6
2019Roxann L. Robinson (R)Lawrence Vincent Barnett (D)0.6
2017Roxann L. Robinson (R)Lawrence Vincent Barnett (D)0.4
2015Roxann L. Robinson (R)Martin Mooradian Jr. (D)17.1
2013Roxann L. Robinson (R)—Unopposed
Lines first used in 2002
2011Roxann L. Robinson (R)—Unopposed
2009Samuel A. Nixon Jr. (R)—Unopposed
2007Samuel A. Nixon Jr. (R)—Unopposed
2005Samuel A. Nixon Jr. (R)—Unopposed
2003Samuel A. Nixon Jr. (R)—Unopposed
Lines first used in 1992
2001Samuel A. Nixon Jr. (R)—Unopposed
1999Samuel A. Nixon Jr. (R)Bradley E. Evans (I)39.1
1997Samuel A. Nixon Jr. (R)—Unopposed
1995Samuel A. Nixon Jr. (R)Bradley E. Evans (I)39.3
1993Stephen H. Martin (R)Bradley E. Evans (I)59.2
Lines first used in 1982
1991Stephen H. Martin (R)—Unopposed
1989Phoebe M. Orebaugh (R)—Unopposed
1987Phoebe M. Orebaugh (R)FlipPaul C. Cline (D)9.3
1985Paul C. Cline (D)FlipPhoebe M. Orebaugh (R)6.4
1983Phoebe M. Orebaugh (R)Nancy Bondurant Jones (D)15.6
1982Phoebe M. Orebaugh (R)Roger A. Ritchie (D)18.1
Lines first used in 1972
1981R. Beasley Jones · Norman Sisisky (D)W. Harrison Land (I)13.7
1979Claude W. Anderson (D)—Unopposed
1977Claude W. Anderson (D)—Unopposed
1975Claude W. Anderson (D)Flip—Unopposed
1973Claude W. Anderson (IND)—Unopposed
Lines first used in 1962
1971Claude W. Anderson (D)—Unopposed
1969Vincent F. Callahan · Warren E. Barry · David A. Sutherland · Clive L. Duval II · Byron F. Andrews · Richard J. Ryder (REP)Dorothy McDiarmid (D)0.2

Primaries: 1977 Democratic primary

Won by: the winner's lead over the runner-up, in points of the vote. Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Districts that overlap District 27

The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 27's area in each.

U.S. House
VA-10 100%
Virginia State Senate
SD-32 77%, SD-31 23%

Every race on these lines

Results recomputed from precinct returns as if today's boundaries had always existed, so years compare like for like.

2024
PresidentD+20.2
U.S. SenateD+23.5

Outlined: the race for this seat itselfBlank: no race that year

Source: 99chambers results archive: precinct results allocated to current lines; 2026: civicAPIUpdated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET

Who lives here, compared

Grey bars show the spread of all 99 seats. Small marks are other seats in Virginia. The black marker is District 27.

Adults with a bachelor's degree55% 74th pct · 26th of 99 in VA

Higher than 74% of seats.

White adults without a degree14% 17th pct · 82nd of 99 in VA

Lower than 83% of seats.

Hispanic residents28% 98th pct · 3rd of 99 in VA

Higher than 98% of seats.

Black residents7% 24th pct · 75th of 99 in VA

Lower than 76% of seats.

Asian residents21% 92nd pct · 9th of 99 in VA

Higher than 92% of seats.

People per square mile2,319 70th pct · 30th of 99 in VA

Denser than 70% of seats.

Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current linesUpdated Oct 13, 2026, 5:06 AM ET