Virginia House of Delegates seat · lines in effect since 2023

Virginia House District 35

A district of about 88,000 people, 27% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes R+43.4 relative to the nation for president.

2025 election

Nov 4, 2025
  1. Chris Runion (R) · won72.4%
  2. Jena L. Crisler (D)27.4%

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.

R+43.492nd most
Democratic
Most DemocraticMost Republican50th seat · the majority lineDistrict 35

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

32 races since 1969; the seat changed party 4 times. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.

YearWinnerRunner-upWon by
Lines first used in 2023
2025Chris Runion (R)Jena L. Crisler (D)45.0
2023Chris Runion (R)Flip—Unopposed
Lines first used in 2022
2023 special electionHolly Seibold (D)Monique Lenore Baroudi (R)35.5
Lines first used in 2012
2021Mark L. Keam (D)Kevin Edward McGrath (R)37.6
2019Mark L. Keam (D)—Unopposed
2017Mark L. Keam (D)—Unopposed
2015Mark L. Keam (D)—Unopposed
2013Mark L. Keam (D)Leiann L. Luse (R)29.5
Lines first used in 2002
2011Mark L. Keam (D)—Unopposed
2009Mark L. Keam (D)James E. Hyland (R)1.4
2007Stephen C. Shannon (D)Arthur Grahamepurves (R)26.8
2005Stephen C. Shannon (D)James E. Hyland (R)20.9
2003Stephen C. Shannon (D)R. M. McDowell (R)3.8
Lines first used in 1992
2001Jeannemarie A. Devolitesdavis (R)S. A. Bleicher (D)18.2
1999Jeannemarie A. Devolitesdavis (R)George E. Lovelace (D)20.1
1997Jeannemarie A. Devolitesdavis (R)George E. Lovelace (D)4.7
1995Richard L. Fisher (R)Robert J. Schottler Jr. (D)23.3
1993Richard L. Fisher (R)Robert J. Schottler Jr. (D)15.6
Lines first used in 1982
1991Richard L. Fisher (R)Julia P. Lyman (D)18.2
1989Richard L. Fisher (R)FlipDavid H. Battaglia (D)2.7
1987Dorothy McDiarmid (D)S. A. Armstrong (R)35.7
1985Dorothy McDiarmid (D)Jeanne P. Morrison (R)18.5
1983Dorothy McDiarmid (D)Eileen K. Donais (R)16.6
1982Dorothy McDiarmid (D)FlipJames N. Burroughs (R)16.5
1982 special electionJames N. Burroughs (R)David G. Sanders (R)22.3
Lines first used in 1972
1981C. Hardaway Marks (D)Lidge O. J. Johnson (R)30.2
1979Gerald L. Baliles (D)John B. Ascher (I)80.1
1977Gerald L. Baliles (D)—Unopposed
1975Gerald L. Baliles (D)FlipHoward H. Carwile (I)11.3
1973Howard H. Carwile (IND)William Ferguson Reid (D)0.7
Lines first used in 1962
1971William Ferguson Reid (D)Grayson G. Fentress (I)13.1
1969Robert R. Gwathmey (D)F. James Jefferson (I)25.3

Primaries: 1975 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 35

The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 35's area in each.

U.S. House
VA-6 100%
Virginia State Senate
SD-2 100%

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
PresidentR+42.0
U.S. SenateR+38.1

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 35.

Adults with a bachelor's degree27% 21st pct · 78th of 99 in VA

Lower than 79% of seats.

White adults without a degree64% 93rd pct · 8th of 99 in VA

Higher than 93% of seats.

Hispanic residents6% 33rd pct · 67th of 99 in VA

Lower than 67% of seats.

Black residents4% 9th pct · 90th of 99 in VA

Lower than 91% of seats.

Asian residents1% 9th pct · 90th of 99 in VA

Lower than 91% of seats.

People per square mile45 3rd pct · 96th of 99 in VA

Less dense than 97% of seats.

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