Virginia House of Delegates seat · lines in effect since 2023
Virginia House District 38
A district of about 82,000 people, 32% Black, 26% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes D+25.7 relative to the nation for president.
2025 election
Nov 4, 2025- Sam Rasoul (D) · won69.8%
- Maynard L. Keller Jr. (IND)29.9%
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.
Democratic
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
31 races since 1969; the seat changed party 2 times. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lines first used in 2023 | |||
| 2025 | Sam Rasoul (D) | Maynard L. Keller Jr. (I) | 39.9 |
| 2023 | Sam Rasoul (D) | — | Unopposed |
| Lines first used in 2012 | |||
| 2021 | L. Kaye Kory (D) | Thomas Lee Pafford (R) | 38.0 |
| 2019 | L. Kaye Kory (D) | — | Unopposed |
| 2017 | L. Kaye Kory (D) | Paul B. Haring (R) | 47.4 |
| 2015 | L. Kaye Kory (D) | James L. Leslie (I) | 48.8 |
| 2013 | L. Kaye Kory (D) | James L. Leslie (I) | 50.3 |
| Lines first used in 2002 | |||
| 2011 | L. Kaye Kory (D) | James L. Leslie (I) | 54.3 |
| 2009 | L. Kaye Kory (D) | Danny R. Smith (R) | 19.3 |
| 2007 | Robert D. Hull (D) | — | Unopposed |
| 2005 | Robert D. Hull (D) | B. Leland Cheung (R) | 40.9 |
| 2003 | Robert D. Hull (D) | — | Unopposed |
| Lines first used in 1992 | |||
| 2001 | Robert D. Hull (D) | Danny R. Smith (R) | 21.9 |
| 1999 | Robert D. Hull (D) | S. F. Smith (R) | 18.9 |
| 1997 | Robert D. Hull (D) | Michael G. Davis Jr. (R) | 19.0 |
| 1995 | Robert D. Hull (D) | L. R. Gibson (R) | 23.2 |
| 1993 | Robert D. Hull (D) | Norman P. Atkins (R) | 28.4 |
| Lines first used in 1982 | |||
| 1991 | Leslie L. Byrne (D) | Norman A. Caron (R) | 21.1 |
| 1989 | Leslie L. Byrne (D) | A. Strode Brent Jr. (R) | 13.3 |
| 1987 | Leslie L. Byrne (D) | A. Strode Brent Jr. (R) | 4.7 |
| 1985 | Leslie L. Byrne (D)Flip | Gwendalyn F. Cody (R) | 10.1 |
| 1983 | Gwendalyn F. Cody (R)Flip | Nora Anderson Squyres (D) | 6.5 |
| 1982 | Nora Anderson Squyres (D) | Gwendalyn F. Cody (R) | 1.1 |
| 1982 special election | Nora Anderson Squyres (D) | Wayne M. Lynch (D) | 62.6 |
| Lines first used in 1972 | |||
| 1981 | Owen Pickett · W. R. Obrien · Glenn McClanan · Melvin M. Spence · Joseph William Obrien Jr. (DEM) | Robert G. Jones (D) | 0.3 |
| 1979 | Frederick H. Creekmore · V. Thomas Forehand Jr. (D) | — | Unopposed |
| 1977 | Frederick H. Creekmore · William T. Parker (D) | — | Unopposed |
| 1975 | Frederick H. Creekmore · William T. Parker (D) | Janet Kay Deal (R) | 25.1 |
| 1973 | Frederick H. Creekmore · Stanley G. Bryan (D) | Harold M. Thrasher (R) | 18.8 |
| Lines first used in 1962 | |||
| 1971 | L. Cleaves Manning · Lester E. Schlitz · Robert E. Gibson · Stanley G. Bryan (D) | J. Shermer Garrison III (R) | 7.2 |
| 1969 | Sam E. Pope (D) | — | Unopposed |
Primaries: 1987 Republican primary · 1983 Republican primary · 1979 Democratic primary · 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 38
The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 38's area in each.
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 | |
|---|---|
| President | D+24.2 |
| U.S. Senate | D+28.8 |
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 38.
Lower than 84% of seats.
Higher than 63% of seats.
Higher than 55% of seats.
Higher than 84% of seats.
Lower than 51% of seats.
Denser than 67% of seats.
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current linesUpdated Oct 13, 2026, 5:06 AM ET
Seats most like this one
Nearest seats on demographics, density and lean.
District 7032% Black · 34% college gradsD+21.0Not up in 2026District 95
33% Black · 29% college gradsD+21.9Not up in 2026District 91
47% Black · 26% college gradsD+36.9Not up in 2026District 94
36% college gradsD+15.8Not up in 2026
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current lines; 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