Virginia House of Delegates seat · lines in effect since 2023

Virginia House District 47

A district of about 88,000 people, 17% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes R+53.7 relative to the nation for president.

2025 election

Nov 4, 2025
  1. Wren Williams (R) · won74.2%
  2. Yvonne M. Rorrer (D)25.5%

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+53.796th most
Democratic
Most DemocraticMost Republican50th seat · the majority lineDistrict 47

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 1 time. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.

YearWinnerRunner-upWon by
Lines first used in 2023
2025Wren Williams (R)Yvonne M. Rorrer (D)48.7
2023Wren Williams (R)Patricia Lynn Quesenberry (D)52.4
Lines first used in 2012
2021Patrick Hope (D)Laura Ann Hall (R)56.7
2019Patrick Hope (D)—Unopposed
2017Patrick Hope (D)—Unopposed
2015Patrick Hope (D)Janet H. Murphy (I)55.6
2013Patrick Hope (D)Laura R. Delhomme (I)53.5
Lines first used in 2002
2011Patrick Hope (D)—Unopposed
2009Patrick Hope (D)Eric J. Brescia (R)31.8
2007Albert C. Eisenberg (D)—Unopposed
2005Albert C. Eisenberg (D)—Unopposed
2003Albert C. Eisenberg (D)R. C. Hoff (R)31.1
Lines first used in 1992
2001James F. Almand (D)M. E. Peck (R)35.3
1999James F. Almand (D)R. A. Metry Jr. (R)37.2
1997James F. Almand (D)—Unopposed
1995James F. Almand (D)—Unopposed
1993James F. Almand (D)Jason M. Osborne (R)36.2
Lines first used in 1982
1991James F. Almand (D)—Unopposed
1989James F. Almand (D)—Unopposed
1987James F. Almand (D)William W. Pascoe III (R)26.3
1985James F. Almand (D)Thomas W. Dennison (R)35.5
1983James F. Almand (D)William S. Miller (R)27.3
1982James F. Almand (D)—Unopposed
Lines first used in 1972
1981Thomas E. Glascock (D)FlipCharles H. Macduff III (R)6.6
1979Calvin G. Sanford (R)—Unopposed
1977Calvin G. Sanford (R)W. Tayloe Murphy Jr. (D)7.6
1975Calvin G. Sanford (R)H. R. Humphreys Jr. (D)26.7
1973Calvin G. Sanford (R)Walther B. Fidler (I)3.9
Lines first used in 1962
1971Walther B. Fidler (D)—Unopposed
1969J. Samuel Glasscock (D)—Unopposed

Primaries: 1981 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 47

The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 47's area in each.

U.S. House
VA-9 100%
Virginia State Senate
SD-7 100%

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+48.7
U.S. SenateR+38.9

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 47.

Adults with a bachelor's degree17% 3rd pct · 96th of 99 in VA

Lower than 97% of seats.

White adults without a degree73% 97th pct · 4th of 99 in VA

Higher than 97% of seats.

Hispanic residents5% 21st pct · 78th of 99 in VA

Lower than 79% of seats.

Black residents5% 14th pct · 85th of 99 in VA

Lower than 86% of seats.

Asian residents0% 1st pct · 98th of 99 in VA

Lower than 99% of seats.

People per square mile60 11th pct · 88th of 99 in VA

Less dense than 89% of seats.

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