Virginia House of Delegates seat · lines in effect since 2023

Virginia House District 61

A district of about 96,000 people, 38% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes R+25.9 relative to the nation for president.

2025 election

Nov 4, 2025
  1. Mike Webert (R) · won61.7%
  2. Jacob M. "Jac" Bennington (D)38.1%

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+25.984th most
Democratic
Most DemocraticMost Republican50th seat · the majority lineDistrict 61

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

24 races since 1969. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.

YearWinnerRunner-upWon by
Lines first used in 2023
2025Mike Webert (R)Jacob M. "Jac" Bennington (D)23.6
2023Mike Webert (R)Larry J. Jackson (D)30.6
Lines first used in 2012
2021Tommy Wright (R)Trudy Bell Berry (D)37.2
2019Tommy Wright (R)Trudy Bell Berry (D)33.7
2017Tommy Wright (R)—Unopposed
2015Tommy Wright (R)Gregory L. Marston (D)42.6
2013Tommy Wright (R)—Unopposed
Lines first used in 2002
2011Tommy Wright (R)—Unopposed
2009Tommy Wright (R)—Unopposed
2007Tommy Wright (R)—Unopposed
2005Tommy Wright (R)—Unopposed
2003Tommy Wright (R)—Unopposed
Lines first used in 1992
2001Tommy Wright (R)W. E. Keel (D)19.3
1999Frank Millerruff Jr. (R)E. O. Horne (D)31.4
1997Frank Millerruff Jr. (R)—Unopposed
1995Frank Millerruff Jr. (R)Lewis W. Parker Jr. (D)8.9
1993Frank Millerruff Jr. (R)Lewis W. Parker Jr. (D)6.2
Lines first used in 1982
1991Lewis W. Parker Jr. (D)—Unopposed
1989Lewis W. Parker Jr. (D)—Unopposed
1987Lewis W. Parker Jr. (D)—Unopposed
1985Lewis W. Parker Jr. (D)—Unopposed
1983Lewis W. Parker Jr. (D)—Unopposed
1982Lewis W. Parker Jr. (D)John R. Smyth (R)20.7
Lines first used in 1962
1969Grady W. Dalton (D)Douglas Hess (I)3.5

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 61

The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 61's area in each.

U.S. House
VA-10 84%, VA-7 16%
Virginia State Senate
SD-28 89%, SD-31 11%

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+25.8
U.S. SenateR+25.2

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 61.

Adults with a bachelor's degree38% 51st pct · 49th of 99 in VA

Higher than 51% of seats.

White adults without a degree47% 78th pct · 23rd of 99 in VA

Higher than 78% of seats.

Hispanic residents11% 62nd pct · 38th of 99 in VA

Higher than 62% of seats.

Black residents7% 27th pct · 73rd of 99 in VA

Lower than 73% of seats.

Asian residents1% 22nd pct · 77th of 99 in VA

Lower than 78% of seats.

People per square mile125 24th pct · 75th of 99 in VA

Less dense than 76% of seats.

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