Virginia House of Delegates seat · lines in effect since 2023

Virginia House District 74

A district of about 86,000 people, 26% Black, 35% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes R+9.5 relative to the nation for president.

2025 election

Nov 4, 2025
  1. Mike Cherry (R) · won52.4%
  2. Jonas J. Eppert (D)47.4%

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+9.569th most
Democratic
Most DemocraticMost Republican50th seat · the majority lineDistrict 74

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

23 races since 1982. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.

YearWinnerRunner-upWon by
Lines first used in 2023
2025Mike Cherry (R)Jonas J. Eppert (D)5.0
2023Mike Cherry (R)—Unopposed
Lines first used in 2012
2021Lamont Bagby (D)James Lee Brooks (R)45.5
2019Lamont Bagby (D)—Unopposed
2017Lamont Bagby (D)Preston T. Brown (I)53.1
2015Lamont Bagby (D)David M. Lambert (I)56.6
2013Joseph D. Morrissey (D)—Unopposed
Lines first used in 2002
2011Joseph D. Morrissey (D)Dwayne E. Whitehead (I)46.3
2009Joseph D. Morrissey (D)Michael A. Gage (R)52.5
2007Joseph D. Morrissey (D)—Unopposed
2005A. Donald McEachin (D)Shirley McCall Goodall (I)51.1
2003Floyd H. Miles Sr. (D)—Unopposed
Lines first used in 1992
2001Floyd H. Miles Sr. (D)T. B. Green (I)31.8
1999A. Donald McEachin (D)—Unopposed
1997A. Donald McEachin (D)Cherie Phillips (I)59.3
1995A. Donald McEachin (D)Gordon Prior (R)32.2
1993Robert B. Ball Sr. (D)Gordon Prior (R)4.4
Lines first used in 1982
1991Robert B. Ball Sr. (D)—Unopposed
1989Robert B. Ball Sr. (D)—Unopposed
1987Robert B. Ball Sr. (D)—Unopposed
1985Robert B. Ball Sr. (D)John D. Myers (R)21.5
1983Robert B. Ball Sr. (D)Earl T. Chandler (I)67.7
1982Robert B. Ball Sr. (D)—Unopposed

Primaries: 2015 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 74

The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 74's area in each.

U.S. House
VA-4 72%, VA-1 28%
Virginia State Senate
SD-12 94%, SD-15 6%

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+9.4
U.S. SenateR+6.5

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 74.

Adults with a bachelor's degree35% 46th pct · 54th of 99 in VA

Lower than 54% of seats.

White adults without a degree42% 69th pct · 31st of 99 in VA

Higher than 69% of seats.

Hispanic residents7% 40th pct · 60th of 99 in VA

Lower than 60% of seats.

Black residents26% 74th pct · 26th of 99 in VA

Higher than 74% of seats.

Asian residents3% 40th pct · 60th of 99 in VA

Lower than 60% of seats.

People per square mile605 45th pct · 55th of 99 in VA

Less dense than 55% of seats.

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