Virginia House of Delegates seat · lines in effect since 2023

Virginia House District 9

A district of about 93,000 people, 30% Asian, 61% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes D+28.9 relative to the nation for president.

2025 election

Nov 4, 2025
  1. Karrie Delaney (D) · won68.9%
  2. Nhan C. Huynh (R)30.9%

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.

D+28.931st most
Democratic
Most DemocraticMost Republican50th seat · the majority lineDistrict 9

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

YearWinnerRunner-upWon by
Lines first used in 2023
2025Karrie Delaney (D)Nhan C. Huynh (R)38.1
2023Karrie Delaney (D)Nhan C. Huynh (R)22.5
Lines first used in 2012
2021Wren Williams (R)Bridgette N. Craighead (D)53.5
2019Charles D. Poindexter (R)—Unopposed
2017Charles D. Poindexter (R)Stephanie C. Cook (D)40.7
2015Charles D. Poindexter (R)—Unopposed
2013Charles D. Poindexter (R)—Unopposed
Lines first used in 2002
2011Charles D. Poindexter (R)Ward L. Armstrong (D)5.4
2009Charles D. Poindexter (R)Sherman David Witcher (I)58.3
2007Charles D. Poindexter (R)Eric H. Ferguson (D)2.5
2005Allen W. Dudley (R)Eric H. Ferguson (D)5.7
2003Allen W. Dudley (R)M. H. Newbill (D)17.8
Lines first used in 1992
2001Allen W. Dudley (R)D. F. Taylor (I)67.1
1999Allen W. Dudley (R)D. F. Taylor (I)53.4
1997Allen W. Dudley (R)Mary Elizabeth Harkins (D)14.9
1995Allen W. Dudley (R)C. S. Whitehead Jr. (D)10.8
1993Allen W. Dudley (R)Wesley W. Naff II (D)0.5
Lines first used in 1982
1991Willard R. Finney (D)Kenneth S. Rush (R)5.1
1989Willard R. Finney (D)Gino W. Williams (R)30.4
1987Willard R. Finney (D)—Unopposed
1985Willard R. Finney (D)B. James Jefferson (R)23.5
1983Willard R. Finney (D)—Unopposed
1982Willard R. Finney (D)Steven P. Middleton (R)34.2
Lines first used in 1972
1981James A. Davis · Lacey E. Putney (DEM)—Unopposed
1979Lacey E. Putney · James A. Davis (IND)Wilford P. Ramsey (D)15.0
1978 special electionJames A. Davis (D)FlipBruce E. Welch (R)26.5
1977Lacey E. Putney · Charles W. Gunn Jr. (IND)James A. Davis (D)2.4
1975Lacey E. Putney · Charles W. Gunn Jr. (IND)Alice C. Rabe (D)15.9
1973Lacey E. Putney · Charles W. Gunn Jr. (IND)Emma Jane D. McDermott (D)9.2
Lines first used in 1962
1971Lacey E. Putney · Charles W. Gunn Jr. (IND)John C. Lester Jr. (R)13.2
1969George Mason Green Jr. · George P. Shafran · Allen H. Harrison Jr. · Henry O. Lampe (R)Mary A. Marshall (D)1.4

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 9

The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 9's area in each.

U.S. House
VA-11 64%, VA-10 36%
Virginia State Senate
SD-36 100%

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
PresidentD+25.0
U.S. SenateD+26.6

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 9.

Adults with a bachelor's degree61% 82nd pct · 19th of 99 in VA

Higher than 82% of seats.

White adults without a degree14% 19th pct · 80th of 99 in VA

Lower than 81% of seats.

Hispanic residents16% 82nd pct · 19th of 99 in VA

Higher than 82% of seats.

Black residents7% 26th pct · 74th of 99 in VA

Lower than 74% of seats.

Asian residents30% 99th pct · 2nd of 99 in VA

Higher than 99% of seats.

People per square mile2,225 69th pct · 31st of 99 in VA

Denser than 69% of seats.

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