Virginia's 17th House of Delegates district

Virginia's 17th House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. District 17 represents part of the city of Roanoke as well as parts of Botetourt and Roanoke counties. The seat is currently held by Republican Christopher T. Head.[1]

District officeholders
Years Delegate Party Electoral history
January 12, 1983
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January 14, 2004		 A. Victor Thomas Democratic Retired
January 14, 2004
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January 13, 2010		 William Fralin Republican
January 13, 2010
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January 11, 2012		 William Cleaveland Republican Declined to seek reelection
January 11, 2012
–
present		 Chris Head Republican First elected in 2011

Electoral history
DateElectionCandidatePartyVotes %
Virginia House of Delegates, 17th district
Nov 4, 2003[2] General W H Fralin Jr Republican 9,890 62.05
L F Wyatt Democratic 5,072 31.82
G M Bowman 975 6.12
Write Ins 1 0.01
Vic Thomas retired; seat changed from Democratic to Republican
Nov 8, 2005[3] General W H Fralin Jr Republican 19,049 98.65
Write Ins 261 1.35
Nov 6, 2007[4] General William H. Fralin, Jr. Republican 10,875 75.11
Alexander H. Ballin 3,569 24.65
Write Ins 34 0.23
Jun 9, 2009[5] Republican primary Bill H. Cleaveland 893 28.04
Christopher T. Head 769 24.15
Michael A. "Mike" Wray 613 19.25
Josh C. Johnson 549 17.24
Melvin E. Williams 360 11.30
Nov 3, 2009[6] General Bill H. Cleaveland Republican 14,004 61.96
Gwen W. Mason Democratic 8,573 37.93
Write Ins 24 0.10
William Fralin retired; seat stayed Republican
Nov 8, 2011[7] General Chris T. Head Republican 11,852 65.46
Freeda L. Cathcart Democratic 6,207 34.28
Write-ins 44 0.24
William Cleaveland retired; seat stayed Republican
Nov 5, 2013[8] General Chris T. Head Incumbent Republican 15,222 62
Freeda L. Cathcart Democratic 9,262 37.7
Write-ins 68 0.3

References
  1. "Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings – Christopher T. Head". virginiageneralassembly.gov. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  2. "General Election- November 4, 2003". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  3. "General Election- November 8, 2005". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  4. "November 6, 2007 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  5. "2009 June Republican Primary Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  6. "November 2009 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  7. "November 2011 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  8. "November 2013 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
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