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