Virginia's 10th House of Delegates district elects one of the 100 members of the

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, the lower house of the state's

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. The district includes portions of

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. The district's representative is

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Electoral history

2017

In the 2017 general election, Democrat

Wendy Gooditis Gwendolyn Wallace Gooditis is an American real estate agent, educator, and politician, known as Wendy Gooditis. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, Gooditis was elected in November 2017 to represent Virginia's 10th House of Delegates di ...

challenged incumbent Republican

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; she won by almost 4%.

2019

In 2019, the same candidates faced off again, with each raising more than a million dollars for the race. Gooditis won by roughly 5%.

District officeholders

References

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