Virginia's 17th House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the

Virginia House of Delegates The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two houses of the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbe ...

, the lower house of the state's

bicameral legislature Bicameralism is a type of legislature that is divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature. Bicameralism is distinguished from unicameralism, in which all members deliberate and vote as a single ...

. District 17 represents parts of

Fairfax County Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. With a population of 1,150,309 as of the 2020 census, it is the most populous county in Virginia, the most populous jurisdiction in the Washington ...

. The seat is currently held by Democrat

Mark Sickles Mark D. Sickles (born February 18, 1957) is an American politician serving as the Delegate from the 17th District of the Virginia House of Delegates. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Sickles serves as the Chair of the Health, Welfare an ...

District officeholders

Electoral history

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