Virginia's 34th House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the

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, the lower house of the state's

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. District 34 currently represents the city of Harrisonburg and part of Rockingham County in the

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. The district is currently represented by Republican Tony Wilt.

Electoral history

2013

In the 2013 general election, Republican incumbent

Barbara Comstock Barbara Jean Comstock (née Burns; born June 30, 1959) is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 10th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she was a member o ...

was challenged by Democrat Kathleen Murphy, a former Clinton administration official in the U.S. Department of Commerce. Comstock edged out Murphy, winning re-election by 258 votes.

2015

Incumbent Comstock was elected to Congress in November 2014, vacating her House of Delegates seat and prompting a special election on January 6, 2015. In another close contest, Democrat Murphy defeated Republican Craig Parisot by 326 votes. In the November general election, the same candidates ran again. Murphy won re-election by 188 votes.

2017

Murphy was re-elected with 61% of the vote, defeating Republican Cheryl Buford.

2019

Challenged by Republican Gary Pan, Murphy was re-elected with 58% of the vote.

District officeholders

References

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