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 1972 – January 1974	John C. Towler	Democratic	Declined to seek reelection
January 1974 – 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

References

1. "Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings – Christopher T. Head". virginiageneralassembly.gov. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
2. "General Election- November 4, 2003". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
3. "General Election- November 8, 2005". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
4. "November 6, 2007 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
5. "2009 June Republican Primary Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
6. "November 2009 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
7. "November 2011 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
8. "November 2013 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved 2017-06-06.