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Virginia's 77th 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 77 is in Chesapeake and Suffolk. Cliff Hayes Jr. represents the district. [1] For the 2019 election, Delegate Hayes ran against Ron Wallace, the Republican candidate from Chesapeake.
| Years | Delegate | Party | Electoral history |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 12, 1983 – June 25, 1993 | Tom Forehand | Democratic | Resigned |
| January 12, 1994 – January 10, 2017 | Lionell Spruill | Democratic | Resigned; Elected to the Senate of Virginia |
| January 10, 2017 – present | Cliff Hayes Jr. | Democratic | Elected via special election |
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