Virginia's 29th House of Delegates district

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Virginia's 29th 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 29 represents the city of Winchester as well as parts of Frederick and Warren counties. The seat is currently held by Bill Wiley, who was elected in a November 3, 2020 special election.

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District officeholders

YearsDelegatePartyElectoral history
January 12, 1994

January 8, 2014
Beverly Sherwood Republican Defeated in Republican primary election
January 8, 2014

January 13, 2016
Mark Berg Republican Defeated in Republican primary election
January 13, 2016

June 28, 2020
Chris Collins Republican Resigned to accept judgeship
November 19, 2020

Present
Bill Wiley Republican First elected in 2020

Electoral history

DateElectionCandidatePartyVotes %
Virginia House of Delegates, 29th district
Nov 2, 1993 [1] GeneralBeverly Jean Sherwood Republican 10,25961.79
Raymond C. Sandy Democratic 6,34038.19
Write Ins30.02
Alson H. Smith retired; seat switched from Democratic to Republican
Nov 7, 1995 [2] GeneralB J SherwoodRepublican11,37967.76
R G DickDemocratic5,41432.24
Write Ins10.01
Nov 4, 1997 [3] GeneralBeverly J. SherwoodRepublican14,82699.95
Write Ins110.05
Nov 2, 1999 [4] GeneralB J SherwoodRepublican8,66099.83
Write Ins150.17
Nov 6, 2001 [5] GeneralB J SherwoodRepublican13,89777.55
P D Blaker4,01822.42
Write Ins50.03
Nov 4, 2003 [6] GeneralB J SherwoodRepublican12,47199.25
Write Ins940.75
Nov 8, 2005 [7] GeneralBeverly J. SherwoodRepublican16,08998.49
Write Ins2461.51
Nov 6, 2007 [8] GeneralBeverly J. SherwoodRepublican13,66498.12
Write Ins2611.87
Nov 3, 2009 [9] GeneralBeverly J. SherwoodRepublican14,90880.02
Aaron N. Tweedie3,67719.73
Write Ins440.23
Nov 8, 2011 [10] GeneralBeverly J. SherwoodRepublican9,66298.04
Write Ins1931.95
Jun 11, 2013 [11] Republican primaryMark J. Berg1,57351.32
Beverly J. Sherwood1,49248.68
Incumbent lost primary

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