Virginia's 65th House of Delegates district


Virginia's 65th 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 65 represents Powhatan County as well as parts of Chesterfield County, Fluvanna County, and Goochland County. The seat has been held by Republican R. Lee Ware since 1998.

Elections

2017

In the November 2017 election, Democrat Francis Stevens, a police officer at Virginia's state capitol, ran against Ware, a former teacher.

List of delegates

DelegatePartyYearsElectoral history
John WatkinsRepublicanJanuary 12, 1983
January 13, 1998
Won election to Senate
Lee WareRepublicanJanuary 16, 1998 –
present
First elected in 1998