Virginia's 7th House of Delegates district

Virginia's 7th House of Delegates district is one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. District 7 covers all of Floyd County and portions of Montgomery County and Pulaski County. The district is represented by Republican Nick Rush.

In 2017, Rush, 49, was challenged by Democrat Flourette "Flo" Ketner, 34.^[1]

District officeholders

Years	Delegate	Party	Electoral history
January 12, 2000 – January 9, 2002	Benny Keister	Democratic	Redistricted to 6th district
January 2002 – January 11, 2012	Dave Nutter	Republican	Decline to run for reelection; Ran for state senate
January 11, 2012 – present	Nick Rush	Republican	First elected in 2012

2015 General Election, Virginia 7th House of Delegates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Nick Rush	14,714	100.00%	n/a
Total votes			14,714	100.00%	n/a

2016 General Election, Presidential
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Donald Trump	22,190	63.39%	n/a
	Democratic	Hillary Clinton	10,982	31.37%	n/a
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	1,065	3.04%	n/a
	Independent	Evan McMullin	483	1.38%	n/a
	Green	Jill Stein	285	0.81%	n/a
Total votes			35,005	100.00%	n/a

2017 General Election, Virginia 7th House of Delegates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Flourette Ketner	8,878	33.58%	+33.58%
	Republican	Nick Rush	17,560	66.42%	-33.58%
Total votes			26,438	100.00%

^ Forman, Carmen (May 18, 2017). "Indivisible New River Valley member to oppose Del. Nick Rush". Roanoke Times. Retrieved September 9, 2017.

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