Virginia's 57th House of Delegates district

Virginia's 57th 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 57, consisting of parts of Charlottesville and Albemarle County, has been represented by Sally Hudson since 2020, and previously by David Toscano from 2006 to 2020, following the 2005 election in which he defeated Thomas W. McCrystal after the retirement of Mitchell Van Yahres.^[1] Following the redistricting after the 2020 Census, the district was moved to include areas of Goochland County and Henrico County. In the 2023 Virginia House of Delegates election, Republican David Owen narrowly won the seat over his Democratic opponent.^[2]

District map from the 2023 election

District officeholders

Years	Delegate	Party	Electoral history
January 12, 1983 – January 11, 2006	Mitchell Van Yahres	Democratic	First ever delegate in district
January 11, 2006 – January 8, 2020	David Toscano	Democratic	Minority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates (2011-2018)
January 8, 2020 – present	Sally Hudson	Democratic	Virginia House of Delegates (2020–present)

Electoral history

Date	Election	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Virginia House of Delegates, 57th district
Nov 8, 2005[3]	General	David J. Toscano	Democratic	14,121	75.27
		Thomas W. McCrystal	Republican	4,613	24.59
		Write Ins		27	0.14
		Mitchell Van Yahres did not seek reelection; seat stayed Democratic
Nov 6, 2007[4]	General	David J. Toscano	Democratic	10,164	98.35
		Write Ins		171	1.65
Nov 3, 2009[5]	General	David J. Toscano	Democratic	14,071	78.18
		Robert Brandon Smith, III	Independent	3,848	21.38
		Write Ins		79	0.44
Nov 8, 2011[6]	General	David J. Toscano	Democratic	10,949	80.42
		Robert Brandon Smith, III	Independent	2,600	19.10
		Write Ins		65	0.48
Nov 5, 2013[7]	General	David J. Toscano	Democratic	19,168	97.91
		Write Ins		409	2.09
Nov 3, 2015[8]	General	David J. Toscano	Democratic	10,459	96.75
		Write Ins		351	3.25
Nov 8, 2017[9]	General	David J. Toscano	Democratic	25,419	96.89%
		Write Ins		816	3.11%