Virginia's 17th House of Delegates district

Virginia's 17th 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 17 represents parts of Fairfax County. The seat is currently held by Democrat Mark Sickles.^[1]

Years	Delegate	Party	Electoral history
January 12, 1983 – January 14, 2004	A. Victor Thomas	Democratic	Retired
January 14, 2004 – January 13, 2010	William Fralin	Republican
January 13, 2010 – January 11, 2012	William Cleaveland	Republican	Declined to seek reelection
January 11, 2012 – January 10, 2024	Chris Head	Republican	First elected in 2011. Redistricted to the 37th District. Successfully ran for Senate District 3
January 10, 2020 – present	Mark Sickles	Democratic	Redistricted from the 43rd District

Date	Election	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Virginia House of Delegates, 17th district
Nov 4, 2003^[2]	General	W H Fralin Jr	Republican	9,890	62.05
		L F Wyatt	Democratic	5,072	31.82
		G M Bowman		975	6.12
		Write Ins		1	0.01
		Vic Thomas retired; seat changed from Democratic to Republican
Nov 8, 2005^[3]	General	W H Fralin Jr	Republican	19,049	98.65
Nov 8, 2005^[3]	General	Write Ins		261	1.35
Nov 6, 2007^[4]	General	William H. Fralin, Jr.	Republican	10,875	75.11
		Alexander H. Ballin		3,569	24.65
		Write Ins		34	0.23
Jun 9, 2009^[5]	Republican primary	Bill H. Cleaveland		893	28.04
		Christopher T. Head		769	24.15
		Michael A. "Mike" Wray		613	19.25
		Josh C. Johnson		549	17.24
		Melvin E. Williams		360	11.30
Nov 3, 2009^[6]	General	Bill H. Cleaveland	Republican	14,004	61.96
		Gwen W. Mason	Democratic	8,573	37.93
		Write Ins		24	0.10
		William Fralin retired; seat stayed Republican
Nov 8, 2011^[7]	General	Chris T. Head	Republican	11,852	65.46
		Freeda L. Cathcart	Democratic	6,207	34.28
		Write-ins		44	0.24
		William Cleaveland retired; seat stayed Republican
Nov 5, 2013^[8]	General	Chris T. Head Incumbent	Republican	15,222	62
		Freeda L. Cathcart	Democratic	9,262	37.7
		Write-ins		68	0.3

District officeholders