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2012 Virginia U.S. House District 5 Election

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Who won the 2012 Virginia U.S. House District 5 Election?

Robert Hurt won the 2012 Virginia U.S. House District 5 Election. Robert Hurt received 193,009 popular votes (55.44%). The main challenger was John Wade Douglass (42.86%).

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Hurt +12.6 pts · won by 43,795 votes
Robert HurtRepublicanWINNER55.44%
193,009 votes
John Wade DouglassDemocratic42.86%
149,214 votes
Kenneth J. HildebrandtGreen1.58%
5,500 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.