Virginia's 13th House of Delegates district

In the 2017 off-cycle general election, Bob Marshall ran for re-election to hold his seat which he had held since 1992.[http://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0057 Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings] Retrieved November 8, 2017. His Democratic opponent was Danica Roem,{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/virginia-elects-house-of-delegates-results-roem-marshall-race-13th-district-455855633.html|author=Sophia Barnes|title=Danica Roem Elected Virginia's First Transgender State Legislator|publisher=WRC-TV|access-date=November 8, 2017}} who has lived in Manassas her entire life.{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Danica_Roem|title=Danica Roem|publisher=Ballotpedia|access-date=November 8, 2017}} Roem campaigned on infrastructure issues, economic development, a minimum wage increase, school funding reform and civil rights issues.{{cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/danica-roem-transgender-candidate-running-office-trumps-america-704310|title=Who Is Danica Roem? Meet The Transgender Virginia Candidate Running For Office In Trump's America|author=Linley Sanders|work=Newsweek|date=November 7, 2017|access-date=November 8, 2017}} Commenting on Marshall's proposed bill to regulate use of restrooms in schools, at highway rest stops, and in other government buildings,{{cite news|author1=Laura Vozzella|author2=Moriah Balingit|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginia-lawmaker-proposes-a-bathroom-bill-to-restrict-public-bathroom-use-by-transgender-people/2017/01/04/a01580e2-d2a4-11e6-9cb0-54ab630851e8_story.html|title=Virginia lawmaker proposes a ‘bathroom bill’ to restrict public bathroom use by transgender people|work=The Washington Post|date=January 5, 2017|access-date=November 8, 2017}} Roem said that Marshall's "legislative priorities are more concerned with where I go to the bathroom than how his constituents get to work."{{cite web|author=Jocelyn Novek|url=http://hosted2.ap.org/apdefault/386c25518f464186bf7a2ac026580ce7/Article_2017-06-06-US-Women-in-Politics-/id-0988e3fda28442d993590b77686a79d3|title=State elections see infusion of first-time women candidates|agency=Associated Press|date=June 6, 2017|access-date=November 8, 2017}}

On November 7, 2017 during the general election, Roem defeated Republican incumbent Bob Marshall by a wide margin, making Roem the first openly transgender person to be elected to the Virginia Assembly and the highest-elected transgender person in the United States to date.[http://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2017%20November%20General/Site/GeneralAssembly.html 2017 November General] Retrieved November 8, 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/danica-roem-will-be-vas-first-openly-transgender-elected-official-after-unseating-conservative-robert-g-marshall-in-house-race/2017/11/07/d534bdde-c0af-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html|author=Antonio Olivo|title=Danica Roem of Virginia to be first openly transgender person elected, seated in a U.S. statehouse|work=The Washington Post|date=November 8, 2017|access-date=November 8, 2017}}

As of the 2010 census, a total of 80,579 civilians reside within Virginia's thirteenth state house district.{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_House_of_Delegates_District_13|title=Virginia House of Delegates District 13|publisher=Ballotpedia|access-date=November 8, 2017}}

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{{election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Danica Roem|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=1,863|percentage=43}}

{{election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Steven Jansen|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=1,364|percentage=31}}

{{election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Mansimran Kahlon|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=820|percentage=19}}

{{election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Andrew Adams|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=290|percentage=7}}

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{{election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Danica Roem|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=11885|percentage=54.14%}}

{{election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Bob Marshall|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=9980|percentage=45.46%

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