Virginia's 31st House of Delegates district

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Virginia's 31st 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 31 contains all of Clarke County and portions of Frederick County and Warren County. Since 2024, Dolores Riley Oates has represented the district.{{Cite web |last=Daily |first=Laura Ruby The Northern Virginia |date=2023-11-08 |title=Oates elected as delegate for 31st district |url=https://www.nvdaily.com/nvdaily/oates-elected-as-delegate-for-31st-district/article_9ab30497-d2d2-57f6-9cc1-92bed574ae03.html |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=The Northern Virginia Daily |language=en}}

District officeholders

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! Years

! colspan=1 | Delegate

! Party

! Electoral history

nowrap | January 12, 1983

January 8, 1992

| Andy Guest

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| Redistricted

nowrap | January 8, 1992

January 12, 1994

| Jerry Wood

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| Lost reelection

nowrap | January 12, 1994

January 9, 2002

| Jay K. Katzen

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| Declined to seek reelection; Unsuccessfully ran for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia

nowrap | January 9, 2002

January 10, 2018

| Scott Lingamfelter

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| Defeated in bid for reelection

nowrap | January 10, 2018

January 10, 2024

| Elizabeth Guzmán

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| Declined to seek reelection; Unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination for Virginia's 29th Senate District

January 10, 2024

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|Delores Riley Oates

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|First elected in 2023

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