---
type: Person
title: "Delores Oates"
description: "VA House District 31 — VA State House of Representatives District 31"
role: "VA House District 31"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "VA"
district: "VA State House of Representatives District 31"
represents: "us/states/va/districts/house/31"
tenure:
  start: "2024-01-10"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "ed084b80-616e-4916-97e5-d92e503a9fb6"
  office: "dc469e6c-6e81-4672-859a-5194a1f39c0b"
  tenure: "0f577c47-0e36-4d0b-a6c1-c508991c0679"
  jurisdiction: "2fd480b4-580e-4506-948b-a28ef9ef8140"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, va]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Delores Oates

Current VA House District 31 (VA State House of Representatives District 31).

Represents [VA State House of Representatives District 31](/us/states/va/districts/house/31.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).