Virginia's 40th House of Delegates district

District 40 has been represented by Democrat Dan Helmer since 2020.

[1] In 2017, Republican incumbent Hugo was challenged by first-time candidate, Democrat Donte Tanner.

The race became one of four recounts in the 2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, with control of the House decided by one seat; in the 40th district recount, Hugo won reelection by 99 votes, of roughly 30,000 cast.

[2] In 2019, Hugo was challenged and defeated by Democrat Dan Helmer.

[3] Helmer, an army veteran who attended the United States Military Academy (West Point), campaigned on gun control, teacher pay increases and continuing Virginia's Medicaid expansion.