In the elections to the Senate of Virginia, United States in October 1991, the Republican Party gained 8 seats from the Democrats, but the Democrats retained a majority with 22 seats to the Republicans' 18. One electoral district was newly created and another two were merged into one.
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All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia 21 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 49.1%[1]  10.0 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overall results
edit| 22 | 18 |
| Democratic | Republican |
| Parties | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 1991 | +/- | Strength | Vote | % | Change | ||
| Democratic | 30 | 22 | 8
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55.00% | 657,012 |
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| Republican | 10 | 18 |  8
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45.00% | 499,273 |
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| Independent | 0 | 0 | 
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0.00% | ||||
| - | Write-ins | 0 | 0 |
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0.00% | |||
| Total | 40 | 40 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% | - | ||
Results by district
edit| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunter Andrews | Democratic | 1963 | Re-elected | Hunter Andrews (D) 52.44% Barry I. Epstein (R) 44.90% Lorene Marable-Safavinia (I) 2.63% |
| 2 | Robert C. Scott | Democratic | 1982 | Re-elected | Robert C. Scott (D) unopposed |
| 3 | William E. Fears | Democratic | 1967 | Lost re-election Republican gain |
Tommy Norment (R) 54.27% William E. Fears (D) 45.71% |
| 4 | Elmo G. Cross, Jr. | Democratic | 1975 | Re-elected | Elmo G. Cross, Jr. (D) 62.15% Randy D. Barrack (R) 37.83% |
| 5 | Yvonne B. Miller | Democratic | 1987 | Re-elected | Yvonne B. Miller (D) 75.53% F. P. Clay, Jr. (R) 20.20% Loretta F. Chandler (I) 3.99% |
| 6 | Stanley C. Walker | Democratic | 1971 | Re-elected | Stanley C. Walker (D) 83.10% Alain E. Lareau, Jr. (R) 16.40% |
| 7 | Clarence A. Holland | Democratic | 1983 | Re-elected | Clarence A. Holland (D) 53.41% Mark S. Bailey (R) 46.47% |
| 8 | Moody E. Stallings, Jr. | Democratic | 1987 | Lost re-election Republican gain |
Ken Stolle (R) 54.02% Moody E. Stallings, Jr. (D) 45.80% |
| 9 | Benjamin Lambert | Democratic | 1985 | Re-elected | Benjamin Lambert (D) unopposed |
| 10 | Joseph B. Benedetti | Republican | 1986 | Re-elected | Joseph B. Benedetti (R) unopposed |
| 11 | Robert E. Russell, Sr. | Republican | 1983 | Re-elected | Robert E. Russell, Sr. (R) 53.54% Alexander B. McMurtrie, Jr. (D) 46.33% |
| 12 | Edwina P. Dalton | Republican | 1987 | Retired Republican hold |
Walter Stosch (R) 75.61% Charlotte L. Armstrong (D) 24.30% |
| 13 | Johnny Joannou | Democratic | 1983 | Lost re-election Republican gain |
Fred Quayle (R) 50.78% Johnny Joannou (D) 49.20% |
| 14 | Mark Earley | Republican | 1987 | Re-elected | Mark Earley (R) 68.44% Johnny W. Butt (D) 31.51% |
| 15 | Richard J. Holland | Democratic | 1979 | Re-elected | Richard J. Holland (D) unopposed |
| 16 | Elmon T. Gray | Democratic | 1971 | Retired Democratic hold |
Henry L. Marsh (D) 60.10% Don A. Harrington, Jr. (I) 22.40% John C. Holden (I) 17.45% |
| 17 | Edd Houck | Democratic | 1983 | Re-elected | Edd Houck (D) 63.78% J. Russ Moulton, Jr. (R) 36.22% |
| 18 | Howard P. Anderson | Democratic | 1971 | Retired Democratic hold |
Louise Lucas (D) 51.88% Frank Ruff (R) 48.12% |
| 19 | William Onico Barker | Republican | 1979 | Retired Republican hold |
Charles R. Hawkins (R) unopposed |
| 20 | Virgil Goode | Democratic | 1973 | Re-elected | Virgil Goode (D) unopposed |
| 21 | Granger Macfarlane | Democratic | 1983 | Lost re-election Republican gain |
J. Brandon Bell (R) 53.49% Granger Macfarlane (D) 46.45% |
| 22 | Dudley J. Emick | Democratic | 1975 | Retired Republican gain |
Malfourd W. Trumbo (R) 43.27% Francis E. Longaker (I) 28.87% A. Carole Pratt (I) 27.84% |
| 23 | Elliot S. Schewel | Democratic | 1975 | Re-elected | Elliot S. Schewel (D) unopposed |
| 24 | Frank W. Nolen | Democratic | 1974 | Re-elected | Frank W. Nolen (D) unopposed |
| 25 | Thomas J. Michie, Jr. | Democratic | 1980 | Loss re-election Republican gain |
Edgar S. Robb (R) 50.76% Thomas J. Michie, Jr. (D) 49.20% |
| 26 | Kevin G. Miller | Republican | 1983 | Re-elected | Kevin G. Miller (R) 59.47% Margaret E. Haynes (D) 40.52% |
| 27 | William A. Truban | Republican | 1971 | Retired Republican hold |
Russ Potts (R) 49.61% Dennis L. Hupp (D) 31.35% Thomas A. Lewis (I) 17.20% Robert Lynwood Coffman (I) 1.83% |
| 28 | John Chichester | Republican | 1978 | Re-elected | John Chichester (R) 69.48% Edwin C. King (D) 30.52% |
| 29 | Charles Colgan | Democratic | 1975 | Re-elected | Charles Colgan (D) unopposed |
| 30 | Robert L. Calhoun | Republican | 1988 | Re-elected | Robert L. Calhoun (R) 65.25% Stanley R. Vosper, Jr. (D) 34.59% |
| 31 | Edward M. Holland | Democratic | 1971 | Re-elected | Edward M. Holland (D) 71.80% Francis J. Mahoney, Jr. (R) 28.02% |
| 32 | Clive L. DuVal | Democratic | 1971 | Retired Democratic hold |
Janet Howell (D) 52.46% Frederick T. Dykes (R) 47.41% |
| 33 | Charles L. Waddell | Democratic | 1971 | Re-elected | Charles L. Waddell (D) 48.98% Dennis G. Pierce (R) 25.83% Kristen C. Umstattd (I) 25.14% |
| 34 | Emilie F. Miller | Democratic | 1987 | Loss re-election Republican gain |
Jane H. Woods (R) 52.06% Emiie F. Miller (D) 47.88% |
| 35 | Richard L. Saslaw | Democratic | 1979 | Re-elected | Richard L. Saslaw (D) 60.21% Christy Anne Marie Collins (R) 39.74% |
| 36 | Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr. | Democratic | 1971 | Re-elected | Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr. (D) 51.17% John M. Griswold (R) 48.71% |
| 37 | None (District created) | New seat Republican gain |
Warren E. Barry (R) 60.60% James C. Tso (D) 39.32% | ||
| 38 | Daniel W. Bird, Jr. | Democratic | 1975 | Re-elected | Jackson E. Reasor, Jr. (D) unopposed |
| 39 | Madison E. Marye Redistricted from the 37th district |
Democratic | 1973 | Re-elected | Madison E. Marye (D) unopposed |
| 40 | J. Jack Kennedy Jr. | Democratic | 1991 | Loss redistricting contest Democratic loss |
William C. Wampler, Jr. (R) 52.35% Joe Jack Kennedy, Jr. (D) 47.63% |
| William C. Wampler Jr. Redistricted from the 39th district |
Republican | 1987 | Re-elected | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- "Election Data for 1991 for Virginia Senate Race(s)". The Virginia Elections and State Elected Officials Database Project, 1776-2007. Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2012.