The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1991 was held on Tuesday, November 5. Just over a month earlier, on September 28, House Speaker A. L. Philpott died of cancer. Democratic floor leader Tom Moss led his party going into the election; Moss was elected Speaker two weeks later, after his conference maintained a majority in the chamber.
Results Overview + ↓ 58 411 Democratic Republican
Parties Candidates Seats Popular Vote 1989 1991 +/- Strength Vote % Change Democratic 83 59 58 1 58.00% 623,577 54.19% Republican 64 40 41 1 41.00% 493,658 42.90% Independent 11 1 1 1.00% 31,398 2.73% - Write-ins - 0 0 0.00% 2,169 0.19% Total 158 100 100 0 100.00% 1,150,802 100.00% - Source
Detailed Results
District Incumbent Party Firstelected Result Candidates 1 Ford C. Quillen Democratic 1969 Re-elected Ford C. Quillen (D) unopposed 2 Vacant Bud Phillips (D) unopposed Bud PhillipsRedistricted from the 3rd district Democratic 1989 Re-elected 3 Jackie T. StumpRedistricted from the 4th district Democratic 1989 Re-elected Jackie T. Stump (D) unopposed 4 Joseph P. Johnson, Jr.Redistricted from the 6th district Democratic 1965 Re-elected Joseph P. Johnson, Jr. (D) unopposed 5 C. Jefferson Stafford Republican 1971 RetiredRepublican loss Groven Cullen Jennings (D) 61.14%Barnes Lee Kidd (R) 38.85% Groven Cullen JenningsRedistricted from the 7th district Democratic 1981 Re-elected 6 Thomas M. Jackson, Jr.Redistricted from the 8th district Democratic 1987 Re-elected Thomas M. Jackson, Jr. (D) unopposed 7 Thomas G. Baker, Jr.Redistricted from the 12th district Republican 1989 Re-elected Thomas G. Baker, Jr. (R) 69.25%Dallas L. Cox (D) 30.72% 8 G. Steven AgeeRedistricted from the 15th district Republican 1981 Re-elected G. Steven Agee (R) unopposed 9 Willard R. Finney Democratic 1982 Re-elected Willard R. Finney (D) 52.53%Kenneth S. Rush (R) 47.41% 10 Roscoe Reynolds Democratic 1985 Re-elected Roscoe Reynolds (D) unopposed 11 A. L. Philpott Democratic 1957 RetiredDemocratic hold Ward Armstrong (D) 76.84%Naomi L. Hodge-Muse (R) 23.08% 12 Joan H. MunfordRedistricted from the 13th district Democratic 1981 Re-elected Joan H. Munford (D) 57.22%Alvah T. Leighton, Jr. (R) 42.78% 13 None (District created) New seatRepublican gain Robert G. Marshall (R) 57.72%R. Dale Reynolds (D) 42.22% 14 Richard Cranwell Democratic 1971 Re-elected Richard Cranwell (D) unopposed 15 Raymond R. GuestRedistricted from the 31st district Republican 1971 Re-elected Raymond R. Guest (R) unopposed 16 Clifton A. Woodrum Democratic 1979 Re-elected Clifton A. Woodrum (D) unopposed 17 A. Victor Thomas Democratic 1973 Re-elected A. Victor Thomas (D) 79.71%Zaman K. McManaway (I) 20.27% 18 Emmett HangerRedistricted from the 26th district Republican 1982 Loss re-electionDemocratic gain Creigh Deeds (D) 57.07%Emmett Hanger (R) 42.93%
See also 1991 United States elections 1991 Virginia elections 1991 Virginia Senate election
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