1971Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1971 election for Virginia House District 5

Name: 1971 election for Virginia House District 5
Start: 1971-11-02
Location: Virginia

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

C. Jefferson Stafford (R) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating Garnett S. Moore (D) by 8.7 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.

54.4%7,149

Garnett S. MooreDemocrat · incumbent

45.6%6,000

13,149 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET