1971Final results
1971 election for Virginia Senate District 18
Virginia State Senate · Virginia
Howard P. Anderson (D) won with 55.9% of the vote, defeating B. F. Dodson (Ind) by 11.8 points.
Howard P. AndersonDemocrat · winner
55.9%16,133
B. F. DodsonIndependent
44.1%12,736
28,877 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1971
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET