1971 primaries · May 1, 1971
1971 Virginia State Senate primary results, district by district
Every Virginia State Senate district in the 1971 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-3 · Democratic primary | William E. Fears (D) | 15.4 | |
| SD-4 · Democratic primary | Leslie D. Campbell Jr. (D) | 28.6 | |
| SD-5 · Democratic primary | Stanley C. Walker (D) | 6.5 | |
| SD-16 · Democratic primary | Elmon T. Gray (D) | 7.8 | |
| SD-17 · Democratic primary | James T. Edmunds (D) | 9.9 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-19 · Democratic primary | Coleman Bennett Yeatts (D) | 7.2 | |
| SD-29 · Democratic primary | H. Selwyn Smith (D) | 11.9 | |
| SD-31 · Democratic primary | Edward M. Holland (D) | 43.5 | |
| SD-33 · Democratic primary | Charles L. Waddell (D) | 12.2 |
Virginia State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner