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1973Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1973 election for Virginia House District 35

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Howard H. Carwile (IND) won with 38.5% of the vote, defeating William Ferguson Reid (D) by 0.7 points.

Howard H. CarwileIndependent · winner
38.5%38,086
William Ferguson ReidDemocrat · incumbent
37.8%37,398
23.8%23,565
99,049 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 1973

Races before and after

EvenD+14.01973D+30.21981

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)