1975Flipped from independentFinal results
1975 election for Virginia Senate District 20
Virginia State Senate · Virginia
Virgil Goode (D) won with 86.3% of the vote, defeating Wilbur S. Doyle (Ind) by 72.6 points, a seat another party won last time.
Virgil GoodeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
86.3%26,404
Wilbur S. DoyleIndependent
13.7%4,193
30,597 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 1975
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET