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1979Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1979 election for Virginia House District 18

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Vincent F. Callahan (R), Martin H. Perper (R), Dorothy McDiarmid (D), John S. Buckley (R) and John H. Rust Jr. (R) won the district's 5 seats.

5 seats
Vincent F. CallahanRepublican · winner · incumbent
14.0%35,981
Martin H. PerperRepublican · winner · incumbent
11.1%28,505
Dorothy McDiarmidDemocrat · winner · incumbent
10.9%27,868
John S. BuckleyRepublican · winner
10.7%27,332
John H. Rust Jr.Republican · winner
10.4%26,730
Peter W. ScottRepublican
9.9%25,476
Kenneth PlumDemocrat · incumbent
9.8%25,068
Barbara W. WeissDemocrat
9.0%23,016
Dean E. BrundageDemocrat
7.9%20,220
Gary P. EklundDemocrat
6.3%16,181
256,379 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 1979

Races before and after

EvenR+4.91973R+4.11975D+0.11977R+3.21979R+18.01981

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

The candidates

Vincent F. Callahan (R)Martin H. Perper (R)Dorothy McDiarmid (D)John S. Buckley (R)John H. Rust Jr. (R)Peter W. Scott (R)Kenneth Plum (D)Barbara W. Weiss (D)Dean E. Brundage (D)Gary P. Eklund (D)