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1979 general · October 27, 1979

1979 Virginia State Senate election results, district by district

Every Virginia State Senate district in the 1979 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 40 seats

After the electionD 31 · R 9
Races38
Changed party5
Unopposed34%13 races
Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 31 · R 9

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Hunter B. Andrews (D)Unopposed
SD-2Herbert B. Bateman (R)3.0Flipped
SD-3William E. Fears (D)5.2
SD-4Elmo G. Cross Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-5Stanley C. Walker · Joseph T. Fitzpatrick · Peter K. Babalas (D)0.4
SD-8A. Joseph Canada Jr. (R)35.9
SD-9L. Douglas Wilder (D)Unopposed
SD-10Edward E. Willey (D)58.7
SD-11Frederick T. Gray (D)Unopposed
SD-12William F. Parkerson Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-13Willard J. Moody (D)Unopposed
SD-14William T. Parker (D)31.7
SD-15Richard J. Holland (D)UnopposedFlipped
SD-16Elmon T. Gray (D)Unopposed
SD-17Eva F. Scott (R)1.6FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-18Howard P. Anderson (D)Unopposed
SD-19W. Onico Barker (R)10.0FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-20Virgil Goode (D)Unopposed
SD-21Ray L. Garland (R)9.8FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-22Dudley J. Emick Jr. (D)39.1
SD-23Elliot S. Schewel (D)Unopposed
SD-24Frank W. Nolen (D)21.4
SD-25J. Harry Michael Jr. (D)62.4
SD-26Nathan H. Miller (R)11.2
SD-27William A. Truban (R)13.8
SD-28John H. Chichester (R)26.9
SD-29Charles J. Colgan Sr. (D)Unopposed
SD-30Wiley F. Mitchell Jr. (R)Unopposed
SD-31Edward M. Holland (D)24.2
SD-32Clive L. Duval II (D)26.6
SD-33Charles L. Waddell (D)2.8
SD-34Adelard L. Brault (D)11.4
SD-35Richard L. Saslaw (D)5.6
SD-36Joseph V. Gartlan Jr. (D)12.9
SD-37Madison Marye (D)0.0
SD-38Daniel W. Bird Jr. (D)50.8
SD-39F. C. Boucher (D)24.7
SD-40John Chalkley Buchanan (D)2.9

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