1979Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1979 election for Virginia Senate District 19
Virginia State Senate · Virginia
W. Onico Barker (R) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Coleman Bennett Yeatts (D) by 10.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
W. Onico BarkerRepublican · winner
55.0%15,281
Coleman Bennett YeattsDemocrat · incumbent
45.0%12,515
27,798 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET