1979Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1979 election for Virginia Senate District 21
Virginia State Senate · Virginia
Ray L. Garland (R) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating William B. Hopkins (D) by 9.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ray L. GarlandRepublican · winner
54.9%13,815
William B. HopkinsDemocrat · incumbent
45.1%11,351
25,168 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