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1979Final results

1979 election for Virginia Senate District 34

Virginia State Senate · Virginia

Adelard L. Brault (D) won with 55.7% of the vote, defeating John M. Thoburn (R) by 11.4 points.

Adelard L. BraultDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.7%11,204
John M. ThoburnRepublican
44.3%8,902
20,106 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

EvenD+11.41979R+1.21983D+0.51987R+4.21991D+0.11999R+5.62003

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET