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1979Final results

1979 election for Virginia Senate District 39

Virginia State Senate · Virginia

F. C. Boucher (D) won with 62.3% of the vote, defeating Charles D. Counts (R) by 24.7 points.

F. C. BoucherDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.3%19,530
37.7%11,799
31,329 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+6.01975D+24.71979D+16.51983 special electionD+32.81983R+0.11987D+5.91995

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