1979Final results
1979 Democratic primary for Virginia House District 18
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Dorothy McDiarmid (D) won with 20.1% of the vote, defeating Wayne M. Lynch (D) by 12.7 points.
Dorothy McDiarmidDemocrat · winner · incumbent
20.1%7,624
Kenneth PlumDemocrat · winner · incumbent
19.6%7,435
Barbara W. WeissDemocrat · winner
17.8%6,733
Dean E. BrundageDemocrat · winner
15.8%5,979
Gary P. EklundDemocrat · winner
12.1%4,586
Wayne M. LynchDemocrat
7.4%2,802
M. F. MorrisDemocrat
7.1%2,704
37,863 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET