1982Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1982 election for Virginia House District 81
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Owen Pickett (D) won re-election with 57.8% of the vote, defeating Melvin M. Spence (R) by 15.6 points.
Owen PickettDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.8%5,517
Melvin M. SpenceRepublican · incumbent
42.2%4,025
9,544 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 1982
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)