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1983Final results

1983 election for Virginia House District 7

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

G. C. Jennings (D) won re-election with 59.6% of the vote, defeating W. Watson Gollehon (R) by 19.2 points.

G. C. JenningsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.6%10,339
W. Watson GollehonRepublican
40.4%7,012
17,351 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 1983

Races before and after

EvenD+3.91982D+19.21983D+5.91985D+3.71987

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

The candidates

G. C. Jennings (D)W. Watson Gollehon (R)