1985Final results
1985 election for Virginia House District 87
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Howard E. Copeland (D) won re-election with 67.9% of the vote, defeating Frank E. Spicer (R) by 35.7 points.
Howard E. CopelandDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.9%6,279
Frank E. SpicerRepublican
32.1%2,975
9,254 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 1985
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)