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1987 general · October 24, 1987

1987 Virginia election results

Every race on Virginia's ballot in the 1987 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races140
Changed party12
Unopposed57%80 races
Incumbents defeated10

Virginia State Senate

D 30 · R 10 · 5 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Hunter B. Andrews (D)32.6
SD-2Bobby Scott (D)12.9
SD-3William E. Fears (D)Unopposed
SD-4Elmo G. Cross Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-5Yvonne B. Miller (D)18.6
SD-6Stanley C. Walker (D)Unopposed
SD-7Clarence A. Holland (D)54.5
SD-8M. E. Stallings (D)1.6FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-9Benjamin J. Lambert III (D)Unopposed
SD-10Joseph B. Benedetti (R)68.8
SD-11Robert E. Russell (R)10.3
SD-12Edwina P. Dalton (R)1.8FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-13John S. Joannou (D)Unopposed
SD-14Mark L. Earley (R)2.8FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-15Richard J. Holland (D)Unopposed
SD-16Elmon T. Gray (D)Unopposed
SD-17R. Edward Houck (D)8.9
SD-18Howard P. Anderson (D)Unopposed
SD-19W. Onico Barker (R)41.4
SD-20Virgil Goode (D)Unopposed
SD-21J. Granger Macfarlane (D)26.7
SD-22Dudley J. Emick Jr. (D)29.7
SD-23Elliot S. Schewel (D)54.6
SD-24Frank W. Nolen (D)33.8
SD-25Thomas J. Michie Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-26Kevin G. Miller (R)17.4
SD-27William A. Truban (R)Unopposed
SD-28John H. Chichester (R)36.7
SD-29Charles J. Colgan Sr. (D)Unopposed
SD-30Wiley F. Mitchell Jr. (R)Unopposed
SD-31Edward M. Holland (D)19.4
SD-32Clive L. Duval II (D)7.4
SD-33Charles L. Waddell (D)Unopposed
SD-34Emilie F. Miller (D)0.5FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-35Richard L. Saslaw (D)Unopposed
SD-36Joseph V. Gartlan Jr. (D)16.6
SD-37Madison Marye (D)Unopposed
SD-38Daniel W. Bird Jr. (D)52.3
SD-39William C. Wampler Jr. (R)0.1Flipped
SD-40John Chalkley Buchanan (D)Unopposed

Virginia House of Delegates

D 64 · R 35 · Other 1 · 7 changed party

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Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner