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1987Final results

1987 election for Virginia House District 7

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

G. C. Jennings (D) won re-election with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Harold D. Slemp (R) by 3.7 points.

G. C. JenningsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
51.8%9,229
Harold D. SlempRepublican
48.2%8,575
17,804 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 1987

Races before and after

EvenD+3.91982D+19.21983D+5.91985D+3.71987R+38.61991

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

The candidates

G. C. Jennings (D)Harold D. Slemp (R)