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1987Final results

1987 election for Virginia House District 96

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Shirley F. Cooper (D) won re-election with 62.6% of the vote, defeating Michael M. Maguire (IND) by 25.2 points.

Shirley F. CooperDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.6%10,262
37.4%6,129
16,391 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+2.51982D+21.21983D+9.31985D+0.21989D+8.91991

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