1987Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1987 election for Virginia Senate District 8
Virginia State Senate · Virginia
M. E. Stallings (D) won with 48.4% of the vote, defeating A. Joseph Canada Jr. (R) by 1.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
M. E. StallingsDemocrat · winner
48.4%16,409
A. Joseph Canada Jr.Republican · incumbent
46.8%15,881
Miles Louis PaceIndependent
4.7%1,589
33,899 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET