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1989Final results

1989 election for Virginia House District 40

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Robert E. Harris (R) won re-election with 62.0% of the vote, defeating Michael D. Dwyre (D) by 24.0 points.

Robert E. HarrisRepublican · winner · incumbent
62.0%15,891
38.0%9,744
25,650 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 1989

Races before and after

EvenR+26.81982R+30.31983R+26.31985R+24.01989R+12.51991

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