1991Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1991 election for Virginia House District 23
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
Stephen D. Newman (R) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Patricia R. Lovern (D) by 7.8 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Stephen D. NewmanRepublican · winner
53.9%7,946
Patricia R. LovernDemocrat
46.1%6,802
14,748 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 1991
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)