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1991Final results

1991 election for Virginia House District 87

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Howard E. Copeland (D) won re-election with 50.6% of the vote, defeating John B. Lapetina (IND) by 5.3 points.

Howard E. CopelandDemocrat · winner · incumbent
50.6%3,225
John B. LapetinaIndependent
45.3%2,886
Linda B. RobinsonIndependent
4.1%264
6,375 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

Races before and after

EvenD+1.01982D+35.71985

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

The candidates

Howard E. Copeland (D)John B. Lapetina (I)

Also on the ballot: Linda B. Robinson (Independent), 4.1%