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1991Final results

1991 election for Virginia House District 96

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Shirley F. Cooper (D) won re-election with 54.4% of the vote, defeating C. S. Barbour (R) by 8.9 points.

Shirley F. CooperDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.4%8,706
C. S. BarbourRepublican
45.6%7,289
15,995 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

EvenD+2.51982D+21.21983D+9.31985D+0.21989D+8.91991

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

The candidates

Shirley F. Cooper (D)C. S. Barbour (R)