1991Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1991 election for Virginia Senate District 21
Virginia State Senate · Virginia
J. Brandon Bell II (R) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating J. Granger Macfarlane (D) by 7.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
J. Brandon Bell IIRepublican · winner
53.5%18,447
J. Granger MacfarlaneDemocrat · incumbent
46.5%16,019
34,466 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET