1991Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1991 election for Virginia Senate District 3
Virginia State Senate · Virginia
Thomas Kent Norment Jr. (R) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating William E. Fears (D) by 8.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Thomas Kent Norment Jr.Republican · winner
54.3%22,099
William E. FearsDemocrat · incumbent
45.7%18,612
40,711 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