1995Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1995 election for Virginia House District 5
Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia
J. H. Tate Jr. (D) won with 52.1% of the vote, defeating Barnes Lee Kidd (R) by 4.3 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
J. H. Tate Jr.Democrat · winner
52.1%10,591
Barnes Lee KiddRepublican · incumbent
47.9%9,724
20,315 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 1995
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)