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1995Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1995 election for Virginia Senate District 21

Virginia State Senate · Virginia

John S. Edwards (D) won with 54.6% of the vote, defeating J. Brandon Bell II (R) by 9.1 points.

John S. EdwardsDemocrat · winner
54.6%23,956
J. Brandon Bell IIRepublican · incumbent
45.4%19,946
43,902 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

EvenD+26.71987R+7.01991D+9.11995D+17.71999D+11.92011D+8.42015

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET