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1997Final results

1997 election for Virginia House District 36

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Kenneth Plum (D) won re-election with 58.4% of the vote, defeating C. D. McGuire (R) by 21.5 points.

Kenneth PlumDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.4%11,924
C. D. McGuireRepublican
36.8%7,523
Gary L. AlexanderIndependent
4.8%981
20,428 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 1997

Races before and after

EvenD+22.31993D+30.31995D+21.51997D+26.41999

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

The candidates

Kenneth Plum (D)C. D. McGuire (R)

Also on the ballot: Gary L. Alexander (Independent), 4.8%