1999Final results
1999 election for Virginia Senate District 31
Virginia State Senate · Virginia
Mary Margaret Whipple (D) won with 70.3% of the vote, defeating S. C. Tate (R) by 40.6 points.
Mary Margaret WhippleDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.3%22,873
S. C. TateRepublican
29.7%9,656
32,529 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 1999
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET