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2001Final results

2001 election for Virginia House District 87

Virginia House of Delegates · Virginia

Thelma Sawyers Drake (R) won re-election with 65.6% of the vote, defeating W. A. Stewart (D) by 31.2 points.

Thelma Sawyers DrakeRepublican · winner · incumbent
65.6%8,267
W. A. StewartDemocrat
34.4%4,336
12,603 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 2001

The seat's recent races

EvenD+4.91993R+9.61995R+30.91997R+31.22001

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

The candidates

Thelma Sawyers Drake (R)W. A. Stewart (D)