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DemocratNot in office · last served 1983Last on a ballot: Nov 1981

Orby L. Cantrell

Last held office: Virginia House of Delegates, District 1 (1971–1983). Ran in 7 elections between 1969 and 1981, winning 7.

Last office: Virginia House of Delegates, District 1

Last margin
+1.1
Won 1981
Elections
7
1969–1981

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Career

Offices held, and every time Cantrell was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

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

Every race Cantrell has run

Margin: how far Cantrell finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

YearOfficeStageResultOpponentsShareMargin
1981Virginia House of Delegates, District 1GeneralWonFord C. Quillen (D)50.5%D+1.1
1979Virginia House of Delegates, District 1GeneralWonFord C. Quillen (D)49.5%R+1.0
1977Virginia House of Delegates, District 1GeneralWonFord C. Quillen (D), Gordon Neal Diem (R)37.4%R+0.6
1975Virginia House of Delegates, District 1GeneralWonFord C. Quillen (D), Joseph E. Wolfe (R), Gavin M. Bledsoe (R)29.4%D+0.4
1973Virginia House of Delegates, District 1GeneralWonFord C. Quillen (D), Birg E. Sergent (R), Billy M. Bledsoe (I)33.8%D+0.5
1971Virginia House of Delegates, District 1GeneralWonFord C. Quillen (D), James Richard Kiser (R), Joseph R. Morton (R)27.7%D+0.6
1969Virginia House of Delegates, District 41GeneralWonEdgar Bacon (D), Frederick W. Adkins (I), E. K. Geisler (I)29.2%D+2.5

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Cantrell has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Cantrell has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive