IndependentNot in office · last served 2011Last on a ballot: Nov 2009
Watkins M. Abbitt Jr.
Last held office: Virginia House of Delegates, District 59 (1985–2011). Ran in 15 elections between 1985 and 2009, winning 15.
- Last margin
- +20.6
- Won 2007
- Elections
- 15
- 1985–2009
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Abbitt 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 Abbitt has run
Margin: how far Abbitt finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 59 | General | Won | Unopposed | 98.5% | — |
| 2007 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 59 | General | Won | Connie Brennan (D) | 60.3% | +20.6 |
| 2005 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 59 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2003 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 59 | General | Won | A. M. Hale (D) | 67.2% | +34.3 |
| 2001 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 59 | General | Won | H. P. Hagenau (D) | 63.3% | +26.6 |
| 1999 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 59 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1997 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 59 | General | Won | D. H. Gardner (R) | 65.5% | +30.9 |
| 1995 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 59 | General | Won | D. H. Gardner (R), J. L. Ford Jr. (I) | 60.1% | +24.3 |
| 1993 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 59 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1991 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 59 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1989 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 59 | General | Won | Scott M. Harwood (R) | 65.1% | +30.2 |
| 1989 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 59 | Primary | Won | Clyde T. Mayberry (D) | 91.2% | +82.3 |
| 1987 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 59 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1985 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 59 | General | Won | James P. McClellan (R), Clyde T. Mayberry (I) | 53.7% | +9.3 |
| 1985 | Virginia House of Delegates, District 59 | Primary | Won | Claude W. Anderson (D) | 54.7% | +9.4 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Abbitt has held
- Virginia House of Delegates, District 59 · 1985–2011
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Abbitt has run against
- Connie Brennan (D) · 2007 election, won
- A. M. Hale (D) · 2003 election, won
- H. P. Hagenau (D) · 2001 election, won
- D. H. Gardner (R) · 1997 election, won
- Scott M. Harwood (R) · 1989 election, won
- James P. McClellan (R) · 1985 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive