Virginia House of Delegates election, 1991
November 5, 1991
All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout49.1%[1] Decrease
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Tom Moss Andy Guest
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since September 28, 1991 December 3, 1985
Leader's seat 88th 31st
Last election 59+1 40
Seats won 58+1 41
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 623,577 493,658
Percentage 54.2% 42.9%
Swing Increase 1.2% Decrease 2.1%
Speaker before election

Ford C. Quillen (acting)
Democratic

 Elected Speaker

Tom Moss
Democratic

The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1991 was held on Tuesday, November 5. Just over a month earlier, on September 28, House Speaker A. L. Philpott died of cancer. Democratic floor leader Tom Moss led his party going into the election; Moss was elected Speaker two weeks later, after his conference maintained a majority in the chamber.

Results

Overview

↓
58 41 1
Democratic Republican
Parties Candidates Seats Popular Vote
1989 1991 +/- Strength Vote  % Change
Democratic 83 59 58 Decrease 1 58.00% 623,577 54.19%
Republican 64 40 41 Increase 1 41.00% 493,658 42.90%
Independent 11 1 1 Steady 1.00% 31,398 2.73%
- Write-ins - 0 0 Steady 0.00% 2,169 0.19%
Total 158 100 100 0 100.00% 1,150,802 100.00% -

Source[2]

Detailed Results

District Incumbent Party First
elected		 Result Candidates
1 Ford C. Quillen Democratic 1969 Re-elected Ford C. Quillen (D) unopposed
2 Vacant Bud Phillips (D) unopposed
Bud Phillips
Redistricted from the 3rd district		 Democratic 1989 Re-elected
3 Jackie T. Stump
Redistricted from the 4th district		 Democratic 1989 Re-elected Jackie T. Stump (D) unopposed
4 Joseph P. Johnson, Jr.
Redistricted from the 6th district		 Democratic 1965 Re-elected Joseph P. Johnson, Jr. (D) unopposed
5 C. Jefferson Stafford Republican 1971 Retired
Republican loss		 Groven Cullen Jennings (D) 61.14%
Barnes Lee Kidd (R) 38.85%
Groven Cullen Jennings
Redistricted from the 7th district		 Democratic 1981 Re-elected
6 Thomas M. Jackson, Jr.
Redistricted from the 8th district		 Democratic 1987 Re-elected Thomas M. Jackson, Jr. (D) unopposed
7 Thomas G. Baker, Jr.
Redistricted from the 12th district		 Republican 1989 Re-elected Thomas G. Baker, Jr. (R) 69.25%
Dallas L. Cox (D) 30.72%
8 G. Steven Agee
Redistricted from the 15th district		 Republican 1981 Re-elected G. Steven Agee (R) unopposed
9 Willard R. Finney Democratic 1982 Re-elected Willard R. Finney (D) 52.53%
Kenneth S. Rush (R) 47.41%
10 Roscoe Reynolds Democratic 1985 Re-elected Roscoe Reynolds (D) unopposed
11 A. L. Philpott Democratic 1957 Retired
Democratic hold		 Ward Armstrong (D) 76.84%
Naomi L. Hodge-Muse (R) 23.08%
12 Joan H. Munford
Redistricted from the 13th district		 Democratic 1981 Re-elected Joan H. Munford (D) 57.22%
Alvah T. Leighton, Jr. (R) 42.78%
13 None (District created) New seat
Republican gain		 Robert G. Marshall (R) 57.72%
R. Dale Reynolds (D) 42.22%
14 Richard Cranwell Democratic 1971 Re-elected Richard Cranwell (D) unopposed
15 Raymond R. Guest
Redistricted from the 31st district		 Republican 1971 Re-elected Raymond R. Guest (R) unopposed
16 Clifton A. Woodrum Democratic 1979 Re-elected Clifton A. Woodrum (D) unopposed
17 A. Victor Thomas Democratic 1973 Re-elected A. Victor Thomas (D) 79.71%
Zaman K. McManaway (I) 20.27%
18 Emmett Hanger
Redistricted from the 26th district		 Republican 1982 Loss re-election
Democratic gain		 Creigh Deeds (D) 57.07%
Emmett Hanger (R) 42.93%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Historical Elections Database". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
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