1991 Virginia House of Delegates election

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.

Virginia House of Delegates election, 1991

November 5, 1991
All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	49.1%[1]
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 1 1 Popular vote 623,577 493,658 Percentage 54.2% 42.9% Swing 1.2% 2.1%
Speaker before election Ford C. Quillen (acting) Democratic Elected Speaker Tom Moss Democratic

Results

Overview

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58	41	1
Democratic	Republican

Parties		Candidates	Seats				Popular Vote
			1989	1991	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic	83	59	58	1	58.00%	623,577	54.19%
	Republican	64	40	41	1	41.00%	493,658	42.90%
	Independent	11	1	1		1.00%	31,398	2.73%
-	Write-ins	-	0	0		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

• 1991 United States elections
• 1991 Virginia elections
  • 1991 Virginia Senate election

References

1. "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
2. "Historical Elections Database". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved December 27, 2019.