1991 Virginia Senate elections

← 1987

November 5, 1991

1995 →

All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia
21 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

49.1%^[1]

10.0 pp

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Hunter Andrews	William A. Truban
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader since	January 9, 1980	January 14, 1976
Leader's seat	1st	27th
Last election	30 seats, 63.2%	10 seats, 33.4%
Seats won	22	18
Seat change	8	8
Popular vote	657,012	499,273
Percentage	54.8%	41.7%
Swing	8.4 pp	8.3 pp

Majority leader before election

Hunter Andrews
Democratic

Elected Majority leader

Hunter Andrews
Democratic

Federal government

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State government

Governor
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In the elections to the Senate of Virginia, United States in October 1991, the Republican Party gained 8 seats from the Democrats, but the Democrats retained a majority with 22 seats to the Republicans' 18. One electoral district was newly created and another two were merged into one.

Overall results

↓
22	18
Democratic	Republican

Parties		Seats				Popular Vote
Parties		1987	1991	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic	30	22	8	55.00%	657,012
	Republican	10	18	8	45.00%	499,273
	Independent	0	0		0.00%
-	Write-ins	0	0		0.00%
Total		40	40	0	100.00%		100.00%	-

Results by district

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
1	Hunter Andrews	Democratic	1963	Re-elected	Hunter Andrews (D) 52.44% Barry I. Epstein (R) 44.90% Lorene Marable-Safavinia (I) 2.63%
2	Robert C. Scott	Democratic	1982	Re-elected	Robert C. Scott (D) unopposed
3	William E. Fears	Democratic	1967	Lost re-election Republican gain	Tommy Norment (R) 54.27% William E. Fears (D) 45.71%
4	Elmo G. Cross, Jr.	Democratic	1975	Re-elected	Elmo G. Cross, Jr. (D) 62.15% Randy D. Barrack (R) 37.83%
5	Yvonne B. Miller	Democratic	1987	Re-elected	Yvonne B. Miller (D) 75.53% F. P. Clay, Jr. (R) 20.20% Loretta F. Chandler (I) 3.99%
6	Stanley C. Walker	Democratic	1971	Re-elected	Stanley C. Walker (D) 83.10% Alain E. Lareau, Jr. (R) 16.40%
7	Clarence A. Holland	Democratic	1983	Re-elected	Clarence A. Holland (D) 53.41% Mark S. Bailey (R) 46.47%
8	Moody E. Stallings, Jr.	Democratic	1987	Lost re-election Republican gain	Ken Stolle (R) 54.02% Moody E. Stallings, Jr. (D) 45.80%
9	Benjamin Lambert	Democratic	1985	Re-elected	Benjamin Lambert (D) unopposed
10	Joseph B. Benedetti	Republican	1986	Re-elected	Joseph B. Benedetti (R) unopposed
11	Robert E. Russell, Sr.	Republican	1983	Re-elected	Robert E. Russell, Sr. (R) 53.54% Alexander B. McMurtrie, Jr. (D) 46.33%
12	Edwina P. Dalton	Republican	1987	Retired Republican hold	Walter Stosch (R) 75.61% Charlotte L. Armstrong (D) 24.30%
13	Johnny Joannou	Democratic	1983	Lost re-election Republican gain	Fred Quayle (R) 50.78% Johnny Joannou (D) 49.20%
14	Mark Earley	Republican	1987	Re-elected	Mark Earley (R) 68.44% Johnny W. Butt (D) 31.51%
15	Richard J. Holland	Democratic	1979	Re-elected	Richard J. Holland (D) unopposed
16	Elmon T. Gray	Democratic	1971	Retired Democratic hold	Henry L. Marsh (D) 60.10% Don A. Harrington, Jr. (I) 22.40% John C. Holden (I) 17.45%
17	Edd Houck	Democratic	1983	Re-elected	Edd Houck (D) 63.78% J. Russ Moulton, Jr. (R) 36.22%
18	Howard P. Anderson	Democratic	1971	Retired Democratic hold	Louise Lucas (D) 51.88% Frank Ruff (R) 48.12%
19	William Onico Barker	Republican	1979	Retired Republican hold	Charles R. Hawkins (R) unopposed
20	Virgil Goode	Democratic	1973	Re-elected	Virgil Goode (D) unopposed
21	Granger Macfarlane	Democratic	1983	Lost re-election Republican gain	J. Brandon Bell (R) 53.49% Granger Macfarlane (D) 46.45%
22	Dudley J. Emick	Democratic	1975	Retired Republican gain	Malfourd W. Trumbo (R) 43.27% Francis E. Longaker (I) 28.87% A. Carole Pratt (I) 27.84%
23	Elliot S. Schewel	Democratic	1975	Re-elected	Elliot S. Schewel (D) unopposed
24	Frank W. Nolen	Democratic	1974	Re-elected	Frank W. Nolen (D) unopposed
25	Thomas J. Michie, Jr.	Democratic	1980	Loss re-election Republican gain	Edgar S. Robb (R) 50.76% Thomas J. Michie, Jr. (D) 49.20%
26	Kevin G. Miller	Republican	1983	Re-elected	Kevin G. Miller (R) 59.47% Margaret E. Haynes (D) 40.52%
27	William A. Truban	Republican	1971	Retired Republican hold	Russ Potts (R) 49.61% Dennis L. Hupp (D) 31.35% Thomas A. Lewis (I) 17.20% Robert Lynwood Coffman (I) 1.83%
28	John Chichester	Republican	1978	Re-elected	John Chichester (R) 69.48% Edwin C. King (D) 30.52%
29	Charles Colgan	Democratic	1975	Re-elected	Charles Colgan (D) unopposed
30	Robert L. Calhoun	Republican	1988	Re-elected	Robert L. Calhoun (R) 65.25% Stanley R. Vosper, Jr. (D) 34.59%
31	Edward M. Holland	Democratic	1971	Re-elected	Edward M. Holland (D) 71.80% Francis J. Mahoney, Jr. (R) 28.02%
32	Clive L. DuVal	Democratic	1971	Retired Democratic hold	Janet Howell (D) 52.46% Frederick T. Dykes (R) 47.41%
33	Charles L. Waddell	Democratic	1971	Re-elected	Charles L. Waddell (D) 48.98% Dennis G. Pierce (R) 25.83% Kristen C. Umstattd (I) 25.14%
34	Emilie F. Miller	Democratic	1987	Loss re-election Republican gain	Jane H. Woods (R) 52.06% Emiie F. Miller (D) 47.88%
35	Richard L. Saslaw	Democratic	1979	Re-elected	Richard L. Saslaw (D) 60.21% Christy Anne Marie Collins (R) 39.74%
36	Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr.	Democratic	1971	Re-elected	Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr. (D) 51.17% John M. Griswold (R) 48.71%
37	None (District created)			New seat Republican gain	Warren E. Barry (R) 60.60% James C. Tso (D) 39.32%
38	Daniel W. Bird, Jr.	Democratic	1975	Re-elected	Jackson E. Reasor, Jr. (D) unopposed
39	Madison E. Marye Redistricted from the 37th district	Democratic	1973	Re-elected	Madison E. Marye (D) unopposed
40	J. Jack Kennedy Jr.	Democratic	1991	Loss redistricting contest Democratic loss	William C. Wampler, Jr. (R) 52.35% Joe Jack Kennedy, Jr. (D) 47.63%
40	William C. Wampler Jr. Redistricted from the 39th district	Republican	1987	Re-elected

References

^ "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved April 27, 2020.

"Election Data for 1991 for Virginia Senate Race(s)". The Virginia Elections and State Elected Officials Database Project, 1776-2007. Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2012.

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