1991 Virginia House of Delegates election
Virginia House of Delegates election, 1991 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%
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
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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]
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