1989 Virginia House of Delegates election

{{Short description|Election for the Virginia House of Delegates held on November 7, 1989}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = Virginia House of Delegates election, 1989

| country = Virginia

| type = legislative

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1987 Virginia House of Delegates election

| previous_year = 1987

| election_date = November 7, 1989

| next_election = 1991 Virginia House of Delegates election

| next_year = 1991

| seats_for_election = All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates

| majority_seats = 51

| turnout = 66.5%{{cite web|title=Registration/Turnout Statistics|url=https://www.elections.virginia.gov/resultsreports/registration-statistics/registrationturnout-statistics/index.html|publisher=Virginia Department of Elections|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-date=October 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018023154/https://www.elections.virginia.gov/resultsreports/registration-statistics/registrationturnout-statistics/index.html|url-status=dead}} {{increase}}

| image1 = 160x160px

| leader1 = A. L. Philpott

| leader_since1 = January 9, 1980

| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)

| leaders_seat1 = 11th

| last_election1 = 64 + 1

| seats1 = 59 + 1

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 5

| popular_vote1 = 788,087

| percentage1 = 53.0%

| swing1 = {{decrease}} 3.9%

| title = Speaker

| before_election = A. L. Philpott

| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| after_election = A. L. Philpott

| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| image2 = 160x160px

| leader2 = Andy Guest

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| leader_since2 = December 3, 1985

| leaders_seat2 = 31st

| last_election2 = 35

| seats2 = 40

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 5

| popular_vote2 = 668,856

| percentage2 = 45.0%

| swing2 = {{increase}} 5.0%

}}

{{ElectionsVA}}

The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1989 was held on Tuesday, November 7. Primary elections were held on June 13, 1989.

Results

= Overview =

style="width:60%; text-align:center;"

|+ ↓

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| style="background:blue; width:59.0%;" | 59

| style="background:red; width:40.0%;" | 40

| style="background:grey; width:1.0%;" |1

Democratic

| Republican

class=wikitable

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center rowspan= 2 colspan=2| Parties

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center rowspan= 2| Candidates

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan=4| Seats

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan=3| Popular Vote

align=center | 1987

! align=center | 1989

! align=center | +/-

! align=center | Strength

! align=center | Vote

! align=center | %

! align=center | Change

{{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}

|align=left|Democratic

|align=right {{party shading/Democratic}} | 79 {{efn|Jackie Stump was elected in the 4th district as an independent write-in candidate, but he then served in the Democratic caucus and is therefore included in the Democratic figures.}}

| align=right {{party shading/Democratic}} | 64

| align=right {{party shading/Democratic}} | 59

| align=right |{{decrease}} 5

| align=right {{party shading/Democratic}} | 59.00%

| align=right {{party shading/Democratic}} | 788,087

| align=right {{party shading/Democratic}} | 52.98%

| align=right |

{{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}

|align=left|Republican

| align=right | 61

| align=right | 35

| align=right | 40

| align=right | {{increase}} 5

| align=right | 40.00%

| align=right | 668,856

| align=right | 44.96%

| align=right |

{{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}

| Independent

| align=right | 9

| align=right | 1

| align=right | 1

| align=right | {{steady}}

| align=right | 1.00%

| align=right | 28,055

| align=right | 1.89%

| align=right |

-

| Write-ins

| align=right | -

| align=right | 0

| align=right | 0

| align=right | {{steady}}

| align=right | 0.00%

| align=right | 2,643

| align=right | 0.18%

| align=right |

align=center colspan="2" |Total

! align=center | 149

! align=center | 100

! align=center | 100

! align=center | 0

! align=center | 100.00%

! align=center | 1,487,641

! align=center | 100.00%

! align=center | -

Source{{cite web|title=Historical Elections Database|url=https://historical.elections.virginia.gov/|publisher=Virginia Department of Elections|access-date=December 27, 2019}}

See also

References

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{{reflist}}{{1989 United States elections}}

House of Delegates

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Category:Virginia House of Delegates elections