The 1988 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 8, 1988, to determine who will represent the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States House of Representatives. Virginia had ten seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1980 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. During the November elections, every incumbent Virginia representative was re-elected.

Overview United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 1988PartyVotesPercentageSeats Republican 1,076,895 56.95% 5 Democratic 801,831 42.41% 5 Independents 10,738 0.57% 0 Write-ins 1,364 0.07% 0 Totals 1,890,828 100.00% 10

1st district Candidate Campaign committee Raised Spent Herbert H. Bateman $293,109.00 $284,702.00 $39,534.00 $1,137.00 James Ellenson $30,454.00 $30,302.00 $0.00 $0.00

2nd district Curry, who was black, received 8.5% of the black vote.

Candidate Campaign committee Raised Spent Jerry Curry $149,958.00 $148,856.00 $4,726.00 $0.00 Owen B. Pickett $437,439.00 $414,011.00 $28,550.00 $6,711.00 Stephen P. Shao $15,424.00 $15,424.00 $0.00 $0.00 Robert Alexander Smith $9,500.00 $9,135.00 $363.00 $0.00

3rd district Candidate Campaign committee Raised Spent Thomas J. Bliley Jr. $467,449.00 $366,816.00 $108,636.00 $0.00

4th district Candidate Campaign committee Raised Spent Norman Sisisky $185,555.00 $93,232.00 $316,592.00 $349,183.00

5th district Lewis F. Payne Jr. won election to the U.S. House in a special election held on June 14, 1988, following the death of Dan Daniel. Linda Lugenia Arey, a former White House aide, won the Republican nomination against W. Onico Barker. Jerry Falwell supported Arey due to Barker opposing a tax break for Liberty University, Following her defeat Arey withdrew from the general election and was replaced by Charles R. Hawkins.

Payne was the only incumbent U.S. Representative in Virginia to receive less than 60% of the vote.

Candidate Campaign committee Raised Spent Linda Lugenia Arey $405,046.00 $404,468.00 $577.00 $0.00 W. Onico Barker $19,326.00 $19,325.00 $0.00 $0.00 James Francis Cole $10,655.00 $10,429.00 $87.00 $3,560.00 Charles R. Hawkins $105,871.00 $105,872.00 $0.00 $0.00 James Ronald Millner $11,665.00 $11,664.00 $0.00 $0.00 Lewis F. Payne Jr. $915,853.00 $903,976.00 $9,041.00 $275,000.00

6th district Candidate Campaign committee Raised Spent Charles Judd $112,076.00 $110,756.00 $1,318.00 $5,560.00 Jim Olin $321,705.00 $322,160.00 $11,751.00 $22,000.00

7th district Candidate Campaign committee Raised Spent D. French Slaughter Jr. $219,559.00 $87,195.00 $180,208.00 $0.00

8th district Candidate Campaign committee Raised Spent David Brickley $276,578.00 $273,203.00 $3,375.00 $9,000.00 Stanford Parris $632,755.00 $689,035.00 $158,614.00 $2,261.00 Gary Slaiman $13,325.00 $13,179.00 $144.00 $0.00 Alfonso Ignacio Vergara $8,260.00 $7,034.00 $1,224.00 $2,217.00

9th district Candidate Campaign committee Raised Spent Rick Boucher $616,821.00 $606,420.00 $130,299.00 $0.00 John C. Brown $155,094.00 $154,515.00 $579.00 $14,280.00

10th district Only 2.7% of registered voters participated in the Democratic primary.

Candidate Campaign committee Raised Spent Mackenzie Canter III $38,514.00 $38,513.00 $0.00 $0.00 Robert Lester Weinberg $242,787.00 $241,445.00 $1,339.00 $7,816.00 Frank Wolf $803,080.00 $758,365.00 $57,022.00 $0.00

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United States House elections, 1988