1999 Virginia Senate election

The Virginia Senate election of 1999 was held on Tuesday, November 2. Republicans won a 1997 special election to claim a 21-19 majority in the chamber after Democrat Charles L. Waddell resigned his seat. Republicans maintained this majority in 1999, which gave Republicans their first ever elected majority in history.

Overall results + ↓ 21 19 Republican Democratic

Parties Seats Popular Vote 1995 1999 +/- Strength Vote % Change Republican 20 21 1 52.50% 694,231 Democratic 20 19 1 47.50% 440,873 Independent 0 0 0.00% - Write-ins 0 0 0.00% Total 40 40 0 100.00% 100.00% -

Election results Party abbreviations: D - Democratic, R - Republican, I - Independent, IG - Independent Green, L - Libertarian

District Incumbent Party Elected Status 2003 Result 1st Marty Williams Republican 1995 Reelected Marty Williams (R) unopposed 2nd W. Henry Maxwell Democrat 1993 Reelected W. Henry Maxwell (D) 80.7% M. A. Rogers, Sr. (I) 19.3% 3rd Tommy Norment Republican 1991 Reelected Tommy Norment (R) 63.0% Lynwood Lewis (D) 37.0% 4th Bill Bolling Republican 1995 Reelected Bill Bolling (R) unopposed 5th Yvonne Miller Democrat 1988 Reelected Yvonne Miller (D) unopposed 6thStanley C. Walker Democrat 1971 Defeated Nick Rerras (R) 59.3% Stanley C. Walker (D) 40.7% 7th Ed Schrock Republican 1995 Reelected Ed Schrock (R) unopposed 8th Ken Stolle Republican 1991 Reelected Ken Stolle (R) unopposed 9th Benjamin Lambert Democrat 1986 Reelected Benjamin Lambert (D) unopposed 10th John Watkins Republican 1998 Reelected John Watkins (R) 70.0% Alex McMurtrie, Jr. (I) 30.0% 11th Stephen H. Martin Republican 1994 Reelected Stephen H. Martin (R) 64.6% W. S. Hastings, Jr. (D) 35.4% 13th Fred Quayle Republican 1991 Reelected Fred Quayle (R) 76.4% Richard H. Ramsey, Sr. (D) 23.2% 17th Edd Houck Democratic 1983 Reelected Edd Houck (D) 59.5% Robert G. Stuber (R) 40.5% 18th Louise Lucas Democrat 1991 Reelected Louise Lucas (D) 69.8% Walter D Brown, III (R) 30.1% 20th Roscoe Reynolds Democratic 1996 Reelected Roscoe Reynolds (D) 67.8% Thomas L Peterson (R) 32.2% 22nd Malfourd W. Trumbo Republican 1991 Reelected Malfourd W. Trumbo (R) unopposed 23rd Stephen Newman Republican 1995 Reelected Stephen Newman (R) 64.1% Robert E Clarke (D) 35.9% 24th Emmett Hanger Republican 1995 Reelected Emmett Hanger (R) 74.3% Steven Sisson (D) 25.7%< 26thKevin G. Miller Republican 1983 Retired Mark Obenshain (R) 67.9% Rodney L. Eagle (D) 31.9% 27th Russ Potts Republican 1991 Reelected Russ Potts (R) 58.2% Mark R. Herring (D) 41.1% 29th Chuck Colgan Democratic 1975 Reelected Chuck Colgan (D) 54.7% David C Mabie (R) 45.3% 31st Mary Margaret Whipple Democratic 1995 Reelected Mary Margaret Whipple (D) 69.4% Kamal Nawash (R) 30.3% 32nd Janet Howell Democratic 1992 Reelected Janet Howell (D) 56.7% David Hunt (R) 43.3% 34thLeslie Byrne Democrat 1999 Retired Jeannemarie Devolites (R) 52.8% Ronald F Christian (D) 47.1% 34th Dick Saslaw Democratic 1980 Reelected Dick Saslaw (D) 82.5% C.W. Levy (I) 16.4% 36th Toddy Puller Democratic 1999 Reelected Toddy Puller (D) 55.4% Chris Braunlich (R) 44.5% 37th Ken Cuccinelli Republican 2001 Reelected Ken Cuccinelli (R) 53.3% James E Mitchell, III (D) 46.6% 39th Jay O'Brien Republican 2002 Reelected Jay O'Brien (R) 57.8% Greg Galligan (D) 42.2%

See also United States elections, 1999 Virginia elections, 1999 Virginia House of Delegates election, 1999

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